THINK ABOUT THE ‘LOOK-FEEL’ OF YOUR PAGES IN YOUR MODULES. The style drop-down menu on the right hand of the page editor lets you create a PARAGRAPH or HEADING. For those using screenreaders (assistive technology) please use HEADING 2 and HEADING 3 to help you break up your pages and make your courses easier to navigate.

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INCORPORATE YOUR LINKS TO FILES AND MULTIMEDIA WITHIN A PAGE. Having too many stand-alone files without any explanation can be overwhelming for the student. Please make certain that you give your files names that are easy to understand (For example CHAPTER 1 VIDEO TRANSCRIPT).
COPY/ EDIT
We expect our students to go over their own writing, use spell and grammar check. You need to do the same thing. Remember you are developing a professional product! With this in mind – when writing/typing (particularly for the web) only use 1 space after a period at the end of the sentence.
USE PARALLEL STRUCTURE
This means that you have the same name throughout for different things. If your first project is called PROJECT 1, make certain that whenever you refer to it, you call it PROJECT 1.
CREATE A MODULE FLOW

Do you have the same general pattern each week? This is really important in online classes. A
sample general pattern:

• UNIT OVERVIEW: Weekly objectives and preferably a captioned weekly video welcome message.

• CONTENT PAGE(S): Weekly content created using the Pages (or Assignments) tools in
CANVAS. Individual PowerPoints and URLs need to be incorporated into pages with text explaining
their purpose.

• INTERACTIVE ACTIVITY: Weekly discussion assignment; pair/group work; collaboration.

• PROJECT WORK: A short page, discussion or assignment meant to scaffold – support any larger
projects you are doing.

• WEEKLY WRITING ASSIGNMENT: Additional short summary writing or reflections; can also be used
to support larger projects.

• CONTENT REVIEW AND LOOKING AHEAD: A review of weekly objectives, list of resources
and description of upcoming week’s content.

SAMPLE MODULE

LINK TO 16 WEEK MODULE TEMPLATE EXAMPLE - You can use this Word document to organize your content and build your course content before working in Canvas.