Welcome to the first workshop in the eQ Project, Improving Your Online Course.  At this workshop you will gain an understanding of the Quality Matters (QM) process, compile examples of best practices in online courses, gather specific ideas to improve your course, and gain affirmation of your course strengths. You will be working on your own course.
Upon completion of the Improving Your Online Course (IYOC) workshop, you will be able to:

• Identify the standards of the Quality Matters Rubric as crucial components of a quality online course, and explain each standard’s intention.  
• Use the QM Rubric to review your online course.
• Identify the areas of your online course that map to each of the QM Rubric standards and indicate whether each area is exemplary or in need of improvement.
• Develop a course improvement plan that includes the areas of your course that you plan to improve, a description of how you will improve each of these areas, a list of resources, and a timeline for making these improvements.

All online instructors who have not previously completed the IYOC workshop are expected to attend a session. Instructors who have QM Recognized courses may attend, but are not required to participate. Faculty who have completed the Peer Reviewer, Applying the Rubric, or Building Your Online Course workshops still need to participate in this session as the learning outcomes are different.