Online Excellence

Snow's Online Design Checklist should be used to guide the design and evaluation of online courses. These criteria must be met before an online course is taught.

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Schedule a semester-long series of meetings to work one-on-one with a TLC instructional design. Contact the Teaching and Learning Center at 435-283-7341 or ude.wons@clt to learn more or to sign up.

Schedule a brief one-on-one meeting with TLC member for instructional design help. Contact the Teaching and Learning Center at 435-283-7341 or ude.wons@clt to learn more or to sign up.

Group conversations each semester on instructional design tools. Contact the Teaching and Learning Center at 435-283-7341 or ude.wons@clt to get the upcoming schedule.

Access Canvas Video Guides for useful "How-To" videos for Canvas instructors.

Canvas Video Guides

Browse the Canvas Instructor Guide to get help and better understand Canvas tools.

Canvas Help

The college has purchased a Canvas design tool called DesignPLUS for faculty and staff. Here is a brief explanation video . DesignPLUS helps create homepages, content pages, and templates for modules, pages, quizzes, and discussion boards. This tool also allows for faculty to easily modify due dates and delay announcements

Because of the nuances of using the tool, faculty need to complete a 90-minute training before getting access to DesignPLUS; the Teaching and Learning Center will offer trainings throughout the school year. For future trainings and gaining DesignPLUS access, contact the Teaching and Learning Center at 435-283-7341 or ude.wons@clt.

This asynchronous course hosted through Canvas will introduce instructors to some of the qualities of designing an online course and teaching in an online environment. The course will include assignments that will be reviewed and suggestions provided by experienced online teachers or members of the Teaching and Learning Center staff. Assignments are constructed to be applied in your online teaching courses.

Topics for this course will include: basic Canvas tools, what online teaching looks like, designing an outcomes-based course, establishing a social presence, providing academic feedback, and making your course accessible. For more information about this course, reach out to the Teaching and Learning Center at 435-283-7341 or ude.wons@clt.

At Snow College, the established learning management system (LMS) is Canvas by Instructure. To help understand the basics of Canvas, this asynchronous training will introduce faculty to various Canvas tools and explain how to post content, assess learning, and provide grades. This course will discuss how to use the settings found within your course. For more information about this course, reach out to the Teaching and Learning Center at 435-283-7341 or ude.wons@clt.

The Office of Academic Affairs will notify faculty of optional Online Pedagogy Workshops each semester. When possible, please feel free to attend these faculty workshops to develop your online teaching and share your expertise in online pedagogy.

The college has purchased a Canvas design tool called DesignPLUS for faculty and staff. Here is a brief explanation video . DesignPLUS helps create homepages, content pages, and templates for modules, pages, quizzes, and discussion boards. This tool also allows for faculty to easily modify due dates and delay announcements

Because of the nuances of using the tool, faculty need to complete a 90-minute training before getting access to DesignPLUS; the Teaching and Learning Center will offer trainings throughout the school year. For future trainings and gaining DesignPLUS access, contact the Teaching and Learning Center at 435-283-7341 or ude.wons@clt.

This rubric has been designed to aid in the ongoing evaluation of online courses and instructors. The feedback on this form should recognize instructor efforts to maintain high quality and rigor in their courses and provide thoughtful recommendations for improvement.

For full-time faculty, this form should be added to their dossier and will be submitted to department chairs to meet the Advancement & Tenure schedule and/or department review schedules. For adjunct faculty, this form will be included in their annual review and submitted to department chairs at least once a year when teaching an online course.

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To accompany annual reviews, this rubric has been designed to aid in the ongoing self-evaluation of online courses. The feedback on this form should include reflection of successes and plans for improvement.

For full-time and adjunct faculty, this form is recommended each year an online course is taught. Full-time faculty should include the completed form in their portfolio/dossier. Adjunct faculty should submit the form to their department chair.

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Each year, Snow faculty can use UQI funds to earn up to $300 by competing a Teaching Triangle with two other faculty members. Form a Teaching Triangle with two other online teachers and apply here .

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Because we want faculty to be the primary authority for guiding online instruction, the need for selecting Online Quality Mentors to assist with several steps in this process is crucial. To assist departments in reviewing online courses for the design checklist peer observations, each dean selects one or more faculty in the division to serve as an Online Quality Mentor—a skilled online teacher who can help evaluate and guide division colleagues in online pedagogy. To schedule assistance from an Online Quality Mentor, please complete this survey .