Quality check
- Donna Wong
myCourses sites need to be easy for students to navigate. A recommended practice is to conduct a myCourses check before the course gets underway to be sure content is available to students and presented in a way they can find things. It can be helpful to perform this check using the “Student” view to have a better sense of what students see. If appropriate, consider asking a TA to assist you with doing the quality check.
This list is intended to help you do a quality check of your course in myCourses.
Content review
Course outline is uploaded to myCourses
Blended course statement is included
Guidelines for accessible online learning materials are applied.
The CoI framework is somehow integrated into each module.
Slides are provided to accompany pre-recorded videos.
A draft of the first announcement in myCourses, such as a welcome message, is prepared.
Include an instructor widget (D2L-Teacher Profile or Single Profile Widget).
Organize your course schedule and create task lists in myCourses
Technical review
Broken link viewer (Brightspace Community)
Videos play and are captioned and/or transcribed.
Edit the navigation bar in myCourses so tools (e.g., Assignments, Discussions, Groups, Quizzes, external tools) are accessible to students.
Graded assessment tasks have the correct percentage and points according to the assessment scheme.
Graded assessment tasks are linked with the Grades tool.
Content release settings align with dates in the course outline.
Content that should not be visible to students is hidden or release conditions are set.
Course start and end dates are correct.
Mechanics
Content is free of spelling and grammar mistakes, typos and inadvertent word omissions.
Pages have consistent layout.
Text format (size/colour/type) is consistent throughout modules.
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