This document provides a template for structuring an eLearning course. It suggests including a course cover, description, objectives, content organized into themes and topics, assessments, a summary, and next steps. The template is meant to guide course creation and focus on clarity over style. It encourages keeping content simple, visual, and user-friendly while linking to deeper resources.

1. STRUCTURE YOUR ELEARNING
COURSE TEMPLATE
BY SYLVIA GUINAN @ BTB ONLINE WIZIQ

2. The purpose of this template
 This template is just for sharing a simple planning layout. I have
deliberately left it devoid of design features for two reasons.
1) It’s best to plan the skeleton first and later decide on the look
and feel of the course, based on objectives etc.
2) When your template is ready it will be easier to visualise the
course and you’ll be able to focus clearly. I’ll also be available to help
with that part of the course creation.
3) What do I mean by design?

Your elearning power point or other software need not necessarily be
textual and linear. The course structure could also be depicted
through infographics, mindmaps, white space or smart art designs.
The fun partepicted through resented on a mind map or tree, as in
the first slide.

3. Suggested Template Contents
Course Cover Design (welcome screen)
Course Description (or similar introduction)
Objectives What students will have achieved
by the end of the course.
Course Content Themes, topics, exercises, quests,
challenges.
Assessment Tests & tools?
Summary What students have covered.
Next Steps Advice for autonomous learning,
resources, virtual library etc.?
Inspired by and adapted from the rapid elearning blog

4. A quick guide to ecourse layout
 This template is to guide your course creation.
 It’s a suggested blueprint to encourage focus and clarity.
 It does not dictate the style of your own unique course.

5. Course Cover Design
 Think about who your students are, what they want to
learn and then frame your cover design accordingly.
 You may be able to trigger interest through carefully
linking imagery and metaphor to your course title.
 Write a little blurb, just like they have on book covers.
 Think of the user-experience. How will the course cover
look from their perspectives?

6. Course Description
 Think of your target audience. Who do you
think your potential students will be?
 Frame your course description in ways
they can relate to and get excited about.
 Explain how the course works in very
simple steps.
 Perhaps add a ‘how-to’ video to walk them
through the course.

7. Objectives
 As course creator you know your objectives.
 Students will also want to have clearly defined
goals.
 The course creation tools on WiziQ intuitively
guide you through writing the objectives.
 Here’s a short article on writing elearning
objectives.

8. Course content one
Suggested publishing software.
 Powerpoint for virtual classroom.
 You Tube videos for virtual classroom.
 Google Drive & LMS for everything.
(uploaded files, links etc)
 On the WiziQ learning management system you can
embed or link to any kind of software you wish, such
as Articulate Storyline, Prezi, google drive etc.

9. Course content 2
 Keep it simple.
 Keep it visual.
 Keep it open to creativity.
 Make sure it’s user-friendly.
 Feed in multi-media only when it enhances the
learning experience.
 Link to deeper content so as not to crowd
powerpoints with too much text.
 Files, embeds, videos etc. can all be uploaded to
the LMS too.

10. Assessment
 Quiz Tools
 Digital Learning Missions
 Webquests
 Traditional tests/exams
 Assignment tools

11. Summary
 The summary should make students feel:
 Satisfied.
 Inspired.
 Successful.
 Hungry for more.
You can describe how they have achieved their objectives
and how they can continue to succeed and take their
learning to the next level.

12. Next steps one
 Tell students how they can easily expand upon
their learning.
 Provide them with a virtual library of links to help
them continue to learn autonomously.
 Give them the option of signing up for more
courses with you and/or signing up for your
newsletter (if you have one) or just ask them to
follow your blog or activity on social media.

13. Next Steps two
 As you embark on your course creation you should develop
a taste for, even an obsession for professional
development.
As far as course creation is concerned, I learn a lot from:
 Christopher Pappas and authors from the elearning
industry.
 Tom Buchanan and The rapid elearning blog
 Nicky Hockly and The emoderation station
 David Deubelbeiss – eflclassroom 2.o & Linkedin group
 Ellen Finkestein has a great powerpoint blog

14. Virtual library
 New collection on Pearl trees – building up
throughout part two of this course.
Other tools for creating virtual libraries.
1) Listly
2) Tackk
 3) Symbaloo