WHY USE THE QUALITY MATTERS RUBRIC?

Quality Matters (QM) is a set of rubric standards designed to certify the quality of online courses and online components. It well serves NPC’s distance education (DE) course quality control purpose because it is:

NPC has adopted Quality Matters (QM) Rubric as standards for the design and evaluation of its online courses. QM is a faculty–centered, peer review-based process. Based on national standards of best practice, the research literature, and instructional design principles, it is designed to certify the quality of online courses and online components. 

QUALITY DESIGN @ NPC

One of NPC's strategic priorities is to create and enhance high-quality distance learning environments. The following frameworks guide our practices as we strive for quality online/hybrid courses: 

COURSE DESIGN REVIEW OPTIONS @ NPC

Read more about Quality Matters at https://www.qualitymatters.org/qa-resources.  For questions regarding Quality Matters at NPC, please contact the NPC QM Coordinator, LaTonya Motley at latonya.motley@npc.edu.