Online Course Template (Department Cluster Owned Templates)
Online Course Template (Department Cluster Owned Templates)
Based on the needs of a department and/or cluster, development of an online course template can be requested by the department’s dean, associate dean or director. The request is to be sent to the PBSC Online director.
Upon the Vice President of Academic Innovation and Strategy approval, the department/cluster may contract with a content expert to develop the instructional material per compensation guidelines listed below. The content expert will be expected to work closely with an assigned PBSC Online instructional designer that will assist the content expert with development of the course template and instructional content, ensuring the course template meets the College’s online course certification standards. The PBSC Online instructional designer will format, structure, and publish the instructional material into the course template. Instructional Design Technology staff member will be assigned to assist with development of multimedia instructional material.
The course template will then undergo a review process (as listed in the Scope of Work – Online Course Template Development and Maintenance Form). Upon approval, the content expert will be compensated for the development of the instructional material and the course template will become property of the College.
The department/cluster must appoint a template manager (must be a full-time employee) that will serve as a liaison to PBSC Online and ensure the template’s instructional material remains current and ready for deployment for instruction. The PBSC Online department will assist with template updates and revisions.
The department/cluster must adopt the course template for instruction in all online sections of this course for subsequent terms. The department’s dean, associate dean or director will submit to PBSC Online a list of all online sections at least 10 workdays before the first day of each term, and the PBSC Online department will manage the template’s distribution, populating all course sections based on the provided list.
The department/cluster may assign any instructor to teach the template-based courses --PBSC Online will provide template-based faculty certifications. It is the department’s dean’s, associate dean’s or director’s responsibility to ensure the instructor has the skills to instruct online utilizing the College provided LMS. Should any training needs be identified by the department, PBSC Online will provide such training based the department’s request.
Prior to submitting a course for certification for the first time, faculty are expected to complete the Online Teaching Toolkit for Faculty training course. Please submit your completion badge for the course to InstructionalDesign@palmbeachstate.edu along with the course URL, the term in which the course should be certified for, and the level of certification required.
The following guidelines govern the compensation for online course template development/redevelopment:
College Requested Online Course Template Development
College Required Online Course Template Redesign
College Requested Online Course Template Development
College Requested Online Course Template Development
1. A department/cluster must submit the ‘Scope of Work – Online Course Development and Maintenance’ form and receive an approval from the Vice President of Academic Innovation and Strategy before any compensation is offered to a content expert/developer and development of the template is started.
2. A scope of work, with deliverables and timelines will be completed and signed by the contracted course content expert/developer. The document will state that once the course is fully developed and approved, the course belongs to the College and can be assigned to any faculty member.
3. The content expert/developer must request a mid-development review by department dean, associate dean or director and the PBSC Online director to ensure course instructional content (at mid-point of development) meets department’s standards, is aligned to course outcomes, and meets approved course template structure.
4. Payment of $2,100 for a completed course template will be issued upon approval of the Vice President of Academic Innovation and Strategy.
College Required Online Course Template Redesign
College Required Online Course Template Redesign
1. When a department/cluster and/or PBSC Online requests that a College-owned course
template be substantially redesigned, the department/cluster must submit the ‘Scope of Work – Online Course Development and Maintenance’ form and receive an approval from the Vice President of Academic Innovation and Strategy before any compensation is offered to a content expert/developer and redevelopment of the template is started.
2. The needed changes must be clearly identified by the department/cluster to identify/evaluate needed changes/updates and determine the percentage of course modification to be developed.
3. A scope of work, with deliverables and timelines will be completed and signed by the contracted course content expert/developer. The document will state that once the course is redeveloped and approved, the course belongs to the College and can be assigned to any faculty member.
4. The content expert/developer must request a mid-redevelopment review by department’s dean, associate dean or director and the PBSC Online director to ensure course instructional content (at mid-point of development) meets department’s standards, is aligned to course outcomes, and meets approved course template structure.
5. Payment for redevelopment will be calculated based on the percentage of the course to be redeveloped and calculated as a percentage of the full course development payment of $2,100 (e.g., 50% of template redevelopment = $1,050). Payment for template revision will be issued upon approval of the Vice President of Academic Innovation and Strategy.
For the Scope-of-Work Form, please see the website at: http://edtech.palmbeachstate.edu/elearn/Resources/Academic-Manual/Scope-of-Work-Work- for-Hire---Course-Template-&-QM-Certification.pdf
Development and/or Revision of a Faculty’s Personal Online, Hybrid and/or Face-to-Face Courses
Development and/or Revision of a Faculty’s Personal Online, Hybrid and/or Face-to-Face Courses
Such development and/or revisions will not be compensated, as they are considered part of normal job responsibilities of teaching faculty and instructors.