Digital Course Development

Purpose of this presentation• Familiarize you with digital course

development processes and procedures.• Raise awareness of available resources.• Help you create the best possible content!

Who are we?• Put your name here

• Nicholas Crosby– Faculty Training– 960-6727– Nicholas.Crosby@saskpolytech.ca

Changes in digital course development and delivery• New environment

– Desire2Learn LMS– New products coming online

• Example: Kaltura

• Increased instructor desire to use this toolset in all delivery modes– Online & on-campus

What are students expecting?• Digital delivery• Timely

communication• Feedback

– Instructor– Automated

• Interactive activities• Interesting and

meaningful activities• Flexibility

• Clarity– Instructions– Expectations– Deadlines

• Knowing a person is there to help

• Collaboration• A real experience

similar to a classroom

Course life cycle

DevelopmentSection

Master Section

Live Section

Course Development Processes• Minor changes

– Typically instructor initiated

– May be on development or live section as it is taught

– Changes are rolled into new master

• Major changes– Formally planned

and executed with Learning Technologies

– Developed as a team

The team – a ton of resources!!!• Subject matter expert (SME)• Instructional designer (ID)• Graphic artist (GA)• Media technician (MT)• Faculty trainer (FT)• Project manager (PM)

How its done

High level planning BlueprintOngoing

developmentExpert and

technical review

Deliver

Who does what?• A coordinated effort• Developed as a team• Timelines are critical

SME responsibilities• Content!• Content!• Content!

• Selecting content• Developing content• Selecting media• Designing learning

activities• Copyright compliance

ID responsibilities• Creating deliverable

content• Oversee and

coordinate the entire process

• Coordination of efforts between all parties

• Assisting in managing workflows

• Gathering content• Converting content

into deliverable formats

• Manage timelines

Helps, hints, ideas• D2L capabilities• Effective writing• Media selection• Back to Bloom’s• Copyright issues• Available resources

How can we help you?

• Open for business!