Recommended Course Development Timeline

January 2012 Term

Registration for JTERM courses begins

October 11, 2011

Make contact with my assigned Instructional Designer                      

Week of October 17 - 21

Schedule first meeting with Instructional Designer                 

Week of October 24 - 28

Course development

October 31 – December 15

Review course content with Instructional Designer

  • Take inventory of content that can be repurposed vs. needs to be developed            

Week of October 31 – November 4

Decide what technologies I will use to deliver my course

  • Refer to menu of tools available for faculty teaching online
  • Take appropriate Blackboard training workshops   

Week of November 7 - 11

Discuss course design and organization with Instructional Designer

  • Modules or folders
  • Course menu options

Week of November 14 - 18

Finalize syllabus

Week of November 21 - 25

Put my course books/materials on UNH Booklist                                 

Week of November 28 – December 2

Bb course available to students               

December 5, 2011

University closed (AT staff unavailable) 

December 24 – January 1, 2012

JTERM begins                                                         

January 3, 2012

Last day for students to drop/add JTERM course         

January 3, 2012