Quality Course Badge

Quality Course Requirements

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Process

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.

High Quality Course Badge

High Quality Course Requirements

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Process

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.

Exemplary Course Badge

Exemplary Course Requirements

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Process

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