Teacher Guide

September 17, 2024
Content
Audience, CourseArc, Quality Matters (QM), Required Content, SLS

Standard

The standard with which Michigan Virtual courses need to comply.

Michigan Virtual Plus courses include a Teacher Guide lesson located in the Instructors Only unit.

Alignment

Quality Matters

7.3 T The course articulates or links to resources to support effective course facilitation.

Requirements

What exactly do course developers need to include in order to comply with this standard?

The Teacher Guide is located in Brightspace courses in the Instructors Only unit. The purpose is to provide teachers with an overview of how their course functions and what they can expect. This guide is individualized for each course.

The CourseArc Master Template includes a Teacher Guide Template lesson with the following suggested topics/page titles:

Welcome!
Course Structure
Lesson Structure
Graded Assignment Types
Monitoring Student Progress
Some Technical Things
Let’s Review

The SME and ID will work together to complete the guide and add additional pages/topics if necessary.

Example

Course with a synchronous component like DBAs may include a page about scheduling

Implementation

How can course developers implement this standard? What is the process for doing so?

The Teacher Guide is its own lesson, however, content can be copied from the Student Guide for pages that are the same in both lessons (course structure, lesson structure, etc.) using the block clipboard How do I use the block clipboard?

Additional content should be scripted by the SME using the course scripting documents.

Below are some examples of Teacher Guides:

Resources

What resources would help a developer implement this standard appropriately?