The calculators and reference models that keep student workload reasonable and consistent across courses.
These tools help you size a course correctly — so it isn't accidentally too heavy or too light for students. They're grounded in published reading-rate and writing-time research, and they feed the numbers used in the credit-hour charts.
A reference workbook that sets how much time to count for each kind of course activity.
Making sure every course counts its activities the same, consistent way.
When deciding how much time to assign to orientation, weekly guidance, discussion boards, and other activities.
A live-formula spreadsheet that estimates how much time a course asks of students, from the amount of reading and the reading speed.
Checking a course isn't over-loading or under-loading students before it goes live.
While designing readings and pacing a course.
A live-formula spreadsheet for sizing writing assignments fairly.
Making sure essays, papers, and written deliverables ask a reasonable amount of student time.
When designing any writing assignment.
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