How to motivate students using course design
A lack of motivation is one of the most common reasons why a student does not complete an online course. This causes problems for an online orientation program, as such …
10 lessons learned from our first launch
Launching a new program is always a learning experience, and launching UVic’s Pre-Arrival Program was no different. Reading through the feedback in our end-of-program survey really highlighted what mattered to …
Setting up your course platform
When designing an online orientation program, we often spend a lot of time thinking about and creating our content and learning activities. We want them to be high quality so …
Top tools for creating interactive content and videos
There are probably thousands of tools online that can help you create interactive content, and all of them have their own pros and cons. Here are some of the best …
How to get students to like your text-based content
Text-based content often gets a bad reputation as a learning activity, and students often complain when a course is heavily text-based. “Less text please” was a common comment we received …
The essentials of digital accessibility
A version of this post was initially co-written with Joanna Lake for an EDCI 565 project I learned a ton about digital accessibility throughout the process of designing UVic’s Pre-Arrival …
An introduction to digital accessibility
Portions of this post were originally co-written by Joanna Lake as part of an EDCI 565 project Before you even start thinking about what type of content you want to …