IDL6543 is an award-winning, non-credit course for faculty provided by UCF’s Center for Distributed Learning (CDL). The purpose of this faculty development course is to help you succeed as you develop and deliver your fully online (W) or blended (which includes mixed mode [M], limited attendance [RS]) courses. IDL6543 is intentionally designed to model effective instructional design by focusing on the pedagogy, logistics, and broader technology skills, involved in teaching online at UCF.

General Course Structure

IDL6543 is a 10-week professional development course, during which time participants will attend live seminars and consultations, complete web-based activities and develop online or blended course materials. IDL6543 provides first-hand learner experiences excerpted from multiple modalities, but IDL6543 is offered as a blended course, requiring both online and in-person participation.

Please note that while IDL6543 participants focus on one course in a particular modality, IDL6543 involves experiences with a variety of modalities for which participants are credentialed to design and teach upon completion of IDL6543.

IDL6543 Time Commitment

The time commitment for IDL6543 is not inconsequential. It is a 10-week professional development course and will require a minimum of 80 clock hours. IDL6543 participants should be prepared to dedicate at least 8 hours per week to successfully participate in and complete weekly course content and activities. 

IDL6543 Final Review and Virtual Showcase

During IDL6543, you will design and develop course material for an online or blended course. At the end of each cohort, participants will submit the created online/blended course materials for review. The design of the created course artifacts will be reviewed by an Instructional Designer against a set of course instructional design guidelines that align with the UCF Core Quality Design Standards. IDL6543 participants will also be required to share their newly developed online or blended course artifacts during a virtual showcase. At a minimum, participants will develop: 

• A course orientation module  
• Two (2) modules/units of instructional content  

IDL6543 Completion Benefits

After successful completion of this course, faculty participants will receive the following completion benefits: 

• An Asynchronous Design and Teaching (ADT) credential to design, develop and teach digital learning courses (W, M, or RS) at UCF. 
• Access to input from instructional designers. After successfully completing this course, faculty will be permanently paired with an Instructional Designer to provide pedagogical support while employed by UCF and while teaching online modality courses. 
• Access to and support from award winning graphics and media producers. 
• Technical support for any current or future Webcourse related issue via Webcourses@UCF Support.  

Some IDL6543 participants are eligible for a stipend or course release. Your college will determine whether you will receive funding or course release time to participate in IDL6543.

Interested in Teaching Online?

Start by reviewing the Frequently Asked Questions below. Next, discuss your interest with the chair of your program. If you and your department chair are in agreement, they will place you on the IDL6543 potential participant request list for your college. Each college communicates its online priorities to the Center for Distributed Learning. CDL’s administrators will start the initial communication when you are scheduled to participate in IDL6543. From there, CDL’s instructional designers will take over and guide you through the process of developing online courses.

If you would like to participate in IDL6543 in an upcoming semester, please start the conversation with your department chair.

IDL6543 Schedule

How to Prepare for IDL6543

If you have been nominated for IDL6543, a professional development course in effective online course design and facilitation, please complete the items listed below prior to the start of the course to ensure successful onboarding.

• Complete Essentials of Webcourses@UCF, an orientation to UCF’s learning management system, Canvas, if you have not already done so.
  • This course is a prerequisite to IDL6543 and should be completed no later than the 2nd week of the IDL6543 session.
• Review the IDL6543 course schedule and attendance requirements.
  • Record the dates/times of the four required synchronous Connect Sessions on your calendar.
  • Allocate around 8 hours per week for engaging in asynchronous activities and completing assignments as part of your online course design and development process.
  • At a minimum, you will be required to design and develop a getting started module and two content modules for your online or blended course by the end of IDL6543.
• Ask your department to verify the course prefix, number, title, and modality of the course you will design and develop during IDL6543.
  • New UCF course modalities will be implemented in summer 2024.
• Ask your department the following questions:
  • When will you be scheduled to teach this newly designed course?
  • Are there any departmental requirements you should be aware of when designing this course?
  • Are there existing course materials available for this course?
• Locate the following for the course you will design and develop during IDL6543:
  • Course goals or objectives
  • Course catalog description
  • Gather any of the following to which you have access:
    • Existing course syllabus
    • Textbook(s) and publisher materials
    • Existing course materials

Frequently Asked Questions