Skip to main content

Ohio State navigation bar

The Ohio State University
  • Map
  • BuckeyeLink
  • Webmail
  • Search Ohio State
College of Arts and Sciences
ASC Office of Distance Education
  • About
    • Our Mission
    • People
    • Online Programs in the College of Arts and Sciences
  • Request a Consultation
  • Distance Learning Curriculum
    • Crafting Policy for Student Use of Artificial Intelligence
    • DL Course Review Process and Required Documents
    • Distance Approval Cover Sheet Instructional Resources
    • Guided Course Creation Program
    • Online CourseShare Initiatives
  • Events
    • Upcoming Events
    • Recordings of Previous Events
  • Resources
    • Academic and Religious Holiday Calendar
    • ASC Online Course Syllabi Examples
    • Course Design Strategies
      • Regular Substantive Interaction (RSI) Guidance
    • Fast Facts
    • Instructor Spotlights
    • Teaching with Technology Learning Community
    • Technology-Enabled Teaching Solutions
    • Templates
    • Student Video Resource Tutorials
  • Scarlet Canvas
  • Tools
    • Approval Process for New Learning Technologies
    • Teaching and Learning Toolset
    • Tech Tools Course & Syllabus Statements
  1. Home
  2. Resources
  3. Course Design Strategies

Course Design Strategies

Student at desk with headphones and laptop, waiving to the computer screen.
Regular Substantive Interaction (RSI) Guidance
A human hand shaking a robot hand
Get Familiar with AI at Ohio State
Watercolor of children at desks raising their hands
Transitioning from Passive to Interactive Student Engagement Online

Assessments and Transparency

Wooded path that splits in two directions
Customize Learning Pathways in Carmen via Mastery Paths
Contract with a pen
Contract Grading Schemes
Brainstorming on whiteboard
Level Up Grading Scheme
A student looking at three arrows pointing in different directions representing possible pathways
Scenario Based Learning's Potential for Online, Asynchronous Learning and Beyond
This is a digital illustration of a rubric table.
A Guide to Using Carmen Rubrics
An infographic shows the five steps of the SBL Development cycle starting with Analyze. The ADDIE steps are listed first with EMERGO equivalents in parentheses.
How to Build an Effective Scenario-Based Learning Activity

Building Community in Online Courses

screenshot of u.osu.edu login/signup page
Connecting Communities Using U.OSU.EDU
Hypothesis logo
Hypothesis: A Social Annotation Tool for Your Carmen Course
A lightbulb surrounded by bubbles of two human figures
Designing COIL Curriculum

Student Engagement and Motivation

This is the H5P logo.
H5P: A Tool for Creating Interactive Course Content
Boy in front of gaming computer
Increasing Motivation and Maximizing Student Engagement: The Benefits of Gameful Learning
Responsive web design website wireframe sketch layout on computer screen
Enhance Your Course Design and Increase Student Engagement with Creative Carmen Page Templates
An older man sitting on a couch consoling a young man
Encourage and Embrace Failure
Wooden blocks arranged to spell "@ syllabus"
Creating and Using a Flexible Syllabus

Universal Design for Learning

UXDL Honeycomb: Useful, Desirable, Accessible, Credible, Findable, Usable, Valuable
UXDL: How to Use Design Thinking to Improve Your Online Course
A clock that reads "Time to Apply!"
How to Apply UXDL to Support Novice Students
Keyboard key that reads: Digital accessibility
Digital Accessibility Interventions for STEM-specific Teaching and Learning

Resources

  • Academic and Religious Holiday Calendar
  • ASC Online Course Syllabi Examples
  • Course Design Strategies
    • Regular Substantive Interaction (RSI) Guidance
  • Fast Facts
  • Instructor Spotlights
  • Teaching with Technology Learning Community
  • Technology-Enabled Teaching Solutions
  • Templates
  • Student Video Resource Tutorials
The Ohio State University College of Arts and Sciences logo

Contact Us

Denney Hall 009
164 Annie and John Glenn Ave
Columbus, OH, 43210


E-mail: ascode@osu.edu

 

  • RSS
  • Facebook
  • X

If you have a disability and experience difficulty accessing this site, please contact us for assistance via email at asc-accessibility@osu.edu.

Privacy Statement

LOGIN

© 2025. The Ohio State University

Designed and built by ASCTech Web Services