CSU's course vision is to provide students with an exceptional educational experience by designing courses from the student perspective. Course writers should consider different learning styles like visual, auditory, and kinesthetic, and include authentic learning experiences. There are four types of course revisions: major revisions rewrite the entire course, minor revisions address changes to some elements, textbook edition updates involve moving to a new textbook edition, and ticket/updates consist of minor changes. Course writers must use appropriate Bloom's Taxonomy verbs for each course level to ensure outcomes align with the course placement in the program.

1. Course Vision
READING 2.2

2. Introduction
Like every great project or plan, CSU courses begin with a vision. In
this reading, you will learn about the pedagogical concepts CSU
values in its courses, as well as the methods used to achieve its
vision of writing and building exceptional online courses for its
students.
Please use the navigation buttons below to learn about CSU's
Course vision. Additionally, please be sure to read the entirety of
the Course Vision Document found on the last slide.

3. Exceptionalism and the Student Perspective
CSU’s course vision is to provide students with an exceptional
educational experience. Courses should be designed from a
student perspective, and course content should be engaging. As a
course writer, it is important to always focus on the way students
will read, interact, and progress through the content provided to
them.

4. Learning Styles
Course Writers (CWs) should consider a variety of learning styles
when designing courses, such as visual, auditory, and kinesthetic.
When possible, assignments should offer an opportunity for
authentic learning—students should be guided to complete tasks
in the way they will complete them in the real world. When
appropriate, include such elements to add value to the student
experience by ensuring that as many senses as possible are
involved in the learning process.

5. Course Revision Types
There are four CSU Course Revision Types in which course writers
may be involved:
1. Major Revision—encompasses revising the entire course
2. Minor Revision—addresses changes required for some of a
course’s elements, such as an assignment or assessment, readings,
and so on, but the entire course is not rewritten

6. Course Revision Types
3. Textbook Edition Update—involves a course moving to the next
edition of a textbook, generally requiring only minor changes to
some course elements to ensure that the course accurately
reflects the new edition’s information
4. Ticket/Update—consists of minor changes in one or more
course elements that do not impact grading or make significant
differences; examples include correcting typos and misspelled
words, rewording assignment instructions for increased clarity, and
replacing links that no longer function.

7. Bloom's Taxonomy
Bloom’s Taxonomy plays an important role in course writing. When
working on a course revision, CWs should always be aware of the
course level when writing outcomes and use verbs that are at an
appropriate level. The Course Vision Document provides
information concerning course-level guidelines and how these
guidelines help ensure that each course’s outcomes are
appropriate not only for the specific course, but also for the
course’s placement in programmatic sequencing and curriculum
mapping.

8. Please click HERE to open and read the CSU Course Vision document.