Informal Course Reviews
If you would like to receive feedback on an online course that you have developed, you may submit your course for an informal review that utilizes the Quality Matters standards. Quality Matters is a nationally recognized set of standards for online course quality.
If you would like to know more about Quality Matters, you can start with Why QM?
The process for completing an informal internal review is as follows:
- Complete Alignment Online Course Module. To learn about Alignment and how to complete a Course Alignment map, you will need to complete the online asynchronous module in Moodle. Email elearning@nsula.edu to enroll in the online Alignment module.
- Fill out the Review Request form. Once you have completed your Course Alignment map, fill out the Review Request form
- Submit documents for review. Email the completed Course Alignment Document and Review Request form to elearning@nsula.edu. Typically, initial course reviews are completed within four – six weeks after submission of the request.
- You will receive detailed feedback, especially for standards that your course does not yet meet.
- After you receive feedback, you will revise the course and resubmit for a second review.
- When your course meets the standards, you will be issued the Quality Online Course badge.
Since NSU is a QM subscriber institution through the Louisiana Board of Regents, faculty can access tools and information available on the QM site. If you would like to complete a self-review of a course, you may log into the QM Course Review Management System. Here you will see the complete rubric, along with annotations, and you have the opportunity to determine whether your course meets each standard and make notes about what revisions you may need to make. In order to use the system, you will first be prompted to create a MyQM account. A MyQM account will grant you access to many of the resources on the Quality Matters site.