UIS Center for Faculty Excellence Course Design Certificate

Issued by University of Illinois Springfield

Earners of the UIS Center for Faculty Excellence Course Design badge have demonstrated a strong understanding of university level course design. They have used backward design principles to frame a course based on desired outcomes. They have constructed course materials that integrate effective and measurable learning outcomes. They have developed authentic student assessments that engage students with tasks that authentically reflect job tasks.

Type Certification
Level Foundational

Skills

Course Design
Higher Education Teaching
Student Assessment
Syllabus Design
Universal Design For Learning

Earning Criteria

After completion of this course, students will show mastery by completing a syllabus design template, creating a set of measurable learning outcomes for a course, create authentic assessments for a course, analyze a course using Universal Design tools, address relevant course issues and write a summary reflection on growth related to the course topics.