Course Syllabus

Course Design & Development Checklists List

College of Saint Mary, Omaha, NE

Prepared by: Eric Kyle, Ollie Dreon (Millersville University, PA), Vicky Morgan

Fall 2015

The following is a list of links to course design and development checklists, guidelines, and samples that have been prepared/compiled to date that may be used to support faculty in preparation for their classes:

• Syllabus:
  • Sample CSM Syllabus Template
  • Checklist – Syllabus
• Getting Started Module:
  • Checklist – Getting Started Module
  • Checklist – Instructor Introduction
  • Student Tracking Progress
• Course Organization, Modules:
  • Checklist – Course Organization
  • Checklist – Module-Unit Elements
• Module Organization – Examples of Different Formats:
  • Simple Text with Hyperlinks
  • Simple Text with Embedded Multimedia Content
  • Text with Embedded Presentations
• Student Oriented Expectations, Resources, & Supports:
  • Checklist – Student Resource & Service Links
  • General Privacy-Confidentiality Statement
  • General Behavioral Expectations
• Systematic Course Design Supports:
  • Checklist – Objectives
  • Checklist – Assessments
  • Checklist – Peds-Strats-Actvties
  • Checklist – Context Analysis-ID Methods
  • Checklist – Content-Tools-Tech
  • Checklist – Teaching-Learning Theories
  • Systematic Alignment Guides
  • CSM Student Learning Outcomes
• Course Design Rubrics:
  • Rubric – Course Overview & Getting Started
  • Rubric – Course, Modules, and/or Lessons

Click here for a PDF version of this syllabus.