{"id":5333,"date":"2020-03-25T09:07:09","date_gmt":"2020-03-25T14:07:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/online\/?page_id=5333"},"modified":"2025-08-29T17:40:50","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T22:40:50","slug":"how-to-get-started-online","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/online\/faculty\/how-to-get-started-online\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Started Teaching Online"},"content":{"rendered":"

Getting prepared to teach online for the first time? It can certainly seem like a daunting task. That’s where the Office of Online Learning can help! Our goal is to help you do what you do best – teach! We are happy to meet with anyone teaching a course at SAU to help design, develop, or improve their online course(s). Complete our Contact form<\/a>, and we will reach out to schedule a time to meet by phone, in-person, or online. <\/span><\/p>\n

From here, we recommend exploring our faculty resources<\/a> to help get acclimated to the Blackboard and our other tools. Or, below you’ll find more information about our course development process as well as information about the Quality Matters workshop available to anyone teaching online courses at SAU.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Course Development Process<\/h2>\n

Our goals in the course development process are to keep the design of the course student-focused and match the faculty’s preferred teaching style. Here is a brief overview of our process:<\/p>\n

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By collaborating with Online Learning to develop or redesign your online course, you can expect the following:<\/p>\n