Primary communication
Clarifies for online students when they cannot easily ask questions
Helps students learn about course expectations and materials
Details expectations and procedures
Tells students when assignments are due
Name of Course
Department
Semester
Instructor:
Name
Contact Information (email, phone, office location, etc.)
Textbook (and/or other Required Materials):
Be sure to include title, author(s), and ISBN number
Indicate whether it is a required text or a supplemental resource
Course Description:
A brief paragraph that mildly extends from the catalog description. Focus on overlying concepts, not minutia.
Prerequisite Courses:
If your course has required or recommended prerequisite courses, list them here.
Learning Outcomes:
By the completion of this course, learners will be able to:
-Focus on skills that are transferrable to post-course life, work environments, or further education
-Use action verbs such as: explain, develop, evaluate, apply, solve
-Evaluate your course and limit it to 5 major outcomes
Communication:
Provide information on how students should contact you and the approximate wait time for a response. Be specific and call out response time on emails, homeworks, quizzes and projects. (For example, I will respond to emails within 24 hours. I will get back to you in one week on homework problems, etc.) Make sure you provide times for office hours, etc.
Course Approach:
Provide students with:
Start and end days for each week
State how many weeks the course will run
Explain basic format of your setup for the LMS – modules, pages, calendar use, etc.
Provide a quick blurb about what students should expect for content delivery (lecture capture, personal capture, demonstration videos, simulations, reading, etc.)
Provide a short explanation of student expectations that recur on a weekly basis (e.g. all student work will be turned in by Sunday)
Course Requirements:
Grade Determination Breakdown
If you have a variety of categories, outline them here. Provide information about weighting of categories.
Assignments
Explain the various types of assignments and the general expectations. Inform students of where to find more detailed instructions for specific assignments. If certain types of assignments are recurring, provide hard due dates. Include when students can expect to receive feedback on the assignment.
Late Work Policy
Provide a short blurb highlighting your late work policy, if applicable. If you will not be accepting late work, state that explicitly
Class Participation Expectations and Criteria
If participation, whether live or online in a discussion board or group work, provide an in-depth description of your expectations. Insert your grading rubric for discussion posts and peer feedback here, if applicable.
Technical Requirements:
If students need to access particular software, state it here. Also provide them information for where to turn if they experience technical difficulties, particularly regarding issues with the LMS.
POLICIES
Academic Integrity:
Provide a statement below about cheating and academic integrity.
It may include:
Copying and pasting text directly from a source without providing appropriately cited credit
Paraphrasing, summarizing, or rephrasing from a source without providing appropriate citations
Collaborating on individual assignments
Turning in work where a good portion of the work is someone else’s, even if properly cited
Academic Accommodations:
Provide a statement about any academic accommodation policies at UIR.
Grading Policy:
Provide UIR’s up-to-date grading policy or your grading policy