Step 4, Navigation (5 Steps for Course Design Series)

Issued by GVSU Faculty/Staff Professional Development

The ability for your students to navigate your course site is critical. Being thoughtful about navigation can lead to student inspiration to dive into the online experience and engage in the course content. How do you build quality navigation into your course? We will discuss what considerations need to be included in your course design and build, as well as, how you can experience your own class as the student.

Level Foundational
Time Hours
Cost Free

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Use your Course Alignment Map to ensure you have reviewed each item in your course for clarity (context and directions). Sample Course Alignment Map. Write down in the next column, Step 4, all of the places that you have provided instructions for students that week.
Finish adding any last content items into your course in Ultra.
In preparation for the final activity in Step 5, take some time and review your course in the student view mode, and read through modules and items for context and clarity and directions for students.