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Accessibility, Course design, Grading plan, Expected student workload, Online course review checklist, Blackboard course template
Accessibility, Course design, Grading plan, Expected student workload, Online course review checklist, Blackboard course template
Course content set up in Blackboard needs to be accessible to all individuals. This video (15:23) introduces the concept of Accessibility and provides a demo of some ways in which you can make the course content accessible.
You may also want to refer to this website to understand and use the features of the Ally tool that has been integrated with Blackboard at UVI. Ally provides guidance and suggestions for making the content in Blackboard accessible.
Use this template to plan course content, assessment, rubrics, etc.,
View and download the template in MS Word format.
Use this template to plan the grading for a course. The first sheet provides a template for managing the weight using point values. The second sheet provides a template for managing the weight by categories of assessments.
View and download the template in MS Excel format.
Use this template to document expected student workload. This exercise is important to establish that the workload is aligned to the earned credits for the course.
This video (8:39) explains how the templates for Course design, Grading plan and Estimated student engagement could be utilized.
This checklist may be helpful in the course design as well as course development stages. Resources and an explanation of the different components can be found on page 3 of the document.