Course Design Guidelines

The D2L Course Design Guidelines focus on 10 areas of course design and application strategies to create meaningful, quality learning experiences. These guidelines are designed to:

  • Strengthen teaching, learning, and student success.
  • Create alignment between all course elements.
  • Support students’ diverse learning needs.
  • Cultivate an equitable and inclusive learning environment.
  • Support individual faculty voice and presence by combining personal content expertise with course design elements.

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Course Design Resources

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D2L Course Design Guidelines

View guidelines to help instructors plan, design, and deliver D2L courses based on 10 key course design elements!

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D2L Course Design Training

Interactive, self-paced training to help faculty apply the D2L Course Design Guidelines to course planning, design, and delivery.

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