Designing Online Courses

Follow these steps:

• Get Started
• Build Courses
• Get Inspired
• Finalize Course Design

Get Started

• Request a consultation with an instructional designer by using our Bookings page or emailing edtech@hunter.cuny.edu. We can tell you about the resources and services available at Hunter and show you sample online courses.
• Review materials for our Module-Making Camp (a multi-day professional development event for faculty) to build one complete online module including learning outcomes, instructions for students, learning materials, activities, and assessments. We can offer the program to departments/small groups on request, please email edtech@hunter.cuny.edu.
• Ask our Learning Management System admin team to create a developmental course shell based on the "Online Course Template" (email lms@hunter.cuny.edu).

Online Course Template - Weekly Coursework

Online Course Template - Syllabus

Build Courses

• Self-enroll in the the Course Design & Development Tutorial course on Brightspace.
• See examples of instructor-created materials.
• Attend online workshops to learn about tools and best practices for communicating with students and for creating multimedia materials.
• Learn how to create accessible course materials (e.g. documents readable by screen-readers and videos with captions).
• Get ideas for selecting tools and designing multimedia assignments from the Tool Talk and Teaching Tips posts on the ACERT blog.
• Participate in ACERT lunchtime seminars to hear about insights and experiences from Hunter colleagues.
• Meet with an instructional designer on a weekly or monthly basis as you build your course.

Get Inspired

ACERT Event Capsule - Irene Morrison-Moncure and Jared Simard discuss taking their courses online.