ETLC Newsletter • 2025 • July Edition

Course Design Review (CDR) is a collaborative process that recognizes and strengthens your teaching through thoughtful reflection and feedback. You examine your course design choices and receive constructive guidance that acknowledges your achievements while identifying opportunities for enhancement. 

CDR provides tangible evidence of your teaching excellence that goes beyond traditional evaluation methods, particularly SIEs. It documents your intentional pedagogical choices and commitment to student success.

As an instructor, you are able to certify each course you teach. This course can be taught in any modality.

The certification will be issued at the Foundational, Proficient, or Exemplary level. The requirements for each level can be seen in the CDR Rubric. You will answer sixteen (16) questions to provide the information needed to review your course. The questions can be found on this worksheet which you may make a copy of to prepare.

Contact the Enhanced Teaching & Learning Center at helpdesk@uah.edu to begin your Course Design Review journey.

CDR focuses on five key areas: 

• Syllabus organization
• Course structure
• Grading systems
• Learning objective alignment
• Student engagement

This comprehensive review creates a comprehensive picture of your overall teaching effectiveness alongside your Student Instructor Evaluations (SIEs) and your peer review.

Step 1: Prepare Your Materials

Review your course syllabus, course organization materials, grading rubrics, and examples of student assessments. Consider how these elements align with your learning objectives. Ask for a Master course in Canvas if you do not already have one and copy the latest version of the course to be reviewed.

Step 2: Answer the Questions

Review the CDR rubric and answer the questions in our online form explaining your course design choices. A worksheet is available with the questions to allow you to work on your answers before actually entering them into the online form.

Step 3: Submit for Review

Once you submit the form online, you will receive an email within one (1) business day with a link to a Google document in which your feedback and progress will be kept. An Instructional Designer will contact you with feedback on your course.

Step 4: Receive Recognition

After successfully meeting all the standards at least at the foundational level, you'll receive a certificate that can be presented at your annual review and a Credly badge that can be displayed as you desire.

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