Course Design Rubric
In May 2019, the Academic Senate endorsed adoption of the . This rubric replaces the Best Practices Checklist developed by the Online Teaching
and Learning Committee based on early versions of the OEI Rubric.
The may be used by online teachers as a tool to review their own online courses. The
rubric is also used in the Peer Online Course Review (POCR) process.
The OEI Course Design Rubric was developed by the OEI Professional Development work group to ensure that all courses offered as part of the Initiative promote student success
and meet existing regulatory and accreditation requirements.
Courses that are peer reviewed and aligned to the OEI Course Design Rubric:
The Rubric is divided into four sections.
- Content Presentation - how content is organized and accessed in the course management system.
- Interaction - regular effective contact (instructor-initiated and student-initiated communication).
- Assessment - the variety and effectiveness of assessments within the course.
- Accessibility - ensuring a student using assistive technologies will be able to access the instructor鈥檚
course content as required by Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (also
known as 鈥508 Compliance鈥).
- Navigate to to find tips for designing your online course to align with the CVC-OEI Course Design
Rubric
- The Equity Pedagogy and Practice Academy: Faculty earn 3 units toward salary advancement for completing the course.
- Peer Online Course Review: Faculty submit their asynchronous online course for peer review. Faculty will earn
3 units toward salary advancement for completing the course.
- An Equitable Grading professional development series facilitated by Bri Brown鈥搘atch
the recordings and submit for External Training Credit. Session Recordings:
- : Setting the Groundwork: Your Story, Mindsets, and Teaching Philosophy
- : Problematizing Traditional Grading
- : Equitable Policies & Systems: Contract Grading and Ungrading
- : "Hacking Canvas" to Align with Equitable Grading Strategies
- : Presenting your Grading System & Practices to Students and Colleagues
with embedded screenshots and Canvas Guides + Resources
Visit 糖心视频's Professional Development site for additional training opportunities, processes, and requirements.
@ONE offers fabulous , and faculty can enroll in Fresno Pacific University to earn units toward salary
advancement! Courses include:
- Canvas and General Best Practices:
- Introduction to Teaching with Canvas
- Intro to Asynchronous Online Teaching and Learning
- Advanced Techniques with Canvas
- Engagement Strategies for Live Online Teaching and Learning
- Introduction to Course Design
- Online Teaching and Design (12 weeks)
- Grading & Assessment:
- Equitable Grading Strategies
- Assessment in Digital Learning
- DEIAA:
- Humanizing Online Teaching and Learning
- Equity and Culturally Responsive Online Teaching
- 10-10-10 Communication that Matters
- Creating Accessible Course Content
- LGBTQ+ Student Success: Identity, Intersectionality, and Advocacy in Education
- OER, ZTC, and AI:
- Beyond Boundaries: OER and Universal Design for Learning
- Teaching with OER and Open Pedagogy for Equity
- Making the Case for ZTC: Pathways to Equity
- Building a Team: Implementing ZTC Pathways
- Navigating the Future: Open Education with Generative AI
- Counseling:
- Online College Counseling
- Online Mental Health Counseling
- and so many more! There are even short self-paced courses available.