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Course quality guide · Accessibility and improvement
Engagement and interaction
Quality courses are engaging: students do, interact, and stay involved.
A quality course keeps students actively involved rather than passive. Reviewing for engagement means asking whether students regularly do something with the material, solve, discuss, apply, or create, and whether there is meaningful interaction: with the content, with each other, and with you.
Modality note
Interaction looks different by modality.
OnlineOnline, regular and substantive interaction between instructor and students is not only good practice but a federal requirement for distance education, so quality frameworks weight instructor presence and interaction heavily.
In-person / synchronousIn person, engagement comes largely through active learning in the room, while your course site supports it between meetings.