This guide, Working with a COMD Model Course, will take you through the steps of cloning a COMD Model Course and customizing it for your own course section.

Setting up your course site is an important piece of teaching web-enhanced, hybrid, and fully online teaching. For additional information, the Teaching With The OpenLab guide provides an introduction to teaching in an online community, teaching with an OpenLab course, and general best practices. Links are provided throughout this guide to relevant information and resources.

Before you begin

Depending on your prior experience, some or all of the following resources may be helpful to review.

Collect Your Course Materials

Next, collect the following materials and information.

  • Your Course and Section Number
  • Image(s) for use as site header and/or avatar
  • Your course syllabus, grading policy, and any other course materials you would like to make available to your students