中央卡罗莱纳技术学院’s online and hybrid courses meet quality design requirements as outlined in the College’s Quality Course Standards and Instructional Design Standards, and meet departmental and peer review approval. The Course Quality Standards are provided below.
- Course 首页。 Page contains a Welcome Announcement with the following 信息: course introduction, 老师的名字, 课程开始/结束日期, and instructions to go to Content to begin.
- The Overview includes the following statement: “Welcome! Begin by clicking on the first module, Start Here.”; the first module under Content is labeled “Start Here”, has meeting times and delivery methods in the module description (under module title), and includes only the following: Welcome letter/video; College Information and Policies; the current course syllabus; and Class Calendar and Due Dates. The second module under Content is labeled “My Instructor” and includes the following: 老师的名字 and photo; contact 信息 (office location, telephone); availability (office hours/virtual office hours); instructions to use D2L email from the Classlist (no email hyperlinks). The third module under Content is labeled “Essential 资源” and includes 信息 about the D2L Brightspace Orientation course, contact 信息 for student support services, and any other relevant course 信息 or materials. The fourth module under Content is labeled “Zoom” (if Zoom is used in the course) and includes Zoom meeting links, 信息, 记录链接.
- Course results in learning objectives/competencies appropriate to the program; the course is equivalent (same objectives/competencies) to an on-campus course.
- All course Modules are complete for the course, are presented in a weekly (or other appropriate) format, have begin/end dates in the module titles; and contain the following: student learning outcomes and instructions for the module; Learning activities such as: pre-assessment, 指定阅读, 教学视频, 等. 根据需要. 如果使用了发布者资源(i.e. ALEKS, Paradigm, McGraw-Hill等.), provide links and clearly explain how to access the external resource as a separate module or added individual content modules.
- Course provides opportunities for students to interact with the instructor and with other students through email, 讨论板, 聊天会话, 会议, 等. and students are encouraged and/or required to participate in course or group communications.
- Instructor communicates that he/she will provide prompt and regular feedback; communicates response times for course work, 电子邮件和讨论板消息, 等. (Note: Response time should be 24 hours for email and 讨论板 postings and within one week of due date to tests/general assignments and within two weeks of due date for major 项目/论文.)
- Assessment methods are matched to course objectives/competencies and online assessment tools are used where feasible in order to accommodate remote testing and remote proctored testing. (例子包括在线测验, 调查, 自我评估和练习测试, 写作作业, 电子演示文稿, 投资组合, 项目, 论文, video-recorded submissions of presentations, 等. 也鼓励小组项目.)
- Course adheres to FERPA, Copyright, and 可访问性 requirements.
- The grade book is set up and agrees with the evaluation method as stated in course syllabus.
- The attendance register is set up using the current scheme, 包括日期和作业名称, and agrees with the attendance measures defined in the course syllabus.