Faculty & Educators
The Basics of Online Course Development
- Course Planning - 1 year prior to course start date
- Course goals
- Outline of content
- Course Design - 11 to 9 months prior to course start date
- Overview
- Learning Objectives
- Reading Assignments
- Lesson Content
- Activity
- Assessment
- Rubrics
- Course Development - 8 to 4 months prior to course start date
- Provide content to our instructional designers to transfer to the online format
- Place readings in the library reserves (if applicable)
- Final Revisions of content, syllabus, and course schedule - 3 months prior
- Course Evaluations and content revisions - after the course has been offered, but prior to the next offering
Please look over the Course Development page for in-depth explanations. And remember, the eLearning team will help you in every step of the process.
Getting your Course Online
If you have any questions about going online, please Contact Us. We will be happy to answer all your questions!
A detailed account of online course development including the learning strategies and multimedia behind each course, the time line, and the faculty action plan.
Tips and strategies for online teaching, information on PSU's Library Reserves Services, and links to various ANGEL help topics.
Library Resources and Support for Online Educators
Is your course moving into Drupal? These short tutorials will get you started with the new interface.


