Design Challenge
Have you ever felt that you want to improve the overall look and feel of your online course, but don’t know where to really start? To kick-off Fall term, the Online Learning Instructional Design team is organizing an opportunity for faculty to improve the design of their courses!
Who is this for?
- Instructors teaching online with no scheduled meeting courses (ONSM).
- Instructors interested in improving the overall organization and design of their ONSM courses.
What is involved?
- Designing in D2L Brightspace Training (optional, but highly recommended)
- Description: This training is all about quality design inside a Learning Management System like D2L Brightspace – the tools and strategies that help your instruction come to life for students in a virtual space!
- Stipend = $150
- Meet the Essentials Criteria of the Online Course Design Framework
- This is Online Learning’s new Quality Review tool.
- Stipend = $200
- OL support and resources will be available to help you with meeting the Design Framework Criteria.
- Dedicated Google chat group for participants to connect and ask design related questions of the instructional design team!
Requirements
- Course is an online course with no scheduled meetings (ONSM).
- Course does not originate from an online course developed with Online Learning’s Instructional Design team.
- All requests to participate must be submitted by October 15, 2025.
- All courses need to be submitted for review no later than November 3, 2025.
Next Steps
Are you interested in participating? Fill out the request form and we’ll email you with information on next steps. We are excited to have you join the challenge!