Online Course Prep Checklist

Completed Task to Be Completed

Y/N & Date

Contact classroom mentee teacher to meet and review modules and student
expectations

Plan for implementation and timing of course modules with pre-chosen students

Review contact information, hours of availability and expectations for instructor

feedback
Draft a welcome announcement for beginning of the course

Print a calendar of due dates and assignments during the course to send home
with students
Draft and share a ‘Getting to Know You’ survey to gather student information
and background
Orient students and families to LMS with a ‘scavenger hunt’ activity

Create a spreadsheet of student, parent and teacher contact information for

personal use
Contact missing students/families

Walk-through each Module to review and make necessary modifications to

learning outcomes and resources

Review assignments, activities and assessments to check for age-level

appropriateness and higher order thinking
Review and update hyperlinks and presentations

Provide step-by-step procedural guide for initial login and account creation for
families joining the LMS for the first time
Offer support for family access to student Seesaw accounts

Open courses a week in advance for student/family preview

Leave communication open and model appropriate response behavior and tone

Prepare for prompt grading, feedback and announcements

Consider providing rubrics for specific projects or assignments that differ from
typical grading scale
Develop an evaluation for end of course
References:

An Instrument to Assess Online Facilitation. (n.d.). Retrieved January 21, 2018, from

http://www.humboldt.edu/aof

Online Teaching Checklist. (n.d.). Retrieved January 21, 2018, from

http://www.oise.utoronto.ca/online/Instructors/Online_Teaching_Checklist.html

Before the online course begins . . . (n.d.). Retrieved January 21, 2018, from

https://www2.uwstout.edu/content/profdev/teachingonline/before.html