<p><strong>The aspect of becoming familiar&nbsp;</strong><strong>with the course delivery techniques and strategies. Althought it seems so obvious it's something that I have over looked in the past. Just having the identified items below will be a great starting point for a checklist for future online courses.&nbsp;</strong></p> <ul> <li>What is the manner in which the content is delivered?</li> <li>What instructional, media, presentation, and display strategies are used?</li> <li>Can students gain access to all of the content from Day One?</li> <li>Do they have to study the content in a specified order?</li> <li>If completion of the content is linear, are students locked into a specific time-frame within which to complete a particular component, for example a module? If not, are you required to provide feedback on content from another module which has a different time-frame?&nbsp;</li> <li>Can students gain access to the quizzes and examinations at any time or are these assessment measures released at a specific time? Are they timed?&nbsp;</li> <li>Are students allowed repeated attempts at quizzes? If they are allowed repeated attempts, do they receive the same questions with each attempt, or do they receive a parallel version of the quiz?&nbsp;</li> <li>Are quiz questions equally weighted or do some questions have higher points assigned to them?&nbsp;</li> <li>Are you responsible for unlocking course content? (If yes, create a time-table in which you note the points at which you have to do so.)&nbsp;</li> <li>Can students post contributions to all discussion questions throughout the duration of the course, or is there a specified time beyond which they cannot post to a particular discussion forum?</li> <li>What are the roles and responsibilities of any guest lecturers?</li> <li>Are there any notes the course author has provided to support the delivery of the course? (Remember to seek clarification on any aspect of the course from the course author, if necessary.)</li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p>