Contextual Discussions
Featured Example: PA 502 – Organizational Behavior Course Developer: Dr. Aarn Cao Risepoint ID: Anabel Larson In accelerated online learning, building intentional connections between students is vital for both engagement
Featured Example: PA 502 – Organizational Behavior Course Developer: Dr. Aarn Cao Risepoint ID: Anabel Larson In accelerated online learning, building intentional connections between students is vital for both engagement
Featured Example: PM 502 – Project Scope, Quality, and Risk Management Course Developer: Mangaiah Chowdary Garikapati Risepoint ID: Bill Simantirakis In accelerated online courses, students benefit most when assessments mirror
Featured Example: BUS 550 – Business Statistics Course Developer: Dr. Ghazale Haddadian Risepoint ID: Bill Simantirakis When building an accelerated online course for working adults, it is not enough to
Featured Example: BUS 550 – Business Statistics Course Developer: Dr. Ghazale Haddadian Risepoint ID: Bill Simantirakis Practice opportunities give learners the chance to develop skills in a low-stakes environment before
Featured Example: PA 502 – Organizational Behavior Course Developer: Dr. Aarn Cao Risepoint ID: Anabel Larson In online learning, readings, videos, and other traditional resources still play an essential role.

Featured Example: PA 502 – Organizational Behavior Course Developer: Dr. Aarn Cao Risepoint ID: Anabel Larson Stories create meaning. In your online course, a well-placed story or metaphor can anchor abstract

Welcome to the Illinois Tech Facilitator Guide. This guide is designed to support you as you lead an 8-week asynchronous course and provide clarity on course structure, expectations, and tools

Explore real online course examples from your Illinois Tech colleagues that bring your guiding design principles to life. Inspired by Risepoint’s Design Tenets, the four focus areas for online courses
Welcome, course developers! This site is your central resource for online course development at Illinois Institute of Technology. Whether you’re new to online teaching or expanding your digital toolkit, this
Table of Contents Navigating Descript Click Here Make Your First Video Click Here Importing and Transcribing Recordings Click Here Edit Like a Doc Click Here Trimming and Adjusting Spaces Between
Video is a powerful tool in the online learning experience because it engages multiple senses simultaneously, enhancing comprehension and retention. By allowing learners to absorb content visually and aurally at
Colors Our primary palette leads with our recognizable brand colors of Illinois Tech Red, Gray and Black. Layouts will lean heavily on these colors, but will also mix with the
Across recent research and practitioner guidance, a consistent theme emerges: AI is most productive when it automates the routine so
The use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (or GenAI) is present in all teaching modalities and levels. Tools like ChatGPT, Gemini,
2025 brought even more urgency to finding an answer to the question, “What is the role of educators when it
AI-empowered research is reshaping the way we summarize, interpret, and discover knowledge. Faculty and students can now look to AI
Course acceleration is the process of transitioning a traditional, semester-long course into a shorter format, typically seven to eight weeks,
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