• Background
• CLASS Project
• CLASS Staff
• General Insights
• Questions & Considerations
• Content
• Development Teams
• Content Acquisition
• Assessment & Grading
• Design
• Introduction
• Modeling
• Presentation
• Interactivity
• Navigation
• Assessments
• National Standards
• Quality Assurance
• Courses
• Features
• Courses
• Copyrights
• Technology
• Building a Course
• See and Say
• There are Limits!
• Influence and Change
• CLASS Courses
• Content
• Extras Designed
• Extras Linked
• Class Assessments
• A Bit of Dreamweaver
• Proofing
• Graphics
• MOUs
• Detailing Treatment
• Course Credits
• CLASS Style
• Publications

A Process of Creation - CLASS™ Courses

Content

Identification of Need

Course development begins with determining the needs of the students, teachers, schools, or institutions for which the course is being created. The needs generally fall into two major categories--course content and target audience.

Course Content

The content team makes decisions concerning course content based on state and national standards if they exist (to be discussed later) and accepted approaches of presenting the subject matter. Outside resources, such as teachers, educational journals, and members of the community are consulted to provide further insight.

Target Audience

The content team aims to create and develop content so as to meet the needs of the target audience for the course. Age, grade level, literacy, and learning styles are considered when determining course content. For example, the content team works with the design team to incorporate different approaches to course materials in order to reach visual, auditory, and kinesthetic learners.

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