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Kickoff Meeting Script

Instructional Design Script for Faculty Kickoff Meeting

1) GATHER BACKGROUND: Is this a new or existing course? If existing, is it a big re-design or a minor update? Is there anything specific we should know about this project? What is the anticipated enrollment (approximately)? What is the length of the course (in weeks)? How many credits? Are there multiple sections offered? Is the course taught by multiple instructors? Is there a team approach to what is covered?

2) ESTABLISH TIMELINE: What is the development/delivery timeline? Typically we build collaboratively over an entire term/semester and have the course ready for deployment at the beginning of the next term. Building at the last minute rarely works, and building while teaching is a recipe for disaster. We are here to support you to ensure that you and your students have the best online teaching and learning experience possible.

3) ASSESS EXPERIENCE: What kind of experience do you have with online teaching? Do you currently use Bb Learn in your class? Have you taught fully online before? Overall, how do you feel about your Bb Learn experience? If your past experience wasn’t ideal, what would you like to do differently? Are there any new tools or methods you’d like to try or learn more about? I’d like to share this online teaching best practices document for you to review.

4) COMMUNICATION: How will you communicate with your students? We recommend the internal Course Messages tool over using your NAU e-mail. Will you use the Announcements tool? How frequently will you check in and respond to student questions? Will you use Zoom or Collaborate for live Office Hours?

5) ORGANIZATION: How will you structure your course? Chapters? Modules/Units, Weeks? Do you have a syllabus, a table of assignments with due dates and point values, and a list of course learning outcomes? If you haven’t identified learning outcomes, we can work on that together as we get started. Do you plan to use Adaptive Release or any content restrictions based on completion of earlier work?

6) CONTENT: What is your content source for the class? Are the course materials your own or from a publisher? Do you have a list of websites you’ll be pointing to? Please let me know the textbook type, if any. Do you utilize any OER (open educational resources) content? Do you need assistance with Reserves Requests from Cline Library?

7) MEDIA: What do you foresee as your media needs (graphics, videos, etc), if any? Are you familiar with Kaltura? Can you begin gathering a list of any external media resources such as YouTube videos, etc.? You can submit media requests using this form.

8) ASSESSMENTS: What kind of assessments (graded activities) are you thinking about using in the course? Have you considered academic integrity issues, some of which are unique to online? Have you ever used rubrics? Have you ever used a proctoring service? Are you familiar with Bloom’s Taxonomy? Do you have a strict late work policy? Studies show that a more flexible late work policy increases student success.
            Discussions
            Journals/Blogs/Wikis
            Presentations (Live or Recorded?)
            Group Work/Problem Based Learning
            Peer Review
            Assignment Submissions -- Written Work/Papers (Use SafeAssign for plagiarism detection?)
            Quizzes/Exams

9) ACCESSIBILITY: We use a tool called ALLY to make the course more accessible and can involve Disability Resources as needed. We also recommend transcripts for any video or audio elements.

10) QUALITY REVIEW: When we near the end of the design phase, the final step is a quality assurance review of the course to check for consistency, ease of navigation, working links, good accessibility, etc.

    1. Next steps. Please let me know what other questions or concerns you may have.
    2. Request a course shell where we can build from scratch, consider the template options, or request a course copy. Send me a syllabus, with a table of due dates
    3. Start writing your Learning Objectives for the course.