Course Development Best Practices
- Create a welcoming home page for the course.
- Reduce the number of navigation menu items to those you’re using.
- Create a “Getting Started” module.
- Course organized in modules (by theme, chapter, topic, week).
- Minimize # of items in a module by grouping resources in the assignment/discussion prompt.
- Ensure due dates for assignments and exams are updated so they populate into the course calendar
- Hide the syllabus button if you’re regularly adding content and assignments during the semester—load your syllabus as a file in a module.