Developing and enhancing a quality online course requires a significant commitment of time and resources. North Carolina A&T State University provides the tools and resources you need to develop, enhance, and deliver your distance education courses. Here you will have access to a broad range of faculty services offered by the Extended Campus (EC), in cooperation with the Center for Teaching Excellence (CTE), Instructional Technology Training and Development (ITTD), and other University support service areas. Experienced experts actively support online instruction and technologies for new and experienced online faculty. Through workshops, learning communities, consultations with groups, and individuals, this dedicated team works with full and part-time faculty to enhance skills, introduce online teaching strategies, and leverage the best instructional technologies to enhance online education. Below are the steps needed to develop a new online course or redesign an existing one.

Developing a New Online Course

• Discuss the course idea with your department chairperson.
• Submit the request to the Extended Campus.
  • Requests will be evaluated by Extended Campus administrators, in consultation with chairs and deans. Colleges will be notified of decisions. The faculty member will be required to sign a letter of agreement affirming that he/she will:
    
    • abide by copyright laws and the university intellectual property policy
    • participate in training and certification as specified by the Extended Campus
    • meet the established deadlines
    • participate in periodic reviews of the course as specified by the Extended Campus

• Partner with the Extended Campus to design and develop the course.
• Earn a Distance Education Faculty Development Certificate (Requires completion of the New Online Faculty Orientation and the ITTD O-700 - Online Teaching Course).
• The course will receive an official certification for online delivery after the course passes a Quality Matters peer review and all developmental activities have been completed.
• Deliver the course.
• Revise the course as necessary.

Redesigning an Existing Online Course

• Online courses that have been previously developed may be submitted for a redesign. (Note: Redesigned courses must be at least 3 years old.)
• Discuss the course idea with your department chairperson.
• Submit a request to the Extended Campus.
  • Requests will be evaluated by Extended Campus administrators, in consultation with chairs and deans. Colleges will be notified of decisions. The faculty member will be required to sign a letter of agreement affirming that he/she will:
    • abide by copyright laws and the university intellectual property policy
    • participate in training and certification as specified by the Extended Campus
    • meet the established deadlines
    • participate in periodic reviews of the course as specified by the Extended Campus

• Partner with the Extended Campus to design and develop the course.
• Earn a Distance Education Faculty Development Certificate (Requires completion of the New Online Faculty Orientation and the ITTD O-700 - Online Teaching Course).
• The course will receive an official certification for online delivery after the course passes a Quality Matters peer review and all enhancement activities have been completed.
• Deliver the course.
• Revise the course as necessary.

To inquire about online course development or redesign, contact Gwen Godard, Ph.D. (godardg@ncat.edu or (336) 285-3810).