Well, if you're following a 12-week course build cycle you’ve reached the end of the road and in doing so have built a great course to Teach & Inspire!
As you wrap up accessibility checking and a final review of the course let’s take a quick peek at how the things you’ve been doing have supported alignment with recognized quality assurance programs.
4 Mar 2026
Arduous Accessibility Checking
As one rounds the corner heading towards the end of acourse build cycle, looking at accessibility in the course and using tools to check for content that is not accessible as accessible content is no longeroptional but a requirement for internet content and in the online world.
In this episode we take a high-level overview of accessibility, and some tools that are out there to review for accessibility issues.
4 Mar 2026
Rubrics, Assignments & Assessments
The deadline for all content being developed and ready to load into the course is this week, and next week we’ll be wrapping up course build tasks. One of those tasks is adding or reviewing rubrics to your course discussions and assignments.
his week we take a quick look at the value rubrics have for not only the student but also the department and the program overall!
4 Mar 2026
From the Other Side
In today's podcast Marija Dimitrijevic, a Subject Matter Expert who has worked with the Instructional Design team at New Mexico State University, joins me to share some of her experiences.
4 Mar 2026
The Power of Discussions
It’s easy to overlook the value and variety adiscussion board can bring to your course. Join me this week as we take a look at how the discussion board contributes to student learning and preview some interesting options for your next discussion board!
13 Mar 2024
How the brain likes to learn.
For decades many of us have followed the same model of lecture and exam to transfer knowledge from instructor to student, however research shows that this isn’t the way the brain learns best! In this episode we dive into the neuroscience of learning as we take a look at Brain-centric design.
6 Mar 2024
Universal Design in Learning (UDL)
In this episode we take a quick look at Universal Design in Learning as a next step in preparing to build out an online course. Tune in or an overview of Universal Design, Universal Design in Learning, and to hear some student feedback a Subject Matter Expert received after adding closed captions to their online course!
1 Mar 2024
Fostering Engagement & Deep Learning
When considering course content engagement is key. We learn more deeply when we have the opportunity to engage with course material, when we have a chance to use it in various ways! As you consider assessments remember to think about those ungraded activities that provide students a chance to dive in and practice their learning.
1 Mar 2024
Aligned Course Maps
Creating a course map can seem like a challenge, but it really does pay off. Adult learners like to see the application behind things, we often ask ourselves "why am I doing this"? But what does an aligned course map look like? Let's take a look. For this podcast I suggest you take a peek at the Aligned Course Map Job Aid linked below. It will definitely help when it comes to following along with this episode!
1 Mar 2024
Introducing Objectives
In this episode we’ll look at the key to every great course - great objectives, the guide that communicates where your travels will take you. The course objectives, what you want the student to remember when they walk away from the course, and the module objectives, that make up the focus of each week or unit, are the groundwork upon which a course is built.
1 Mar 2024
SME / ID Collaboration
In this episode we explore the collaborative partnership between a Subject Matter Expert, or SME, and an Instructional Designer (ID). In addition we begin our look at a Course Development Institute (CDI) model for course build collaboration in an academic setting.
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