As of the July 1, 2009, all new Bb course sites will be certified by the eLearning department before the sites are activated and access to students is provided. This applies to all component, hybrid and online courses.

To qualify for certification, the course sites will have to meet the following criteria:

1. Standard Home Page Design - Component, Hybrid & Online

The home page will consist of a College approved banner, footer, page dividers, icons, color scheme, and contain standard information consisting of:

• Course ID/Number
• Course Title
• Course Description
• Syllabus
• Instructor Information (picture, campus address, office location, phone, fax and email)
• Links to Required Resources (Smarthinking, Turnitin, College Library, College Email, and other standard resource links as identified by the College)

This information will be presented in a standard page layout as per course template design provided by the College.

2. Standard Content & Delivery - Hybrid & Online

Hybrid course content is to be organized into eight (8) Learning Modules (Lesson Plans). Fully Online course content is to be organized into sixteen (16) Learning Modules (Lesson Plans).

• Each Learning Module is to contain at minimum:
• Lesson Introduction Page -- containing learning outcomes and an outline of the lesson components
• Instructional Content (i.e., presentations, handouts, videos, resource links, animations, etc.)
• Lesson Discussion
• Assessment (i.e., tests, quizzes, assignments)
• All other material related to that particular Lesson.

Each lesson is to engage students in appropriate student contact time - equivalent to classroom contact time. Homework assignments do not count for Lesson contact time.

Component Course

In addition to the standard Home Page content, component course sites are to include and utilize at minimum:

• Discussion Board
• Email
• Instructional support (i.e., presentations, handouts, links to online resource, etc.)

Site Certifications

The eLearning department will certify new sites (sites which have not been developed and instructed, and/or sites in development not actively updated since November 1, 2008) based on ‘Course Site Certification Rubrics' outlined on the following page. Sites must meet an ‘Adequate' rating level on all Rubric criteria in order to be certified. The eLearning department will assist faculty to meet this requirement. Courses already developed and/or actively worked on after the November 1, 2009 date will be certified based on the Level 1, 2 and 3 existing criteria; however, faculty will be encouraged to allow the E-Learning department assist them with conversion into the new course standards as outlined in this document and adopted as of July 1. 2009.

eLearning Advisory & Peer-Evaluation Committee

A faculty based eLearning Committee will meet twice each term and serve on advisory bases, reviewing proposed policy changes, new technological initiatives, as well as serve as a peer based evaluation committee should any faculty contest site reviews and certification. This committee will have the right to make final recommendations and site certification decision if faculty does not accept site development recommendations of the eLearning department.