Course Design

Resource Category Topic
A tool for estimating student workload.
Type: Website
 Course Design Lesson/Module Planning, Syllabus Design
A detailed guide for estimating out of class student workload with a link to Wake Forest University’s Enhanced Course Workload Estimator tool.
Type: Website
 Course Design Lesson/Module Planning, Syllabus Design
Classic guide to writing learning objectives for a variety of learning outcomes.
Type: Book
 Course Design Objectives
Approach to course design featuring the Backward Design process.
Type: Book
 Course Design Backward Design
A tool for developing your course using Backward Design methodology.
Type: Tool
 Course Design Backward Design, Lesson/Module Planning, Objectives
This tool guides faculty in step-by-step fashion to build effective learning objectives at all levels of the revised Bloom’s taxonomy for the…
Type: Tool
 Course Design Objectives
A brief primer on writing good learning objectives.
Type: Website
 Course Design Objectives
An example of Backward Design in a Cell Biology course
Type: Video
 Course Design Backward Design, Lesson/Module Planning, Objectives, Syllabus Design
An overview of Backward Design, a description of its benefits and three stages, and a template for faculty implementing Backward Design in their…
Type: Website
 Course Design Backward Design, Syllabus Design
Part 2 of a workshop on Understanding by Design (UbD), a framework for improving student achievement that helps teachers clarify learning goals,…
Type: Video
 Course Design, Student Success Backward Design, Feedback, Formative Assessment, Summative Assessment