Use these resources to design and teach online and hybrid courses, organize digital course spaces, plan meaningful interaction, and support accessible learning experiences.
LMU Online and Hybrid Teaching Support
Start here for LMU support, training, course-development guidance, and online/hybrid teaching requirements.
- Office of Online Learning - Connect with LMU support for online and hybrid course design, development, accessibility, and faculty development.
- LMU Workload Estimator - Use LMU’s Workload Estimator to evaluate and balance the time and effort required to design and teach your course.
- OOL Partner Showcase - Explore the multimedia projects used in successful online and hybrid classes at LMU.
Brightspace and Instructional Technology
Use these LMU resources to set up course sites, organize materials, support communication, and use instructional technologies effectively.
- Brightspace Support - Prepare course sites, set up Zoom, review accessibility guidance, and find Brightspace help.
- LMU ITS: Instructional Technology - Find support for Brightspace, education technology tools, workshops, self-service resources, and multimodal teaching.
Online and Hybrid Course Design Resources
Use these national and professional resources when designing or revising online and hybrid courses.
- Online Learning Consortium: Course Review Scorecard - Use a course-level quality framework emphasizing instructional design, accessibility, pedagogy, and delivery.
- Quality Matters: Higher Ed Rubric Standards - Review standards for designing and evaluating online and hybrid courses.
- Quality Matters: Bridge to Quality Online Course Design Guide - Use a phased guide for alignment, active learning, and course organization in a digital learning environment.
- Every Learner Everywhere: Faculty Playbook - Explore principles for equitable, inclusive, accessible digital learning environments.
- Every Learner Everywhere: Improving Online Courses - Browse practical tools for revising online courses with equity and student success in mind.
Interaction, Engagement, and Accessibility Online
Use these resources to strengthen interaction, presence, accessibility, and student participation in digital learning environments.
- CAST UDL Guidelines - Consider multiple ways students can engage, access content, and demonstrate learning.
- WCET: Regular and Substantive Interaction - Review broader resources on RSI, online course design, and distance-education policy context.
- Digital Accessibility by ITS - Ensure your content meets accessibility standards with ITS tools and assistance.
- Accessible templates to create your documents.