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Planning your course
Advice for authors on things to do before you start creating your course.
By Caitlin1 author6 articles
Course planningWhat to do before you start building... An overview of the planning steps involved in designing a course.
Course planning - Identify your audienceQuestions to go through with a team to identify your learners', their needs, and how your going to meet those needs through design.
Course planning - Define the "flavour" of your courseQuestions for you and your team to explore to capture how learners will experience your course - online? blended? collaborative? reflective?
Course planning - Set the goalsSet your goals or learning outcomes for your course and make them more measurable by using specific verbs and checking the level is right.
Course planning - Plan assessment, then activities, then contentHow you can use backwards design and constructive alignment to get a more focused course.
Course planning - Set the styleHow using a style guide can really make a difference for your learners and also save you time as an author.