| Institutions
often offer assistance to their faculty in online-course development.
You need to set aside time to determine the type of support that
is available from your institution, including
- Types of
hardware and operating system supported
- Type of
network in place
- Computer
training and/or support
- Course
management system (CMS) for online course supplements and/or
courses
- Instructional
design and/or multimedia support
- Funding
and/or release time for online course development
Note: If you
are an employee in the LSU System, get started by clicking Lagniappe:
LSU System Support in the left column to find contact information
for your institution.
A constraint
analysis focuses on exploring the factors that may influence the
decisions you will make in planning instruction. Many factors affect
and constrain course/program plans. Generally, these factors fall
into one of four major categories:
- Time
- Funding
- Available
Technology
- Staffing
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