Remote Course Design

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Whether you are designing a new course or redesigning an existing face-to-face course for the remote environment, the information and resources below will help you to plan and adapt your courses for remote teaching.

Instructor Planning Guides for Adapting Courses for Remote Instruction

 

Adapting your Assessments
for Remote Teaching and Learning

Part of the transition to remote teaching is altering our assessments so that they continue to align with our learning outcomes, while also providing effective means for students to demonstrate their learning in a remote environment. This planning guide will guide you through the decision-making process and provide you with key questions and guidelines to help you embed assessment strategies that promote learning into your remote courses.

In this guide, you will:

  • Articulate what you want students to learn in your course and consider assignment types
  • Revise an assignment that best measures the knowledge and skills you most want your students to learn
  • Construct an assignment outline that includes clear instructions for students
  • Incorporate peer feedback in revisions to assignments 
Click the image above to download a PDF copy of the Adapting your Assessments Planning Guide.

Adapting your Teaching and Learning Activities
for the Remote Environment

This planning guide offers support and resources to guide you through exploring instructional strategies and learning activities in light of their potential for helping your students meet your course learning outcomes and succeed on course assessments. The guide includes effective strategies for sharing content, implementing both independent and collaborative active learning strategies, and planning the structure of your course. 

In this guide, you will: 

  • Explore a variety of teaching and learning activities commonly and effectively used in remote learning
  • Plan teaching and learning strategies for your course in light of their potential for helping your students meet your course learning outcomes
  • Plan the structure of your course to provide a clear, meaningful, and engaging learning pathway for your student 
Click the image above to download a PDF copy of the Adapting your Teaching and Learning Activities Guide.

Planning the Structure of your
Remote Course

After adapting your assessments and teaching and learning activities, the final step in the course redesign process for the remote environment is to plan your course structure. This planning guide provides guidance, templates, and sample course designs to plan and sequence your remote course.

In this guide, you will:

  • Consider how course elements align to create a clear path for students' learning
  • Consider how learning outcomes, assessments, learning activities, and module structure fit together as a course plan
  • Draft your complete course schedule and weekly routine 
Click the image above to download a PDF copy of the Planning the Structure of your Remote Course Planning Guide.

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