Central Carolina Community College (CCCC)

Instructional Design

Best Practices for Designing Online Courses Lessons

• Planning Your Online Course (course mapping, day zero strategies)
• Starting Students for Success (syllabus and start here menu)
• Actively Engaging Students (aligning instructional materials, learning activities, and assessments to learning outcomes, inclusive strategies)
• Promoting Persistence (using LMS analytics, constructive feedback, providing options for assignment submission)

What's Hot? Featured Instructional Technologies

• Analyzing Learning Objectives Cheat Sheet
• Blooms Action Verb List
• Adding a Zoom Meeting Link to Bb

Instructor Tool Box

• Organizing Your Online Course
• Creating an Instructor Welcome Video or Course Introduction Video
• Creating Chromebook Friendly Assignments in Blackboard
• Designing Online Materials for Low Bandwidth
• Strategies to Promote Growth Mindset
• Creating and Using Your YouTube channel
• Course Communications
  • Establishing Class Norms
  • Feedback
  • Creating Effective Announcements
  • Checking In With students
• Quality Matters Information

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