| Milestone | Description |
| Analysis, Design, and Development | |
| Kick-off meeting with CEI representative | Discuss project scope and roles of authors, program leads, and CEI staff. Discuss IP03 policy. Review existing course materials and discuss course goals and outline. Determine development timeline and constraints. |
| Course outline draft | Course goals / objectives. Assessment plan. Student profile. Identify instructional materials & technology needs. Identify copyright concerns. |
| Example module/lesson | Develop content (presentations, courseware, text, readings, video, audio, simulations….). Draft directions, transitions, and instructor communications. Create media. Identify assessments. CEI review of module prototype. |
| First half of course content development | Draft content using the example module/less as a guide for remaining course content. |
| All remaining content development | All content developed in Canvas and ready for QA review. |
| CEI quality assurance review | CEI checks course structure, media, links, and accessibility |
| Implementation | |
| Initial course offering | Instructor collects feedback from students and documents any areas of the course that could be improved before the next offering. |
| Assessment | |
| Quality Matters review | Conducted by a CEI staff or a PSU QM review team. Course author works with CEI on any revisions necessary in earning a passing QM score. |
