Clemson Online: Where Tech and Teaching Meet

Planning an Online Course

Whether taking a face-to-face course online or building a new one from scratch, designing an online course takes time and planning. Here are our recommended steps for getting your course ready to go in time.

Course Alignment

Ensure your course components work together to support achievement of the intended learning outcomes.

Designing Backward

Course Objectives and Backward Design Backward Design is an intentional means of constructing your course; you identify the ultimate objectives and prioritize them throughout the course design process. As you build new courses and make minor or significant changes to old ones, consider using Backward Design to help get the wheels turning and ensure your […]