Find resources for designing and preparing curriculum, programs, or individual courses.
Program design strategies
These strategies help prioritize student development and improve student retention, engagement, and academic performance.
Course Outline Guide
Information on preparing a course outline in keeping with current McGill policy as well as sample course outlines from McGill instructors.
Teaching
checklist
A suggested timeline of required and recommended actions, starting 6 months before the course starts, including ongoing actions.
Course Design Essentials is a blended offering designed to fast track your course planning efforts. It consists of a three-part webinar series on Zoom along with activities in myCourses. You will apply principles of backward design to (re)design one of your courses and create an overall course plan. Note that these principles apply to courses designed for on-campus, blended and fully remote delivery.
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