QAC (Quality Assurance Check of Online Courses) Guide

The following is a guide to help you understand the expectations along with details, examples and resources to help ensure we are all offering quality online courses.

Required Items	Details and Examples	Correction Steps
All template/shell links, including Schedule of Assignments, are evident and updated.	These links include: Announcements Forum Attendance & Helpful Student Information Course Syllabus Schedule of Assignments Orientation Quiz Course Evaluations It is expected that these links remain in the course throughout the semester. If you prefer your course syllabus to be a PDF or Word document, that is fine as long as the relevant sections are included from the “Course Syllabus Template”. Schedule of Assignments can also be added in a different format than the template. Additional orientation quizzes that you decide to create can still be added to the course; however, students MUST complete the one provided in the template for census reporting data. We understand most of you delete the new template data due to importing a previous semester. We do not recommend this because eLearning updates the above mentioned links each semester to ensure the latest information is available to you and your students.	How to Retrieve Previously Deleted Links: Navigate to the “More” tab > Select “Recycle Bin” > Click the “Restore” button (should look like an up arrow) beside the item you wish to add back to your course. If you do not immediately see “Recycle Bin” under your More tab, wait about 10-15 minutes as it appears only after a background process is ran in Moodle. Items in the Recycle Bin exists for 7 days. Beyond this point if you need to recover template/shell links, contact the eLearning team.
The syllabus has been updated to the correct semester.	Self-explanatory	Click your course syllabus link and verify it has the proper semester.
The course includes only that semester’s Orientation Quiz with correct due date.	After importing, delete the previous semester’s Orientation Quiz. Please DO NOT just rename it to the current semester, as it could have outdated questions or information.	How to Delete Old Orientation Quiz: Toggle Edit Mode on Find the old orientation quiz and select the three vertical dots to the right of it Select “Delete”
Gradebook aligns with your syllabus and is available to students.	In your syllabus, you should have an Area of Assessment section that breaks down what your final grade is based upon (i.e. weights, natural/ sum of points, etc). Whatever grading scenario you described in that section must match your Gradebook Setup.	How to Setup Gradebook with Weights How to Setup Gradebook as Natural
Each course has only one updated faculty block per instructor.	After importing, ensure you do not have two or more faculty blocks for the same instructor. NOTE: Team taught courses should, of course, have a faculty block for each instructor.	How to Delete Blocks: Toggle Edit Mode on Expand out your right-side Block drawer Select the dropdown arrow by the gear icon for the block you wish to delete Select “Delete … block”
No unnecessary, duplicate blocks appear in the course.	After importing, ensure you do not have more than one Quickmail, Library Databases, etc. blocks.	How to Delete Blocks: Toggle Edit Mode on Expand out your right-side Block drawer Select the dropdown arrow by the gear icon for the block you wish to delete Select “Delete … block”
No unnecessary, duplicated activities/ resources appear in the course.	After importing, ensure you do not have more than one Course Evaluation, Schedule of Assignment, orientation activity, etc. links. NOTE: imported items appear at the bottom of the topic – remember that if you are deciding which one of a duplicated item to delete!	How to Delete Activities/ Resources: Toggle Edit Mode on Find the replicated item you wish to delete and select the three vertical dots to the right of it Select “Delete” How to Bulk Delete Activities/Resources: Toggle Edit Mode on Select “Bulk actions” at the very most top-right Click “Delete” in the new banner across the bottom of the screen Check the boxes in front of the items you want to delete Mash “Delete” in the banner again Mash “Delete” in the popup message
There are assignments due at least every two weeks.	To ensure students do not violate the two-week attendance policy, it is important that instructors have assignments due for students to complete and submit at least every two weeks. The Schedule of Assignments is an easy place to quickly confirm this information.	Tap into the intellectual, creative soul we know you have and create an activity for your students to submit in Moodle. Toggle Edit Mode on Hover towards the middle of any module to “Add an activity or resource” in that particular location.
Standardized and consistent layout of topics and course material.	Each module in the course should be outlined in a similar fashion. For example, each week your course might be set up in the following order: Module Objectives Chapter Resources Chapter Activities Organization of the individual items should be consistent as well when selecting the font and layout.	To rearrange items in your course, toggle Edit Mode on. To edit activities or resources: Toggle Edit Mode on Find the item you wish to edit and select the three vertical dots to the right of it Click “Edit Settings”