Are you designing your first course online, trying to ensure your students have the maximum in terms of access, or looking to build on the skills you’ve learned recently in one or more of Saint Mary’s Online Instructor Certification courses? The summer is a great time for that, and our partners at Wiley have some great, self-paced options that are designed to fit any schedule. You can enroll with your smumn.edu email address here: https://academicengagement.wileyedsolutions.com/learn/

Online Course Design with Wiley

This self-paced module will familiarize faculty developers with the Wiley course design process and what the experience of working with a Wiley Learning Designer will be like. The course covers basic best practices and design principles around determining course outcomes, design planning, and designing assignments.

  • Self-paced
  • Complete the entire module or skip between topics for on-demand training
  • LMS agnostic design strategies (you can apply what you learn in Canvas)
  • From start to finish, module may take up to 2 hours to complete

Designing for Accessibility in Online Education

Whether from the escalation of accessibility based lawsuits or just an increasing awareness of the types of disabilities affecting online learners, there’s been a corresponding increase in the scrutiny of and anxiety about instructional materials online and their perceptibility to persons with disabilities. This course seeks to soothe those anxieties by instilling in participants empathy for the student experience and empowerment that their courses and instruction can be made accessible.

  • Self-paced
  • Complete the entire module or skip between topics for on-demand training
  • From start to finish, module may take up to 3 hours to complete