Rubrics for Course Design and Review

Quality Matters

Quality Matters (main website)

QM Standards (6th Ed.)

Annotated QM Rubric (6th Ed.)

OSCQR

The SUNY Online Course Quality Review Rubric

OSCQR

Universal Design for Learning

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Guidelines.

Quality Matters

Quality Matters (main website)

https://www.qualitymatters.org/

Quality Matters is an organization that provides rubrics and training for improving online course design. As a UA employee, you can become a member of Quality Matters for free, and receive training on applying the rubric to your own courses.

QM Standards (6th Ed.)

https://www.qualitymatters.org/sites/default/files/PDFs/StandardsfromtheQMHigherEducationRubric.pdf

This document provides an overview of the QM standards for higher education courses.

Annotated QM Rubric (6th Ed.)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1eER6Sne2CRkBrVGEyFmNq8Lc4apUdZ_C/view

This is the complete QM rubric, including annotations that describe each review standard in detail.

OSCQR

The SUNY Online Course Quality Review Rubric

OSCQR

https://oscqr.suny.edu/

This is an alternative rubric for guiding and reviewing online course design and development. This is not affiliated with QM, and takes a different focus.

*License - CC BY

Universal Design for Learning

Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Guidelines.

http://udlguidelines.cast.org/

UDL provides useful guidelines for developing curricula, selecting materials and creating learning environments that takes into account the wide variability of learners in higher ed environments.