Online Delivery Approval Process

The eLearning Champions Committee provides review and approval/recommendation for faculty wishing to move new or existing courses to an online delivery model. Courses that are currently being offered online DO NOT need to be re-approved, but will be reviewed on 3-5 year basis (TBD) starting in the 2022-2023 academic year.

What courses need to be approved?

  • New online courses that have never been taught before. (Must be approved by Curriculum Committee first)
  • Existing face-to-face courses that you would like to edit for delivering in an online modality.
  • New or existing courses being developed for Competency Based (CBE) delivery.

What do we mean by “Online”?

Great question!  There’s been a lot of confusion about this, especially after the emergency shift to remote instruction during the pandemic.

According to the Distance Education Guidelines, an online course is defined as, “Any course that is offered asynchronously (no specified meeting time), in a no-residency format (not at a specified physical location), and that uses the learning management system and/or other digital tools as the primary method for student/instructor engagement.” (Policy 1.01, Section 1a).

Hybrid courses where a majority of instruction takes place in a remote asynchronous format (e.g., a small number of in-person labs, clinicals, exams, presentations, or other meetings) should be presented to the eLCC for review and approval.

If you’re not sure if your course needs to be approved or not, contact the chair of the eLCC.

 

How to get your course approved:

Any full-time faculty wishing to prepare an existing face-to-face course for online delivery should complete the following. Part-time faculty may not be responsible for course approvals.

  1. Complete a letter of intent and development rationale (online form)
  2. Work with eLCC mentor to complete the eLCC Mentoring and Milestones Worksheet (fillable PDF)
  3. Utilize instructional design resources to create an AWESOME online course. Our instructional designer, Wendy Koile is also ready to provide great ideas and design support.
  4. Present some “rough draft” modules to your eLCC mentor for feedback.
  5. Incorporate feedback to finish building the course.
  6. Complete your self-assessment rubric; and the Course Accessibility Checklist.
  7. Schedule presentation to eLCC (the committee meets every other Friday at 8:30 am during the academic year)
  8. Present to eLCC; eLCC votes to recommend (or not) for online delivery
  9. eLCC Chair forwards recommendation and all supporting documentation to Academic Affairs for final approval, scheduling, staffing, and compensation.

 

Process Quick Links / Documents