By Priya Williams Online Course Development Process Lesson 1: Analysis 1.1. Needs Analysis 1.2. Tasks/ User needs 1.3. Technical Analysis 1.4. Resource Analysis Lesson 2: Instructional Design 2.1. Educational Goals 2.2. Course Map/ Flowchart 2.3. Detailed Course: content chunking and rewriting 2.4. Duration of Course 2.5. Test Questions 2.6. Glossary of Terms 2.7. Media Planning 2.8. Layout Design Lesson 3: Interface Design 3.1. Interface Design 3.2. Usability Testing 3.3. Template Design Lesson 4: Development 4.1. Media Creation 4.2. HTML Document Processing 4.3. CGI Scripting 4.4. Java Coding 4.5. Administration Handbook Lesson 5: Online Evaluation 5.1. Uploading File 5.2. Online Testing and Evaluation 5.3. Approval Lesson 6: Promotion Lesson 7: Site Maintenance

How to Develop an Online Course

A step-by-step guide to developing online courses.

Prerequisites

1. HTML programming or use of an HTML editor like Macromedia Dreamweaver 3
2. Image editing and optimizing skills (if using graphics). Eg. Macromedia Fireworks 2 and Adobe Image Ready.
3. FTP software to transfer files after development to the hosting server. Eg. WS FTP, Dreamweaver Site Manager etc.
4. Server space on a remote hosting server.
5. A URL registered with INTERNIC (cost $70/-)
6. Basic knowledge about promoting your pages. Click here to read our beginner's guide to promotion.

Online Course Development Process

Lesson 1: Analysis

1.1. Needs Analysis
1.2. Tasks/ user needs
1.3. Technical
1.4. Resource

Lesson 2: Instructional Design

2.1. Educational Goals
2.2. Course Map/ Flowchart
2.3. Detailed course content chunking and rewriting
2.4. Duration of course
2.5. Test questions
2.6. Glossary of terms
2.7. Media Planning
2.8. Layout design

Lesson 3: Interface Design

3.1. Interface Design
3.2. Usability Testing
3.3. Template Design

Lesson 4: Development

4.1. Media creation
4.2. Html document processing
4.3. Cgi scripting
4.4. Java coding
4.5. Administration Handbook

Lesson 5: Online Evaluation

5.1. Uploading Files
5.2. Online Testing and Evaluation
5.3. Approval

Lesson 6: Promotion

Lesson 7: Site Maintenance

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