Sometimes our best ideas come from individual designers, faculty, multimedia specialists, and academic tech professionals. Our team is the best at what they do and they're bringing some of their insights, discoveries, and latest news direct to you.
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Instructional
design
The Instructional Design team is made up of 20+ professional Instructional Designers who specialize in helping faculty create quality courses. The Instructional Design team is part of the Program and Course Design Services (PCDS) department of Missouri Online.
Building Teacher Credibility Part 1 – Establish Trust
This is the first in a series of four blog posts where I’d...
Motivation and Time Management as an Online Instructor
As you have probably already figured out for yourself...
Media
design
The Media Design Team is part of the Program and Course Design Services department within Missouri Online. They're a small but mighty group of multi-media specialists with skills in: graphic design, videography, HTML & CSS coding, UX design, copy editing, and web development.
Understanding your students through personas and empathy maps
UX designers look at how users interact with a product or...
How to create an infographic in Canva
Canva is a powerful design tool to work with photo editing...
Academic
technology
The Academic Technology department is made up of a large group of technology professionals who specialize in academic use of technology. They work directly with faculty and staff to ensure success while using any of our 15+ supported tools, while also sourcing and employing new technology tools.
Using the Canvas Request System
Within all Canvas courses, there are courses that are for...
UDOIT: Putting digital accessibility within reach
UDOIT will scan your Canvas course site and catch issues...
Research
and presentations
Collaborative Annotation of Digital Texts for Education
Digital annotation tools offer ways to foster collaboration...
Level Up! Gamifying an asynchronous course on designing games for learning
Digital games in asynchronous adult education present unique...
Faculty
testimonials
MU's Veterinary Technology program wins UPCEA Engagement Award
MU’s Bachelor of Science in Veterinary Technology program...
Operations
Your Feedback for Missouri Online
In November 2022, we launched our first annual Missouri...