Designing Your Course
Designing a new course--from conceptualization of broad course objectives through planning individual learning activities for individual classes--can be daunting. The Office of Learning Technologies provides the Designing Your Course series to help guide instructors through the entire process of new course design. Whether the course is online or in-person, you will have an opportunity throughout this series to develop a course from start to finish. Workshops include time to discuss ideas and receive feedback. Information from these workshops will also be helpful in updating courses that you have already been teaching.
See below for descriptions of all workshops in this series. For more information, please contact Instructional Design Manager, Randi Kirkland at rlk03@uab.edu.
Workshop Descriptions
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Learning Objectives, Alignment, Course Development Process
Participants will be introduced to the Office of Learning Technologies course design process and begin the course design/redesign process by creating measurable learning objectives. In addition, participants will learn about the importance of aligning critical course components.
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Assessments and Learning Activities
Participants will learn how to develop or select assessments and engaging learning activities that align with course and unit learning objectives.
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Instructional Materials Copyright
Participants will learn how to select and create instructional materials that align with course and unit learning objectives, learning activities, and assessments. Participants will also learn about copyright and intellectual property issues that arise in creating and using instructional materials.
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Universal Design for Learning
In this workshop, participants will identify the three guiding principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) using higher education case studies. We will then apply these principles to course development, particularly in online and hybrid/blended courses. In addition, participants will be introduced to some of the common accessibility issues that students face and learn how applying UDL principles can address these issues while meeting the needs of diverse leaders.
