Online Course Design Essentials: A support resource

A basic checklist   Please find linked a document titled, Online Course Design Essentials. The Office of Online Learning synthesized practices from the instructional design community to create a quick, one-page reference guide for faculty as they begin to consider teaching summer and, potentially, fall courses online.   This checklist contains basic building blocks and does not serve as a comprehensive approach to […]

Get a Head Start on Building Your Course

Online Essentials Starter Pack: Build courses using a pre-designed template   The Office of Online Learning has created a “Starter Pack for Building Your D2L Course.” The Starter Pack is available to help faculty begin building a new course site in D2L Brightspace. It contains an initial course framework with placeholders, examples, and editable templates. It is not intended to be a full course, but […]

Best Practices in Online Teaching – Summer 2020 Faculty Development Opportunities

The Office of Online Learning encourages you to take advantage of the array of online professional development opportunities available this summer to all faculty in MinnState!  Check out the links for course descriptions and RSVP/registration details.   5/25 – 6/14 Creating Accessible Course Document   5/25 – 6/14 Improving Instructor-to-Student Interaction   6/1 – 6/21 Applying the QM Rubric   6/1 – 6/21 Culturally Responsive Pedagogy   6/8 – 6/28 Assessment of Student Learning   6/8 – 6/28 Aligning Instructional Strategies with Zoom   6/8 – 8/9 Foundations of Teaching Online (note: break from 7/4 […]

Start of Semester Tasks

Instructors: Your D2L Brightspace shells for summer 2020 have been created. If you do not see your course or need course merged, please email support@mnstate.edu.  For helpful tips on preparing for the new term, please refer to the following links”  Start of Semester Tasks  Getting Started in D2L Brightspace  Online Courses: Started Well  If you have questions, please contact the Office of Online Learning […]

D2L Brightspace course shells for summer 2020 have been created

Instructors: Your D2L Brightspace shells for summer 2020 have been created. If you do not see your course or need a course merged, please email support@mnstate.edu.  For helpful tips on preparing for the new term, please refer to the following links: Start of Semester Tasks  Getting Started in D2L Brightspace  Online Courses: Started Well  If you have questions, please contact the Office of Online […]