SLU’s Distance Education Office Releases Updated Distance Course Design Rubric

10/19/2023

Over the last 18 months, SLU’s Distance Education Committee, in partnership with the Distance Education Office, has been working to update the University’s Distance Course Design Rubric. The rubric articulates design standards expected for all distance courses offered by Saint Louis University, in any distance format.  

 Additionally, the Distance Education Office (DEO) has created some supporting resources to assist faculty with using the updated rubric. The DEO will hold two virtual Q&A sessions for faculty to ask questions about the revised rubric. Faculty can register for one of these sessions by completing this Google form.  

Users can access the rubric, and learn more about the updates, by consulting the resources below. (Note: users must be signed into MySLU to access linked materials.)  

• Distance Course Design Rubric V3 (full version) [PDF] 
• Distance Course Design Rubric V3 (list view) [PDF] 
• Overview of the revised rubric [video] 
• Summary of key changes from V1 to V2 of the rubric [PDF] 
• Overview of the revision process for the updated rubric [PDF] 

 This is the third version of the rubric, which has been used for the required Distance Course Peer Review process since 2019. The Peer Review process will begin applying the updated rubric starting in the 2023-2024 Winter Session. 

Learn more about distance education at SLU through the Distance Education website and by emailing distance.education@slu.edu.