How Can We Help?
Instructional Design is here to support you in designing and teaching effective, engaging, and accessible courses. Whether you are preparing to teach for the first time, designing a new course, working in Canvas, teaching online or face-to-face, or looking for new ways to support student learning, we can help.
Not sure where to start? Meet one-on-one with an Instructional Designer. We can help you think through your course, identify resources, solve a specific challenge, or simply figure out your next step.
Appointments are available on Zoom or in person. In-person appointments take place in H-119C within EDGE, the Employee Development and Growth Exchange (H-114).
Teaching & Course Design Resources
Explore these resources based on what you are working on. You do not need to use them in a particular order. Start with the area that best fits what you need right now.
Design Your Course
- COR to Course: Guidance for Course Planning
- Start with your Course Outline of Record and develop a clear plan for what students will learn and how you will assess their learning.
- Quality Quest: Crafting Quality Online Courses
- Explore the essential elements of a well-designed online course and see how to put them into practice in Canvas.
- Palomar Canvas Course Design Assistant
- Use Palomar’s AI-powered course design tool to help plan, create, revise, and format course content for Canvas.
Make Your Course Accessible & Inclusive
- Accessibility & Universal Design Course
- Learn practical strategies for creating accessible course content and designing learning experiences that support all students.
- WebAIM Accessible Documents Course
- Learn how to create accessible Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, and PDFs.
Teach Online at Palomar
- Distance Education Handbook
- Find Palomar-specific requirements, expectations, and guidance for teaching distance education courses.
- Canvas Instructor Guide
- Find step-by-step instructions for using Canvas tools and features.
Find & Create OER Course Materials
- Palomar Guide to OER & Pressbooks
- Learn how to find, adopt, adapt, create, and share Open Educational Resources for your courses.
Stay Connected
IDDEA Newsletter
Published monthly with teaching resources, instructional technology, accessibility guidance, workshops, updates, and opportunities. You can also browse past issues anytime for additional ideas and resources.
Read the IDDEA Newsletter and browse past issues
What Can an Instructional Designer Help With?
Instructional Designers can partner with you on many aspects of teaching and course design, including:
- Course planning and alignment
- Active learning and student engagement
- Online, hybrid, and face-to-face course design
- Accessibility and Universal Design for Learning
- Canvas and instructional technology
- Assessments and learning activities
- Humanizing courses and building community
- Syllabus and course organization
- Educational media and instructional materials
- Open Educational Resources
- Thoughtful use of AI in teaching and learning
Have something else in mind? This list is only a starting point. Book an appointment and let’s talk about what you are trying to accomplish.