The electronic course peer-review process at UL Lafayette begins with the Quality Matters standards. The QM Rubric defines the standards and annotations by which the design of online and hybrid courses are reviewed.
Course Certification Process by UL Lafayette Online
Courses are selected for the QM Subscriber-Managed course review process based on the following priorities:
Course is part of a major/program curriculum for a fully-online (or fully-hybrid) degree program
or
Course supports a fully-online (or fully-hybrid) degree program (such as a general education course, or an elective)
and
Completed APPQMR and Peer Reviewer course. Taught a for-credit online or hybrid course within the last 18 months.
Completed APPQMR and Peer Reviewer course. Taught a for-credit online or hybrid course within the last 18 months. A subject-matter expert appropriate for the course under review.
Completed APPQMR, Peer Reviewer course, and Master Reviewer course. Served as reviewer on two official Higher Education QM-Managed or Subscriber-Managed course reviews. Taught a for-credit online or hybrid course within the last 18 months.
Course review teams for the QM Subscriber-Managed course review process are coordinated by the QM Coordinator or QM Course Review Manager for the university.
Members of review teams have access to the Quality Matters Course Review Management System (CRMS) and the cloned copy of the course in Moodle.
A department may award a $1,000 Course Improvement Stipend for completing improvements needed to earn the QM course certification.
The course receives a QM Certification Mark indicating that the course has met Quality Matters Standards.