Your Roles in <Replace - Course Title>

Most faculty see themselves as falling into one of the following categories:

• You are a face-to-face instructor but have used <Replace - Your LMS> in your face-to-face class,
• You’ve completed one of the other faculty development courses offered by<Replace -  Department Name> and now you’re ready for something more,
• Your department is moving courses and programs into the online environment, or
• You’ve taught online courses at other institutions and you think to yourself, “Teaching online? Yeah, I’ve got this!”

Whichever category you fall into, we feel that this course has something to offer you.

In <Replace - Course Title>, you will essentially wear two hats: one of the student and one of the instructor. As a student in <Replace - Course Title>, you will log on to the <Replace - Course Title> course, attend sessions, engage in discussions with peers, and complete assignments related to online teaching and learning such as copyright, accessibility, and technology tools. You will wear your 'instructor hat' when you begin building your own online course, applying the concepts you are learning in <Replace - Course Title>  as a student. There are many strategies that we will cover throughout <Replace - Course Title>  and at times it can feel a bit overwhelming. Our hope in this class is not only to supply you with a sample of the wealth of information related to online teaching but to consistently model different online teaching strategies and tools so you can decide what works best for your class. We also hope that being back in the student’s seat will give you further insight into the design and class tone you hope to achieve as an instructor.

While in this course, you will have two roles: one as a student in  <Replace - Course Title> and one as a course instructor/developer in a development course. 

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Student Role in This Course

We hope that being in the student's role in  <Replace - Course Title> will give you further insight into the design and class tone you hope to achieve for your students as you design and develop your course. As a student in this course, you will participate in the following ways:

• Log into  <Replace - Course Title> weekly using a web browser or the Canvas Mobile Student App Links to an external site. to complete course activities, including module readings, online discussions, and assignments. 
  • You will have a student role in the  <Replace - Course Title> course, which means you will interact with the online environment in the same way that your students will interact with <Replace -  Institution Name> .
• Attend the  <Replace - Course Title> Connect sessions and actively participate.
• Attend consultations with your assigned instructional designer to ask questions about course content and strategies.
• Participate in discussions, both in-person and online. As the course progresses, think about the ways that your  <Replace - Course Title> cohort is building community. 

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Instructor (Course Developer) Role in a Development Course

You will wear your "instructor hat"  in your development section when you begin building your own online course, applying the concepts you are learning in  <Replace - Course Title> as a student. When wearing your instructor hat, you will participate in the following ways:

• Access your development course and build various components of your digital learning course as part of the BYCA (Build Your Course Activities) project. 
  • You have an instructor role in your development course, which means you can customize the course settings.
• Apply best practices in digital course design as you plan and build your course.
• Work with your assigned instructional designer to develop your new course, brainstorm ideas, ask questions, and get connected to resources available to support you during and after  <Replace - Course Title>.