PBSC Online Course Design and Development
PBSC Online Course Design and Development
In order to better meet the needs of Palm Beach State College’s students participating in the College e-Learning programs; to better serve faculty/instructors in development of their online course material; to serve the needs of the College; and to enhance the quality of College online courses, the following guidelines and services are provided. These guidelines address several key factors identified as opportunities to enhance the College’s e-Learning program, including:
- Standardizing the “look” of the online courses to create a branding image for the College’s online programs;
- Standardizing and thus simplifying navigation of the courses in order to improve student engagement and retention;
- Growing class offerings to meet student needs;
- Assisting faculty/instructors in development of course material to meet set standards for online courses;
- Providing quality control and continuous enhancement of our PBSC Online program.
The PBSC Online Department provides the following services:
- Design and maintain a course template to provide a standard look of the online course sites. The department assigns these templates to instructional staff for development of course material;
- Provide workshops and online tutorials on course development standards, policies and best pedagogical practices;
- Provide assistance with development of course material, including general advice on site organization of material, as well as assistance with file formatting and development of course material;
- Certify courses to ensure quality and compliance with course standards/requirements;
- Work with assigned faculty/instructors to develop PBSC College-owned course templates;
- Develop and provide instructional staff with training/personal-development resources for Canvas, best practices, and various other instructional software;
- Meet with faculty to provide one-on-one coaching and workshops.
- Manage/distribute Bachelor Degree Programs’ and other various departmental master course templates;
- Meet with the PBSC Online Advisory Committee on regular basis to review policies, procedures and possible course site certification resolutions.