Introduction to Building Course Schedule

This week you will build a draft of your course schedule. Many faculty members organize online courses into “weeks” or “modules,” but others use larger groupings (e.g., units, lessons, chapters, etc.). Each module should have associated learning activities such as readings, graded assignments, and assessments – all of which culminate into the final grade for the course. Once you decide how you would like to organize your course, this will help you build your course schedule.

At this point in time, your schedule is a work in progress. As you continue to develop and organize your course, you will continue to make modifications and add information to your schedule. Also, your instructional designer will go over how to deliver this information to your students during your next consultation.

This section contains the following activities:

1. Build a Course Blueprint (optional)
2. Build a draft of your Course Schedule (required) 

Course Blueprint Activity (Optional)

This Course Blueprint activity is designed to help you create an overall structure or skeleton for your course. This activity is optional. The document provided below is one of many tools and formats that you can use to create your own Course Blueprint. For instance, you may wish to create an outline or a concept map. Use the tool/format that works best for you.
If you would like to complete this activity, please follow the steps below:

1. Download and save the following file to your desktop: Course Blueprint (.docx) Download Course Blueprint (.docx)
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2. Directions are provided within the document to help you design your course blueprint.

Build Your Course Schedule Instructions (Required)

Resources Needed for this Assignment:

• A copy of your course schedule if you have one. (If you do not have a course schedule, you can start creating one in this activity.)
• Microsoft Word (preferably Word 2007 or newer)
• Course Blueprint (if completed)
• Review the following course schedules’ examples from your faculty peers for ideas.
  <<Note: This content is provided as an example. The content should be updated with your institution's examples.>>
• Dr. Heather Batchelder - Mixed Mode Schedule Example
• Dr. Johnny Pherigo - Fully Online Schedule Example
• To help ensure accessibility of your pages, please keep the following formatting elements in mind as you create your course schedule:
• Use bold or italic text, instead of underlines to display emphasis in documents on the Web. An underlined word indicates hyperlinks on HTML pages.
• Use tables for multiple columns for text. Tabbed or multiple columns of text will not format correctly in pages.

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