{"id":6340,"date":"2025-08-17T14:27:42","date_gmt":"2025-08-17T19:27:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/online\/?page_id=6340"},"modified":"2025-08-29T17:56:42","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T22:56:42","slug":"quality-assurance-for-hybrid-and-online-courses","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/online\/about\/quality-assurance-for-hybrid-and-online-courses\/","title":{"rendered":"Quality Assurance for Hybrid and Online Courses"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"6340\" class=\"elementor elementor-6340\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c08f675 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c08f675\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e7e99e5\" data-id=\"e7e99e5\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4488d1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4488d1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">History<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-002f1b2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"002f1b2\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a7d70f4\" data-id=\"a7d70f4\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d757f71 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d757f71\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The SAU Faculty Senate approved the <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1dinkWq9Zj-GlP38m3lore8ZfeqNo9gkZ-7XQhwU7Z3A\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">SAU Hybrid and Online Course Quality Assurance Policy<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> during the Fall 2018 semester. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">The College of Education and Human Performance (2019-2020) was the first college reviewed in the scheduled rotation, followed by the College of Business the next year (2020-2021). Based on feedback from faculty from both colleges, the Provost&#8217;s Office suggested that the quality assurance rubric be updated to include more details about how faculty could better meet the standards. The rubric was updated to include annotations informed by the Quality Matters and Online Learning Consortium rubrics<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/web.saumag.edu\/online\/files\/2019\/07\/SAU-Quality-Assurance-Checklist-Draft-Revised-9-20-2018.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">2018 Quality Assurance Reviewer Checklist<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1T3m-NmlyfNZvJfVKnaT3KcSpem0qxXI9oOlqWtJ0f2s\/edit?usp=sharing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Revised (2021) Quality Assurance Checklist<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">During our 2022 HLC visit, the HLC Review Team commended SAU for having a quality assurance system in place for hybrid and online courses and applauded having all four (4) colleges reviewed. The main recommendation from the HLC Review Team was to consider that three (3) years was too long for courses not to be reviewed \u2013 a result of how we rotate between different colleges for quality assurance reviews. Based on this recommendation, the Provost&#8217;s Office asked that an additional random 10% of all hybrid and online courses be reviewed every semester.&nbsp; &nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-619199c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"619199c\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-f9d4af9\" data-id=\"f9d4af9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f7db1a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"f7db1a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2591\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2591\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">College Review Process <\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2591\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2591\"><p>For our standard Quality Assurance Review, we request a list of all hybrid and online courses from IT Services at the start of the semester. We remind the Dean that we will review their college&#8217;s hybrid and online courses. Once we have that list, we review all the college&#8217;s hybrid and online courses that need to be reviewed. The only exception is merged courses, where we only review the &#8220;parent&#8221; courses, as the &#8220;child&#8221; courses remain empty after being merged.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><p>After reviewing a course, the instructor is contacted with the review results, recommendations for improvement, and an offer to answer any questions or provide additional support. Once all of the courses have been reviewed, the results are shared with the Provost&#8217;s Office and the Dean of the college being reviewed.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2592\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2592\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-left\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Random Selection Review Process<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2592\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"2\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2592\"><p><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">We use the same list of hybrid and online courses from IT Services to select a random 10% of courses. With the list open, we use <\/span><a class=\"editor-rtfLink\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/search?q=google+random+number+selector&amp;oq=google+random+number+selector&amp;gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIJCAEQABgKGIAEMgkIAhAAGAoYgAQyCQgDEAAYChiABDIJCAQQABgKGIAEMgkIBRAAGAoYgAQyCQgGEAAYChiABDIJCAcQABgKGIAEMgkICBAAGAoYgAQyCQgJEAAYChiABNIBCDcxNTVqMGo3qAIAsAIA&amp;sourceid=chrome&amp;ie=UTF-8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">Google&#8217;s random number generator<\/span><\/a><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\"> to choose courses. We review the randomly selected 10% of courses and send the results directly to the instructor.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p><ul><li><span data-preserver-spaces=\"true\">If the random number generator selects a number corresponding to a course that has already been reviewed that semester, we ask Google to generate a new number to choose a different course. <\/span><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>History The SAU Faculty Senate approved the SAU Hybrid and Online Course Quality Assurance Policy during the Fall 2018 semester. The College of Education and Human Performance (2019-2020) was the first college reviewed in the scheduled rotation, followed by the College of Business the next year (2020-2021). 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