Curriculum and Instructional Support Center: Course Design

Quick Start Guide with reminders of what to do when setting up a Blackboard Master Shell.

This tool will assist you constructing learning outcomes or objectives for your course utilizing Bloom's Revised Taxonomy. Each level also includes examples of activities and assessments that align with the measurable action verbs that can assist you in course alignment.

GTC course content organization expectations

This video provides details about how to organize your course content.

Step by step written instructions.

This video provides details about setting up overview pages within your course.

Learning Objectives and Alignment in Course Design

Slide deck for the Learning Objectives and Alignment video.

Overview of what needs to be included in the Start Here Module.

This video will go over the different components of the Start Here module.

This resource shows the connections between levels of thinking, action words used in learning objectives, sample questions or prompts for each level of thinking, and the corresponding actions and outcomes based on the six levels of Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy.

Learn more about Quality Matters by visiting their website.

A set of eight General Standards and 44 Specific Review Standards used to evaluate the design of online and hybrid courses.

Learn more about QM in this self-paced course which includes background information.

The QM Course Design Guide provides a phased approach to help you engage with course design as a thoughtful, student-focused process. You can use the web-based guide to complete the hands-on, iterative work that is central to creating a quality course.

Overview of faculty benefits of Quality Matters.

Overview of students' benefits when engage faculty with Quality Matters.