The Open Umbrella

Content

To Begin: Content Inventory

Once you have set your outcomes and aligned assessment and learning activities, you are now ready to start looking for content. Content is the core element of any online course, but it is not the only element. The course team has a responsibility to collect and curate content so it makes sense, keeps to copyright and licensing conventions, and keeps to a common usage standard.

As a preparation step for putting a course online, it is useful to locate and think about course-related information and activities that will be useful or required for this course.

This matrix will help you identify what resources you are currently using, what resources you can adapt and what resources you need. The matrix also reminds you of the variety of formats in which these content items exist (print, online, audio, video, etc). The resources are also associated with learning activities and tasks, which could prompt further development of content.

Format

Specific learning activities / tasks

Content

Text

Graphics

Multi-media

Slides

Other

What I find and reuse as is

Course outline

Reading pack

ePub course booklet

Guidelines for submitting an assignment

Course Booklet front page

Introductory video to your course facilitator

Lecture slides for course

Pre-course diagnostic quiz

Syllabus quiz

Read the course outline, watch the introductory video and download the lecture slides. Then complete the syllabus quiz

What I find, tweak and use

Course book overview

Big question

Instructions for collaboration

Group contract

Updated list of journal articles

Icons for each section

You-Tube videos

Read chapter 1 of the book with the big question in mind. Once you have finished the above, then use the mind map to describe the relationship between this big idea and three concepts. Then share this map with your group

How could you apply the xx model to this? Discuss in the forum

What I find, repurpose and use

Assessment rubrics

Key quotes from course book

Creative commons images

Short clips from previous students work

Multiple choice quiz

Complete the multiple-choice quiz

Reflect on the quotes and your learning about this topic and update your journal

What I create for this module

Assessment task

Format for evaluating student’s presentation

Presentation rubric

Exemplar PowerPoint

Create a presentation for your peers and upload it to forums