Quality Online Course Designations

The Online Course Quality Initiative is now housed in the Center for Online Innovation and Production.
For information and details about the UF Quality process, visit ocq.aa.ufl.edu.

To earn a Quality Course designation, a course must receive an internal review and satisfy all 21 essential Quality Matters standards, which are each 3 points—to receive 63 QM points.
In addition, UF’s Quality courses will be required to meet the UF essential standards (currently there are 8) to receive a minimum of 30/44 UF points.

Instructor completes and submits a self-review including:

Provide URLs to course examples.
Export Ally accessibility report.
Course “map” illustrating alignment between course goals, learning objectives, assessments, content and activities.
The most recent student evaluations for the course.
Program Directors/Department Chairs work with the Center for Teaching Excellence to assign peer reviewer.
Course is reviewed by 1 trained reviewer
Center for Teaching Excellence and Directors/Chairs work with course instructor to successfully complete review.
“Quality” Designation is received upon satisfying all 21 essential Quality Matters standards, which are each 3 points—to receive 63 QM points.
- In addition, UF’s Quality courses will be required to meet the UF essential standards (currently there are 8) to receive a minimum of 30 UF points.
- The Quality designation is not awarded to the instructor’s course until after the reviews are completed.

To earn a High Quality Course designation, a course must meet all essential 3-point Quality Matters standards plus an overall point value of at least 84/99 points.
In addition, UF’s High Quality courses will be required to meet all of UF’s essential items and earn an overall point value of at least 37/44 points.

Instructor completes and submits a self-review including:

Provide URLs to course examples.
Export Ally accessibility report.
Course “map” illustrating alignment between course goals, learning objectives, assessments, content and activities.
The most recent student evaluations for the course.
Program Directors/Department Chairs work with the Center for Teaching Excellence to assign peer reviewer.
Center for Teaching Excellence and Directors/Chairs work with course instructor to successfully complete review.
Course is reviewed by 2 trained reviewers
“To earn a High Quality Course designation, a course must meet all essential 3-point Quality Matters standards plus an overall point value of at least 84/99 points.
- In addition, UF’s High Quality courses will be required to meet all of UF’s essential items and earn an overall point value of at least 37/44 points.
- The High Quality designation is not awarded to the instructor’s course until after the reviews are completed.

To earn an Exemplary Course designation, a course must receive an internal review and satisfy all 21 essential Quality Matters standards, which are each 3 points—to receive 94 QM points.
In addition, UF’s Exemplary Course designation will be required to meet the UF essential standards (currently there are 8) to receive a minimum of 41/44 UF points.

Instructor completes and submits a self-review including:

Provide URLs to course examples.
Export Ally accessibility report.
Course “map” illustrating alignment between course goals, learning objectives, assessments, content and activities.
The most recent student evaluations for the course.
Program Directors/Department Chairs work with the Center for Teaching Excellence to assign peer reviewer.
Course is reviewed by 1 trained reviewer
Center for Teaching Excellence and Directors/Chairs work with course instructor to successfully complete review.
The Exemplary Course designation is received upon satisfying all 21 essential Quality Matters standards, which are each 3 points each. In addition, Exemplary Courses are required to receive 94 QM points.
UF’s Exemplary Courses are required to meet the UF essential standards (currently there are 8) and receive a minimum of 41 UF points.
The Exemplary Awards are announced at UF’s Interface Conference.
Complete the Exemplary Online Award Form