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Course Alignment is when all the content, instructional materials, learning activities, assessments, and learning objectives all work together to help students meet the specified course goals.
Start with the end in mind...
Backward Design
What is Backward Design? Backward Design is a framework for planning a single lesson, a full module, or even an entire course. The goal of backward design is to determine first what you want your students to know, understand, or be able to do by the end of the lesson, module, or course. Then, decide what evidence you need to decide that they have demonstrated that knowledge, understanding, or skill. This evidence could be obtained in an exam, essay, presentation, or project. Finally, pick activities, course materials, and instructional strategies to help your students reach those end goals you've set.
Image source: The University of Illinois Chicago Center for the Advancement of Teaching Excellence
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How Can Course Mapping Help?
A course map is a visual plan that shows how a course's learning objectives, activities, and assessments are all aligned.
The Online Course Mapping Guide (includes resources and templates)
Below, find videos from NC State (3:00-7:00 minutes in length each) to explain the basics of Course Mapping.
Whew! This is a lot! Can AI help me?
Yes, it can! Here's a video from TBR on "Creating Course Learning Objectives and Measureable Assessments with AI" (TBR Tech Talk Tuesday) .
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