There is content from pre-existing online courses in the Faculty of Education that can be repurposed with very minor modifications, such as Assignments designed to take advantage of digital tools.
The Basic
The Basic build will allow for many courses to be moved online and will provide a simple Canvas shell with supports provided to faculty members, including uploading content and an overview of how to use Canvas tools if needed. Many of the Faculty of Education courses being migrated to online-only in an accelerated timeline (COVID-related) will be provided a basic build in those cases where an online course version does not already exist.
It is assumed that instruction of each course migrated online in a Basic build will include synchronous engagement (online face to face discussions/lecture) through Collaborate Ultra. Instructors would be using the pre-existing course materials, adapted to online presentation with the help of a PDCE/ETS support person.
The Basic build may or may not include all of the following elements that are in the prepared “course starter”:
- Syllabus
- Home Page (FoE banner and placeholders for Department and Instructor’s name)
- Course Elements:
- Announcements,
- Syllabus,
- Modules (structured for content),
- Discussion forums
- Assignments (repurposed from existing online courses, drop box for papers or quizzes),
- Web Conferencing (Collaborate Ultra, Zoom)
- Library Online Course Reserve (LOCR),
- Grade (Gradebook),
- People (Class list).
- Navigation to the above course elements
Examples for each element with instructions and descriptions are provided for guidance
Level of support offered by PDCE/ETS Team
- The Basic build will include 10 hours of Learning Design and 8 hours of PDCE/ETS support time.
An example of a Basic build online course:
The Advanced Basic
In addition to the elements included in the Basic Simple, it is assumed that the instructor of the Basic Advanced build will create some unique course content such as content modules, designed specifically for online delivery. The course will be either a combination of synchronous and asynchronous components or completely asynchronous. It may include the use of additional Canvas tools or applications external to Canvas. Support will be customized for the preferred online delivery requirements of the Instructor.
The Basic Advanced build may or may not include all of the following elements that are in the prepared “course starter”:
- Syllabus
- Home Page (FoE banner and placeholders for Department and Instructor’s name)
- Course Elements:
- Announcements,
- Syllabus,
- Modules (structured for content),
- Discussion forums
- Assignments (repurposed from existing online courses, drop box for papers or quizzes),
- Collaborate Ultra,
- Library Online Course Reserve (LOCR),
- Grade (Gradebook),
- People (Class list).
- Navigation to the above course elements
Examples for each element with instructions and descriptions are provided for guidance
Level of support offered by PDCE/ETS Team
- The Basic Advanced build will receive 15 hours of Learning Design and 15 hours of PDCE/ETS support time.
An example of a Basic Advanced build online course:
The Comprehensive
The Comprehensive build is an enhancement of the Basic Advanced build with the addition of extensive content modules authored by faculty and customized design by a PDCE/ETS learning designer in collaboration with a faculty member. Supports will be provided to faculty members to upload content and learn how to use Canvas tools.
Comprehensive Build will include:
Co- creation of content with a faculty member to include web based multi-media components (for example: Visual, simulations, conducting a lab)
- Enhanced Assessment strategies (for example: final exam with multiple types of questions for large group; project-based learning assessment; performative multimodal assessment; portfolio; peer assessment)
- Enhanced engagement strategies (for example: team-based collaborative work; experiential learning; case studies; self-testing; interactive content)
- Additional educational technology tools (for example: H5P; Collaborative Learning Annotation System (CLAS); Mattermost).
Level of support offered by PDCE/ETS Team
- The Comprehensive build will require 25 hours of Learning Design time and 15 hours of PDCE/ETS support time.
Examples of Comprehensive build online courses are available on Examples of Online Courses page.