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What quality meansWhat course quality meansCourse quality is mostly about design: is the course clear, aligned, accessible, fair, and engaging?What quality meansThe major quality frameworksYou do not have to invent quality standards. Established frameworks already define them.What quality meansHow a course review worksA review can be your own, a peer's, or formal, and it works best when it is supportive.AlignmentAlignment is the heart of qualityAlignment, outcomes to assessments to activities, is the single most important quality dimension.AlignmentCheck your objectivesQuality starts with objectives that are measurable, visible, and worth aiming at.AlignmentCheck that assessments measure your objectivesConfirm that every assessment measures an objective, and every objective is measured.Clarity and usabilityA clear overview and starting pointA quality course tells students clearly where to begin and how it works.Clarity and usabilityOrganization and findabilityStudents should be able to find what they need without hunting.Clarity and usabilityClear instructions and expectationsClear instructions and expectations are a quality standard, not a nicety.Assessment and feedbackAssessment qualityQuality assessment is varied, fair, transparent, and supported by rubrics.Assessment and feedbackFeedback qualityQuality feedback is timely, specific, and usable by students.Assessment and feedbackIntegrity by designA quality course designs for integrity rather than relying on policing.Accessibility and improvementAccessibility as a quality standardAccessibility is a core quality standard in every major framework.Accessibility and improvementEngagement and interactionQuality courses are engaging: students do, interact, and stay involved.Accessibility and improvementFrom review to improvementA review is only useful if it leads to changes. Turn findings into priorities.Online deep-diveWhy online courses need their own reviewOnline courses carry quality dimensions that in-person courses handle in the room.Online deep-diveOnline structure, navigation, and getting startedOnline, structure, navigation, and a clear start carry weight they do not in person.Online deep-divePresence, interaction, and online accessibilityOnline quality depends on instructor presence, real interaction, and accessibility.