And a checklist. The only week that deviates at all from this structure is the first week, where an introductory description and icebreaker activity are also added.
Once you have a structure down, you then determine what type of navigation you wish to provide for your students. This is often referred to as the navigational template. Some projects may decide to rely completely on the inherent navigation within a learning management system. Most systems provide general navigation to items such as course content, communication tools, assessments, etc. Other projects may decide to add an internal level of navigation to these general items, as well as to more specific sub-items. Yet, other projects may decide to develop a unique navigation system that best meets the needs of their topics, students, and instructors. Let’s look at three different approaches to navigational templates that provide alternatives to the simple navigation built in to most learning management systems.