- Course includes Welcome and Getting Started content.
- Course provides an overall orientation or overview, as well as module-level overviews to make course content, activities, assignments, due dates, interactions, and assessments, predictable and easy to navigate/find.
- Course includes a course information area and syllabus that make course expectations clear and findable.
- A printable syllabus is available to learners (PDF, HTML).
- Course includes links to relevant campus policies on plagiarism, computer use, filing grievances, accommodating disabilities, etc.
- Course provides access to online learner success resources (technical help, support services, orientation, academic honesty, tutoring).
- Course information states whether the course is fully online, blended, or web-enhanced.
- Course provides appropriate guidelines for successful participation regarding technical requirements (e.g., browser version, mobile, publisher resources, secure content, pop-ups, browser issues, microphone, webcam).
- Course objectives/outcomes are clearly defined, measurable, and aligned to learning activities and assessments.
- Course provides contact information for instructor, department, and program.