• Starts: Tuesday, June 4th 
• Ends: Thursday, June 27th 
• Meets: Tuesday/Thursday, 9:30am - 3:00pm
• Location: Online (MS Teams and Brightspace)

Online Learning Services (OLS) is excited to offer our annual summer workshop, Designing & Developing Your Online Course! This summer's workshop will be offered in a hybrid-format. There are live sessions each Tuesday and Thursday in June that will be hosted live on MS Teams. The live sessions are supplemented with a variety of asynchonous assignments, activities and content. 

This workshop is designed to teach faculty how to create a fully online or hybrid course. You'll gain valuable  experience planning, designing and building your online course. You'll learn how to get the best out of the various Brightspace tools and learn how to build a student-centered course. You'll learn about the UAkron Online Promise and have an opportunity to attend the official QM training, Applying the QM Rubric (APPQMR). By the end of this course, you’ll have at least one completed module for your course and a solid foundation for completing the rest. 

Time Commitment: 

This workshop consists of 8-meeting days. Participants should plan on meeting each day between 9:30am and 3:00pm with a 30-minute break for lunch. Participants who attend and complete 80% or more sessions and activities will receive a certificate of completion.

Live Class Sessions:

• June 4th
• June 6th
• June 11th
• June 13th
• June 18th
• June 20th
• June 25th
• June 27th

Prerequisites:  

Participants should be comfortable using the basic features of Brightspace including working with content, creating assignments, and using the gradebook. We also recommend you have a specific course in mind to develop during the workshop and come prepared with your existing syllabus.  

New to Brightspace? Have experience in Blackboard or Canvas? Enroll in our Brightspace Level 1 course in Brightspace to learn the basics. Click the link below to self-enroll in the course:  

• https://brightspace.uakron.edu/d2l/le/discovery/view/course/4509473  

Topic List: 

• Learning objectives and course alignment.
• Using course templates and working with content templates.
• Methods of lecture capture and tips on using Teams.
• Best practices for adding content and media.
• Ensuring your course is asscessible and easy to navigate.
• Peer evaluation, rubrics and other assessment strategies.
• Leveraging AI tools for course design and development.
• H5P interactions, polling and strategies for student engagement.
• The UAkron Online Promise and setting students up for success.
• Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR).
• Metacognitive strategies and gamification.
• Online proctoring and best practices for quizzes and exams.
• Using course automation, release conditions, checklists and working with dates.

Note, a complete schedule will be provided in the Brightspace course. 

APPQMR: 

Participants are invited to complete the optional APPQMR training. APPQMR consists of eight hours of synchronous instruction. Meeting times for this session will be slightly different from the rest of the workshop. You can also opt to complete the training directly through Quality Matters in a three-week asynchronous course. 

Questions?

Please direct any questions about the workshop to Patrick Tabatcher, Manager of Online Learning Services: pmt1@uakron.edu