Course Development
To ensure Creighton Unversity online courses incorporate commonly accepted best practices, the following processes have been established. BlueLine, the University's learning management system, is used for all online courses and the online portion of hybrid courses. Additional information about the tools available in BlueLine as well as other instructional technologies available may be found under the Faculty Resources menu to the left.
Process for New Online Course Development
1. Contact your Dean to complete the necessary paperwork for the Online Course Review Team (OCRT).
2. An instructional designer assigned to work with you on developing your online course will contact you via email to set up an initial meeting.
3. In this initial meeting the instructor and the designer will have a conversation to inform the designer about the course. In general, the designer will need:
- Learning objectives for the course
- A copy of the course syllabus
- How student learning is currently assessed, or a vision for how it could be assessed
- Learning experiences in which the students currently engage or ideas for learning experiences
- Information about the audience for the course (how many students, entry-level or post-professional students, general location of students, etc.)
- To observe a face-to-face class session if the course is currently taught on-ground.
- Instructor's ideas and concerns about creating the course for the online environment
- Instructional materials already created by the instructor.
4. The designer collaborates with the instructor to develop a prototype of a partial course using the Academic Affairs Online Course Design Rubric as a guide.
5. The designer and instructor review the prototype and identify changes needed.
6. The designer makes necessary changes in the course structure.
7. The designer and instructor engage the graphic artist/multimedia specialists and copyright librarian as needed.
8. The instructor and designer review edited course prototype course and finalize the course design structure.
9. Work is completed on the course using the agreed upon design structure and learning materials provided by the instructor.
10. The instructor works with the designer to become proficient in using the technologies employed within the course.
11. The instructor and designer review the course and make changes as needed.
12. The instructor contacts the OCRT chair to arrange for a time to meet with the committee to review the course.
13. The course is reviewed by the OCRT.
14. OCRT either approves the course or provides the instructor with changes identifeid by the OCRT.
15. In the event changes are needed the instructor works with the chair of the OCRT to gain final approval for the course.