470239 - Design a Great Online Course

Course Description

This workshop will walk you through the planning stages of creating an online course. Practical how-to guidance coupled with “create-your-course” worksheets will help you move through your course development efficiently.

While the Design workshop is at-your-own-pace, your facilitator is available through Zoom, email, or discussion forum to answer questions and provide feedback. Coupled with the strategies from the Teach workshop, this course will guide you towards earning Quality, High Quality or Exemplary designation for you and your course.

When you complete this workshop, you will be able to:

1. Plan your online course using “backward design.”
2. Identify features of quality course design using the UF Quality Online Course Rubric.
3. Align your course objectives, assessments, content, and learning activities to create a course map.
4. Experience an online course from the student’s perspective.
5. Estimate the time it will take you to create the content for one module.

Expect to spend approximately 10-12 hours reviewing the materials and completing the worksheets.

Beginning Fall 2026, by successfully completing this workshop, you will earn the microcredential for Design a Great Online Course (Proficiency Level).

Also available:

• Teach a Great Online Course