Planning & Designing a Course

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How we plan & design a course impacts how it functions and how students learn.  A good design incorporates multiple theories, content, and critical thinking skills.

Featured resources:
* Bloom’s Taxonomy – Via Vanderbilt University, Bloom’s Taxonomy is a foundational framework of education and critical thinking.  It has been used for over 60 years.

* Picking Useful Tools for Instruction – Technology tools, including Canvas functions, should only be used if they have a purpose for instruction.

Course Planning

How we plan & design a course impacts how it functions and how students learn. 

Simple Editing of Closed Captions in Panopto

You can edit each closed caption from the closed captioning screen by simply clicking the pencil icon.
This method is easy. After importing captions simply go line by line correcting each line.

Everyone Benefits from Closed Captioning

Students may watch your videos with sound off in surprising situations. Learn how your closed captions may benefit many more of your students then you may have guessed.

Transcribing Audio

When working with audio on the web, it’s critical to transcribe the audio. Transcription can help a large variety of individuals based on their individual needs. 

Pixabay

Are you looking for high quality royalty free stock photos and videos?  Pixabay has over 1.4 million available.

TimelineJS

TimelineJS is an easy-to-use tool for designing beautiful interactive timelines.

VALUE Rubric Development Project

The VALUE Rubric Development Project, created by the American Association of Colleges & Universities, contains a series of rubric applicable in a higher education setting.

Digital Commons Network

The Digitial Commons Network provides completely free access to articles and research from many colleges and universities around the world.

UTF-8 Icons

UTF-8 Icons provides an easy to access way of adding text-based icons to any web-based content.

LICEcap

Create simple animated screen captures to share.

Unsplash

A large community of free photos to use in courses, presentations, and other creative projects.

TED Talks

TED is a nonprofit devoted to spreading ideas.