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The Best Practices Homepage Template has specific components that let you determine the layout and communication methods that are best for your course.
The components are:
the instructor profile widget
Welcome widget
Virtual Office Hours widget
Visual Table of Contents
Calendar widget
Office 365 widget
You can copy and edit the homepage to match your teaching and communication style.
Please review the Best Practices Homepage Template instructional video to copy and edit the components.
The course template that illustrates best practices in online course design was developed through an initiative from the EXCITE Committee. The course template items are:
Content
Discussions
Assignments
Announcements
Question
Library
Quizzes
Course
Appearance
Survey
You can download and import the Best Practices course template zip file into your Falcon Online course shell as a starting point. You will be on your way to ensuring your course is following the best practices for online course design.
The following video tutorial takes you through the steps to import the course design template into your course.