Course Design: Instructional Systems Design (ISD) Defined

The National Standards for Quality Online Teaching are broken into the following eight standard categories:

• Standard A: Professional Responsibilities
• Standard B: Digital Pedagogy
• Standard C: Community Building
• Standard D: Learner Engagement
• Standard E: Digital Citizenship
• Standard F: Diverse Instruction Standard G: Assessment and Measurement
• Standard H: Instructional Design

The National Standards for Quality Online Courses provide a framework for schools, districts, state agencies, statewide online programs and other interested educational organizations to improve online learning courses. The standards are intended to provide guidance while providing maximum flexibility for the users.

Open, download, and use this MS Word version of the approved Standardized Course Outline for your courses in all modalities. The outline was developed by the Assessment Team for use by all faculty in all disciplines.

Review this example lesson design for ideas on how to plan your course learning activities, assignments, and assessments. Then use the Lesson Design Template linked below or create your own lesson template.

See the companion Example Lesson Design Outline to see suggestions for completion of this template. This template will help you organize your course and your Blackboard site in advance. In each column you will identify required items for learning, assignments, and assessments. The items can then be systematically gathered or developed and added to your Blackboard course site and presented to your students within your course syllabus or course outline.