Meeting with an Instructional Designer
The course development process starts with a meeting with instructional designers at Missouri State Online. Discussions on the specifics of the course include course design and structure, assessment plan, communication strategies, course delivery system, development of supplemental course materials, and course management strategies.

Online Course Development Process Guide
There are three stages of the online course development process.

Stage One: Planning and Design

1. General Pedagogical considerations
2. Identifying course objectives
3. Identifying course content
4. Identifying course components
5. Designing Course structure
6. Designing instructional strategies

Stage Two: Development and Implementation

1. Content preparation
2. Webpage development
3. Creating course under a Course Management System
4. Testing the course
   

Stage Three: Course Delivery and Management

The Missouri State Online staff can assist faculty members with all stages of course development.

Click here for the Online Course Development Process Guide (PDF)

Missouri State Online Course Development Timeline

Following your meeting with an Instructional Designer, a course development time can be established.

Multimedia Supplemental Materials
Missouri State Online staff will assist instructors in developing multimedia (audio/video, multimedia, Flash) materials to be used for an online course. To better facilitate these requests, we ask that instructors start planning and discussing the need for multimedia components as early as possible.

Web Accessibility
All online courses are required to meet ADA compliant policies of the university. Our support staff will work with instructors to ensure their online course sites are accessible to all users.

Other Online Course Elements
In addition to course content development, instructors are asked to assist in the following tasks:

Providing a current Instructor Bio and Photograph, a 
Course Introductory, a listing of the required
 textbooks for the online courses, a list of supplemental readings if required, and compliance with providing the appropriate documentation regarding syllabi and copyright materials.

Please see the Missouri State Online support staff
 for any assistance or questions.