Online Course Review Form

College:____ Instructor:____ CRN: ____ SAIL Designation:____ CourseName: ____ Date:____

Criteria / Satisfactory / Needs Work / Comments
Main Course Menu:
  • Organized, logical, aligned.
  • No duplication or old information is present.
  • Calendar link is present.
  • Items that are not used are hidden.
  • Help and Resources links (bottom of the blue menu) are visible.
  • Technology link – How to prepare your computer is present.
  • Start Here item contains current information with no duplicates
  • Welcome with short instructor introduction with image
  • Getting started in Bb information is current and correct

Syllabus (either attached as a document or created as an item in BB):
•Provides course description.
•Includes instructor contact information.
•Articulates course purpose/ defines audience.
•Defines pre-requisites (if applicable).
•Lists student learning outcomes.
•States required/recommended readings.
•Includes evaluation (grading) criteria.
•Delineates Assignments /Projects/ Papers/ Exams.
  • Suggests course outline or topics (description of subject/activities).
  • Contains Course Schedule table with specific dates, deadlines, and/or calendar to students.
•Addresses plagiarism & academic integrity.
•Describes the instructor’s feedback policy.
Alignment:
  • Course objectives are described in terms of real-world student performances.
•Modules/units objectives align with the course objectives
  • Objectives begin with an action verb (e.g. define, describe, compare, identify, analyze).
  • Non-measurable terms are avoided (e.g. know, understand, appreciate, gain experience).
  • Course strategies and assignments align to the modules’ objectives
  • Instructional activities and materials facilitate achievement of the objectives.
  • Students create meaningful products that relate to real world artifacts or experiences and align with objectives.
•Assessments align with course strategies and assignments.
Presence & Interaction:
  • Contains short instructor’s welcome with image.
  • Global Navigation profile is set with image.
  • Course policies on delivery mode, communication, feedback are in place.
  • Calls for frequent student submissions and interaction to ensure engagement. At least one activity in the LMS each week to verify student attendance (e.g. discussion forum, drop box, test/quiz/exam).
  • Design for regular and substantive feedback regarding student performances.
  • Provides instruments to measure students’ submissions and interactions.
  • Provides opportunities for student reflection, collaboration, and interaction with peers and content.
  • Course provides opportunities for instructor to initiate interaction and interact regularly with students (e.g. discussion forums, WebEx, chat sessions, assignment feedback).
  • Student-student interaction (e.g. discussion forums, chat, WebEx teams) and student-content interaction (e.g. tutorials, games) is provided where appropriate to the learning objectives.

Course Units/Modules
  • Provide student expectations in each module.
  • Incorporates all materials necessary to succeed in the modules and the entire course.
  • Describes aligned Assignments/Projects/Papers/Exams, provide submission instructions.
  • Includes evaluation (grading) criteria.

Course Design:
  • Use of first-person and instructor-specific contact information.
  • Contains content in modules or units that are presented in a logical succession.
  • Writing is clear and explicit as well as free of spelling and grammatical errors.
  • Course content is accurate and current.
  • Course design facilitates future textbook revisions.
  • Course materials are listed by topics, rather than by textbook chapter numbers.
  • References to specific pages in textbooks are found only in course schedule and assignments.
  • Judicious use of white space, headers and placement of images helps to focus attention upon most important elements and to decrease cognitive overload.
  • Use of fonts, colors, images, icons promote readability and provides a professional and attractive layout (e.g. avoid use of entire pages of multi-colored text).
  • Underlining of text is used only for hyperlinks, not for emphasis.
  • Media, technology, instructional and ancillary materials used in the lesson facilitate learning.
  • Images and multimedia are optimized to load quickly without crashing.
  • Links to publisher/vendor or other sites outside the LMS include a description of:
  • Clear instructions for how to register/how to access publisher’s site
  • Site’s content
  • Activities that students will do while on the site

Technology:
  • Uses appropriate technology to fulfill the performance identified in the objectives.
  • Provides student guidance and instructions for use of such technology.

Course Files Management and Grade Center
  • Course Content files contain no unnecessary duplication and course content is under 2 Gigabytes (GB).
  • Grade Center columns are aligned with grading criteria stated in the syllabus and the gradebook includes all course assignments.

Accessibility and Copyright
  • Course materials follow U.S. copyright rules and guidelines.
  • Non-original material is properly cited and attributed according to APA guidelines.
  • Materials originating on outside websites are linked, rather than copied into the LMS.
  • Course materials follow U.S. accessibility laws and guidelines (see separateseparately).