Universal Design for Learning

Academic Dishonesty Risk Reduction Guide

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

April 30, 2025

ASU Online is excited to share our Academic Dishonesty Risk Reduction Guide with you. The purpose of the guide is to help you review and refine the design of your course to ensure academic honesty and when appropriate harness the power of Artificial ...

Options for Creating Media-Based Instructor Presence

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

April 30, 2025

Value of Instructor PresenceAs an educator, you know how important it is to have a strong online presence and build a sense of community with your students. While instructor videos may seem intimidating at first, they can be extremely effective in ac ...

Designing Office Hours

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

April 30, 2025

Optional office hours can transform your online courses when they’re creatively designed and thoughtfully implemented. They offer a flexible support system that adapts to each student’s learning needs. These sessions encourage participation, guide in ...

Insight Surveys: From day one, foster personal connections, belonging and student success

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

April 23, 2025

As online educators, we know the importance of building an inclusive and supportive learning environment. While it’s easy to focus on course design, content delivery, and grading strategies, creating a space where students feel heard and supported is ...

Insight Surveys: From day one, foster personal connections, belonging and student success

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

November 13, 2024

From Confusion to Clarity: Crafting instructions that draw out students’ best work

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

August 11, 2023

From Confusion to Clarity outlines a simple design strategy for crafting instructions in which requirements, the process, and grading criteria are clearly communicated, student buy-in is strong, and performance exceeds expectations.“Clear instruction ...

First Impressions: Course Video Refresh

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

January 24, 2023

Considerations for recording (or re-recording) introductory course videosIt’s true: first impressions matter. When online students log in at the start of a session, the Course Welcome and Instructor Introduction are often their very first clicks. So ...

Creative Assessments: You Can Do It!

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

July 12, 2022

Christine Moore is an Instructional Designer at EdPlus.Creative assessments (CAs) go beyond traditional quizzes and essays and allow students to demonstrate their knowledge in a way that is important to them, relevant to modern courses of study, and ...

18 Characteristics of Super Courses

By: EdPlus Digital Learning Team

May 7, 2021

Summary: In this article, we’ll explore 18 characteristics of powerful learning experiences as identified in Ken Bain’s book Super Courses: The Future of Teaching and Learning.Author: Brendan Lake, D.M.A., M.Ed., is a senior instructional designer wi ...

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