QA FAQs
What Is the Timeline for a QA Review?
What should you expect for a timeline on the various QA deliverables? The timeline for a review depends on the type of review and the number of courses involved. Milestone Checks Each milestone check has its own timeline. Course Design Map. Once an ...
What Is a Student Course Evaluation Dashboard?
Course evaluation data is another tool available to improve partner programs. Each semester, instructional designers (IDs) gather the course evaluation data from their partners. The ID curates the qualitative data (student comments) while the ...
What Are Milestone Checks?
There are three (3) milestone checkpoints for new and redeveloped courses. At each checkpoint, the instructional design manager or QA staff evaluates how well the deliverable for that checkpoint meets the quality standards outlined in the Course ...
What Does a QA Comprehensive or Sample Review Cover?
Overview The QA team performs thorough course design and implementation reviews on all or a sample of courses in an established program track. Reviews are conducted in collaboration with the partner school. These in-depth course reviews include an ...
What Is a First-Run Course Review?
Course evaluation of a live or currently running course is initiated by the internal support team for the partner. These typically involve courses with high fail rates on exams, high attrition rates, or a high number of at-risk reports. An evaluation ...
What Types of Evaluations Does QA Provide?
Evaluation Options The Orbis Education e-learning quality assurance (QA) team conducts course-level evaluations throughout the course design, development, implementation, and maintenance life cycle using the QA rubric and score sheet. Evaluation ...
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