Designing Web-based Continuing Education Tutorial

Designing Web-based Continuing Education

Worksheet 1: Project Checklist

Instructions:

Review your own course material for transferability to a Web environment. Use the Project Checklist to help you respond to the eleven questions below.

What do you hope to accomplish by transferring your course to a Web environment?
Is your content adaptable to a Web environment?
Yes No
If no, what are the issues?
Is the audience the course attracts likely to take a course offered via the Web?
Yes No

If no, what are the issues?
Are your current course objectives achievable in a Web environment?
Yes No

If no, what are the issues?
Is your content "chunkable"?
Yes No

If no, what are the issues?
Do you have the means for transferring your course to the Web in the way you would like to offer the course? (e.g. if you really want to use video, do you have a way to include that?)
Yes No

If no, what are the issues?
Can you create appropriate assessments for a Web environment?
Yes No
If no, what are the issues?
Do you have a means for registration/collecting fees, etc.?
Yes No

If no, what are the issues?
Can you meet your desired timeframe for transferring the course to a Web environment?
Yes No

If no, what are the issues?
Do you have a means for promoting the course once it is created and you have MLA CE credit?
Yes No

If no, what are the issues?

If you have answered YES to questions 2-10 above, you are ready to start developing your course. If you have answered NO to any of the questions above, consider how you will compensate for each weakness before beginning to transfer your course to a Web environment.