Course Layout – Rubric Standard I.2
LSC peer review rubric standard I.2 reads: Course layout, as designed by the instructor, is easy to navigate and understand. This 3-point item (an important one as all 3-point standards must be met in order for a course to meet overall expectations) assumes that the following are easy to locate, navigate and understand:
- a course syllabus
- a calendar with all course activities/deadlines included
- course activities
- grading system
- quizzing procedures (online, proctored, etc.)
- procedure for submission of assignments
- discussion instructions
As the designer of a course, it’s easy to think your online course is highly navigable. Having others enter your course for the first time to provide feedback to you about its navigability can be extremely valuable! Oftentimes, just a couple of small changes can make a confusing course a straightforward one.
Posted: October 23rd, 2006 under Peer Review.
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Comment from Hanna Erpestad
Time: October 29, 2006, 10:21 pm
Nice job with the blog, Susan!
As a reviewer of several courses now, I agree that a few simple tips to improve navigation can make a big difference in any course! For example, just adding sub-titles, repeating due dates in a few places, or removing all “dead ends” (e.g., unused tools/links and any underlining that does not open a link to a new page) can improve navigation greatly.
I look forward to learning about new ideas via this blog!
P.S. While I am all for globalization, I wonder why this post asks me to “submit” auf Deutsch? The button below this message box says, “Abschicken” 
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