Next Steps...

Congratulations! You have made it to the end of this course on creating effective and inclusive courses! Please help us improve the course by completing the evaluation (just click on the box above or below).

You should now be able to:

• Understand core principles of effective teaching and learner-centered course design
• Clarify learning goals:
  • Write specific, assessable course learning outcome statements (CLOs)
  • Identify the domain and developmental level of each CLO
• Align learner-centered assessments with learning goals:
  • Identify appropriate observable evidence that will tell you whether students have achieved the learning goals
  • Identify the knowledge and skills required to create required evidence of learning
  • Ensure a mix of formative and summative assessments
• Align learner-centered activities with learning goals and assessments:
  • Identify activities that will provide students with required knowledge and practice to achieve outcomes
  • Design effective interactive learning activities

Next up: Ensuring Effective and Inclusive Course Delivery

Careful course design is the first step but in order to fully create and deploy a learning environment that is supportive, accessible and inclusive for all students, there are still a number of tasks ahead of you, including developing all your course materials, assignments, etc. There have been links and resources offered throughout this course to help with many of these, particularly on the Additional Resources pages for Module 3 (assessments) and Module 4 (activities). In addition, here are a few things to consider that haven't been mentioned yet (with links to pages with more details):

• Are all of your materials accessible Links to an external site.?
• Do your materials reflect the range of experience, backgrounds and identities of your students?  Are you being identity-conscious Links to an external site. as you choose readings, design assignments, create examples?
• What is your plan for establishing community from the first day Links to an external site. (even if online Links to an external site.)? 

Additional Resources

• The Center for Inclusive Excellence Guide to Maintaining Equity and Inclusion in Virtual Learning Environments Links to an external site. and resource page on Inclusive Pedagogy Links to an external site.
• Instructional Technology Services Virtual Instruction FAQ Links to an external site.