Course Development Process Updates

For Summer 2025 Dev Term

  • Project plans updates for both NEW and COURSE REVISION project types have been updated

    • All course development-related tasks are now in ONE plan - 'Course Development' or 'Course Revision' as applicable.
    • DL staff are no longer assigned to any tasks in the 'Project Administration' project plan in new course development and course revisions.
    • DL staff are no longer responsible for submitting a notification to "process compensation"
  • Course Development project plan task updates (apply to Course Revision project plan as well)

    • Added new task to Kick-off meeting card: Send ‘Guide to Online Course Development’ document to course developers prior to meeting
    • Added new task to Course Walkthrough card: Update project status to ‘Development Tasks Completed’ once all tasks in the 'Course Development' or 'Course Revision' project plan have been completed
    • Task removed - DL staff are no longer required to move the course development project folder to the 'Archived Course Materials' folder in KSO SharePoint
  • Project updates and issues changes

    • The general rule for project updates is to notify the KSO Project Director and supervisor
    • Exceptions to the general rule, i.e., including other key stakeholders to notifications such as dept. chair, school director, dean, etc. will be handled on an individual basis AFTER a request or issue has been identified and discussed with the KSO Project Director and their supervisor
  • Extending project end dates

    • DL staff no longer required to request that faculty course developers contact their dept. chair/school director for approval to extent project end dates
    • DL staff should not extend project end dates without consulting with the KSO Project Director and their supervisor
    • DL staff are responsible for notifying the KSO Project Director and their supervisor any time a project may need to extend the set end date in order to complete the development
    • For projects that may need to request a short amount of additional time (days to a couple of weeks), DL staff may submit the request/notification as part of the regular weekly project update.
    • For projects that may require a substantial amount of additional time (several weeks to an entire development term) DL staff should submit an issue against the project with additional details, including a reason for the delay in progress, any potential plans/strategies for resolution, and their availability to continue work on the project
    • The KSO Project Director will consult with the project manager, their supervisor, and key stakeholders as necessary to determine the best plan to complete the course development project
    • The KSO Project Director will update the project end date in the project details and add any tags to the project as applicable (#carryover, #2TermDev)
  • Sharing folders with course developers

    • KSO Project Director requested DL staff remove links to all folders in the course development project folder in KSO SharePoint at the end of course development, except the folder shared with course developers to download copy of their course materials

  • KSO TD knowledge base

    • New subscribe feature