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Online Coaching Course Standards Rubric

Overview & Information

  1. Course includes Welcome and Getting Started content.

  2. Course provides an overall orientation or overview, as well as module-level overviews to make course content, activities, assignments, due dates, interactions, and assessments, predictable and easy to navigate/find.

  3. Course includes a course information area and syllabus that make course expectations clear and findable.

  4. A printable syllabus is available to learners (PDF, HTML).

  5. Course includes links to relevant campus policies on plagiarism, computer use, filing grievances, accommodating disabilities, etc.

  6. Course provides access to online learner success resources (technical help, support services, orientation, academic honesty, tutoring).

  7. Course information states whether the course is fully online, blended, or web-enhanced.

  8. Course provides appropriate guidelines for successful participation regarding technical requirements (e.g., browser version, mobile, publisher resources, secure content, pop-ups, browser issues, microphone, webcam).

  9. Course objectives/outcomes are clearly defined, measurable, and aligned to learning activities and assessments.

  10. Course provides contact information for instructor, department, and program.

Content & Activities

Interaction

Design & Layout

Assessment & Feedback