These prompt examples for discussion boards provide faculty course developers with templates and inspiration for creating strong, community-building discussions for their students in various areas of their course and at various levels of course difficulty.
Here are some strategies you can consider when planning for how you’ll communicate with your students on discussion boards.
Badging in online courses can be used for anything from increasing motivation and student engagement to highlighting student achievement, marketable skills, and course artifacts.
The middle of the term is an excellent time to ask students to think about, and comment on, their perspectives on the course and on your teaching. Unlike end-of-term course
To begin with the end in mind means to start with a clear understanding of your destination. It means to know where you’re going so that you better understand where
This month we’re celebrating Dr. Jessica Krentzman, Senior Manager of Instructional Design with Academic Services and Products. In this role, Dr. Krentzman works closely with internal Risepoint Leadership, external Risepoint
Personalized interventions can be sent to students in Week 1 of a course. These recommendations assume that students are asked to complete a personal introduction in the first few days of the semester so that you can begin to track their progress.
Strategies for integrating AI and ChatGPT into your courses to alleviate the appeal and pressures of academic dishonesty in your online courses.
This Community of Inquiry (COI) Matrix helps faculty course developers identify how to incorporate COI strategies for selecting content, setting climate, and supporting discourse at each course level based on Bloom’s taxonomy.
Are you concerned about the quality of your recorded videos for your online courses? The Course Video Scoring Rubric below provides you with additional guidance on how to improve the
A new and exciting year is upon us, and with it a chance to revise and refresh our online courses. Your Learning Management System (LMS) regularly updates with new and
You’ve been notified by your department chair or dean you will be teaching an online course that’s new to you in the upcoming semester. The dean/chair knows you have not
Quizzes are incredibly useful tools in any online course. They provide students with immediate feedback on their learning, build metacognitive
When designing an online course, developers often start with a clear plan for readings and resources that align with assessments.
The term module means different things to different people. For our purposes, modules are containers—organizational units or buckets of content—that
Assessments refer to the activities students complete to demonstrate their competency in relation to predefined learning objectives. Broadly speaking, there
Enhancement is a critical component of an online course’s life cycle. Just as you must maintain a car or home
Live online course design and delivery webinars hosted by the Academic Services and Products team
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