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Course Design
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Frameworks and taxonomies of learning can help you design your courses rapidly and effectively.
Creating objectives and learning outcomes can help you choose the right kind of assessments, materials, and activities for your course.
Course modality refers to how a course is offered by the instructor. Examples include on-campus, hybrid, and online asynchronous.
Guidance for calculating instructional time in online and hybrid courses.
Alignment refers to how critical course elements work together to promote students' achievement of your course learning outcomes.
The most effective syllabus goes beyond listing the logistics and the topics covered in the course.
Setting clear attendance and late work policies can help minimize confusion.
Guidelines for establishing camera policies in your Zoom-enabled classes.
Learning materials are resources that you use as an instructor to help your students meet the learning outcomes for your course.
A recommended timeline and commons events to keep in mind each academic quarter .
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