• 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

Variables Influencing Course Design

CLASS™ instructional features give students the opportunity to learn using a myriad of learning tools that are unique to Web-based distance education, including student-to-student communication, dynamic learning activities, student-selected learning paths, multimedia-reinforced learning, self-monitoring of progress and the ability to create multimedia portfolios, all in a seamless learning environment not bound by time nor space. Following is a very basic list of variables to consider before attempting course design:

• Client platform
• Server
  • Platform
  • Space
• Service provided
• CD-ROM
  • Space
  • Number(s)
• Content design
  • Architecture of the learning environment
  • Content
  • Content structure
  • Content treatment
  • Assessment methodology (s)
  • Communication Tools
    • Availability
    • Capability
• Production tools
• Human resources
• Time
• Budget

Platform requirements

• Common operating systems on standard, multimedia capable, personal computers
• Web-based teacher to student, and student to student communications
• Secured user privilege
• New, relevant technologies as they become available
• Hardware requirements
  • Client
  • Server
• Database requirements
• Delivery requirements
  

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