{"id":47962,"date":"2023-10-17T22:00:56","date_gmt":"2023-10-18T02:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/?page_id=47962"},"modified":"2026-06-01T08:46:40","modified_gmt":"2026-06-01T12:46:40","slug":"instructional-design-at-carleton","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/instructional-design-at-carleton\/","title":{"rendered":"Instructional Design at Carleton"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Instructional Design at Carleton\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                                    \n\n<p>Create the course you want with instructional design.<\/p>\n\n\n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>Would you like assistance or feedback on the design of your course, whether it is face-to-face, online or HyFlex? As instructional designers, we can work with you to address pedagogical as well as technical aspects of the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Your course\u2019s assessments<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Learning activities and content delivery<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Interactions with or between students<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How all these pieces fit together<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Below are some examples of what we can discuss or build with you:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"overall-and-cohesive-course-design\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overall and Cohesive Course Design<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Provide feedback on a course\u2019s syllabus\/outline and learning outcomes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Align a course\u2019s learning outcomes with the assessments, activities and content<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Align a course\u2019s outcomes and content with program\/departmental outcomes and curriculum map<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Support instructors\u2019 work to materialize their course design within Brightspace and <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/educational-technology\/supported-educational-technology\/\">other TLS-supported educational technology tools<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Provide an inclusive course environment through\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Designing a variety of ways for students to interact, be assessed and consume course material (Universal Design for Learning or UDL)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Diversifying course content (and other EDI improvements)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ensuring accessibility of a course&#8217;s PowerPoint or Word documents, videos, text or Brightspace course<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Develop templates for Brightspace, content, PowerPoint slides, etc.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Optimize the organization of a course\u2019s content and assessments in Brightspace<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Improve visual design and\/or create a custom look\/brand for a course<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 id=\"course-assessments-activities-and-content\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Course Assessments, Activities and Content<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Strengthen students\u2019 engagement with course content, course instructor and each other<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select or design effective AI-aware assessments to monitor student learning and provide ongoing feedback, evaluate student learning and performance at the end of a course\/unit, and incorporate student media creation and other innovative strategies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Design or improve multiple choice questions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Design experiential learning activities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Design student group work and peer assessment<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create engaging course content and activities via lesson planning<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Integrate <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/teaching-and-learning\/collaborative-indigenous-learning-bundles\/\" type=\"page\" id=\"992\">Collaborative Indigenous Learning Bundles<\/a>, library support or <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/tls\/future-learning-lab\/fusion\/\" type=\"page\" id=\"51854\">FUSION modules<\/a> into a course<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Incorporate student feedback checkpoints<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Create a communication plan<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Incorporate active and experiential learning activities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Facilitate students\u2019 academic skills development and\/or transition to university<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select and maximize use of digital tools within Brightspace (i.e., quizzes, discussion forums, gradebook, rubrics, learning analytics) and a select group of instructional digital tools external to, or integrated with, Brightspace (i.e., Zoom, Kaltura lecture recording tools, cuPortfolio, H5P, Wooclap, Feedback Fruits)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-4xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    \n    <div class=\"cu-callout cu-callout--center cu-component border-8 md:border-[12px] border-solid border-cu-black-50 px-8 pt-5 pb-6 md:px-16 md:pt-8 md:py-10 rounded-lg cu-prose-first-last\">\n                    <header class=\"cu-pageheader cu-component cu-prose-first-last  cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto\">\n                <h2 id=\"book-a-consultation\" class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-2xl md:text-3xl lg:text-4xl lg:leading-[3rem] relative cu-pageheader--center text-center mx-auto after:left-1\/2 after:-ml-5 after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-4 after:w-8 after:bg-cu-red\">\n                    Book a Consultation\n                <\/h2>\n            <\/header>\n        \n        \n\n<p>Could you benefit from any of the above? <a href=\"https:\/\/itsjira.carleton.ca\/servicedesk\/customer\/portal\/15\/create\/346\">Book a course consultation<\/a> for help with a specific issue or to learn how we can help your course reach its desired outcomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Trouble accessing the form? 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