Instructional Innovation

AU Course Shell

The AU Course Shell is a 16-week course structure that can help you develop your course faster in D2L Brightspace, our learning management system (LMS). Designed by the Center for Instructional Innovation, the shell comes with pre-built pages that you can modify according to your needs.

 

Download AU Course Shell

Benefits

  • It has editable pages that help you get your course up and running quickly.
  • It is ADA-compliant. When populating the course shell with your content, please make sure that your materials are also accessible. Customized content, if not accessible, may impact overall document compliance.
  • It can be used for all course modalities.
  • It addresses many of the Quality Matters Rubric standards.
  • It is based on research and best practice recommendations.
  • It contains prompts and tips to guide you through the development process.

Please Note

The AU Course Shell may only be installed in an empty D2L course. If you need assistance converting a course with pre-existing content into the course shell, please contact your college’s Instructional Systems Analyst.

Getting Started

Please watch these tutorials:

Importing the AU Course Shell into an Empty D2L Course

This video shows where you can find the AU Course Shell file for download and how you can import it into your empty D2L course.

Editing and Deleting Announcements

This video shows how you can edit or delete the three default announcements that come with the AU Course Shell.

Editing and Deleting Discussion Forums and Topics

This video shows how you can edit or delete the discussion forums and topics that come with the AU Course Shell. You will learn how to modify the titles and descriptions of these elements, create restrictions and use the assessment features for discussions.

Editing and Deleting Content Modules

This video shows how you can hide, edit and delete the content modules that come with the AU Course Shell.

Editing and Deleting Content Pages

This video shows how you can hide, edit and delete the content pages that come with the AU Course Shell.