Competencies for Online and Hybrid/Blended Instruction

Last revised: 06/12/2025  by jap

Overview:

What skills does an instructor need to succeed with an online or hybrid course? The UConn Competencies for Online and Hybrid/Blended Instruction survey includes 27 competencies to inform and facilitate self-assessment. The second edition takes into account developments in higher education since the COVID pandemic.

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Tips for Online Proctoring with ProctorU

Last revised: 4/7/2025 by DSM

Overview

These are some tips to help make the online proctoring process run more smoothly and provide the best student experience as possible.

PLEASE NOTE: ProctorU is an online exam proctoring service available to eCampus designed courses with UConn students formally enrolled listed as ONLINE in StudentAdmin (usually OA).  This post addresses setting up a faculty ProctorU account for use with your UConn ONLINE course(s).

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Faculty Resources for Teaching Online at UConn

Last revised on 7/18/2025 by KK

Overview

This post is a resource for faculty teaching online graduate and certificate programs as well as the various staff and administrators who support these programs. It is intended to provide information and guidance around roles and procedures that will help faculty be most effective in preparing to design, develop, and teach online.

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Design: Using a Course Design Plan

Last revised: 02/13/2025 by jap

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This article introduces using a course design plan for the design phase of the instructional design model ADDIE (Analysis, Design, Develop, Implement and Evaluate) and how it can help meet alignment principles of Quality Matters’ Standards for Course Design.

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Request an eCampus HuskyCT Template

Last revised: 8/03/2020 by DSM

Overview

Using eCampus HuskyCT (Blackboard) templates can help in building and designing your HuskyCT course.  The goal is to provide an organized and student friendly structure, that saves course builders time and allows more focus on good pedagogy and, ultimately, teaching. Continue reading