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Preparing for Video Production
November 04, 2022
In this video, Everspring's former Director of Creative Services Stephanie Dzieglo guides you through the preparation needed to create an impactful video for your course.
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Self-Recording Best Practices
September 24, 2021
While traditional lectures are delivered in front of a classroom and allow you to read students’ engagement and adjust in real time to both content and pacing, online lectures do not afford the same flexibility. Therefore, it is important to carefully plan your videos in accordance with best practices in online learning. There are many video types and formats to choose from (see the Envision piece Matching Video Production Style to Learning Goals). One decision you'll need to make is whether you want to appear on camera. This guide covers best practices for videos that will include your webcam footage.
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Engagement Series: Student-Instructor Engagement
March 21, 2025
This is the fourth and final piece in a series exploring different types of course engagement. This piece focuses on how course developers and instructors can foster student-instructor engagement in online courses.
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Engagement Series: Student-Content Engagement
September 25, 2024
This is the second in a series of pieces exploring different types of course engagement. This piece focuses on how course developers and instructors can foster student-content engagement in online courses.
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Don't Leave Your Learners Behind: Start Tackling Web Accessibility Now!
October 17, 2022
If you’re an educator, you're probably familiar with the concept of accessibility, which often manifests in the classroom in the form of accommodation requests to meet specific students' needs. If you're an online educator, you've hopefully heard about web accessibility, which requires adhering to specific guidelines when designing and providing materials via the web, reducing the need for student accommodations by anticipating and removing potential barriers to learning.
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From Mapping to Refining: Prompting Techniques for Generative AI
July 31, 2025
This piece builds on a previous piece where we explored the importance of keeping your desired outcome in mind when working with generative AI (genAI). We also highlighted the value of including specific data and contextual details in your prompt to align with your goals. If you haven’t read that piece, we recommend starting there:
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Generative AI: A Guide to Course Integration  
January 27, 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) makes regular headlines, from debates about whether it will create or destroy jobs, to conversations about the ethics of its use in hiring or medicine, to its impact on higher education. The role and impact of AI in our lives is up for debate. One aspect, however, is not: employers are looking for graduates who know how to utilize AI to improve productivity in their roles. According to a recent article, 91 percent of hiring companies are looking for candidates with ChatGPT experience (Blum, 2023). Given the demand for AI experience in the job market, many educators are looking to integrate AI into their courses. But now comes the hard part—how do you do that? It is important to note that you will want to review your university’s policies on AI usage, especially as it pertains to the use of specific tools, prior to integrating AI into your course.
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Quiz Writing Best Practices
March 21, 2025
Quizzes are one of the most common forms of assessment. Instructors can use quizzes to not only test students but also check on their students’ progress throughout a course. When used effectively, quizzes can assess students in a variety of ways. This piece will provide recommendations and best practices for enhancing the quality of quiz content.
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Engagement Series: Introduction
April 26, 2024
There are many components to consider when developing an online course; a key framework to inform course development is student engagement. The Glossary of Education Reform defines student engagement as “the degree of attention, curiosity, interest, optimism, and passion that students show when they are learning or being taught, which extends to the level of motivation they have to learn and progress in their education” (Great Schools Partnership, 2016, para. 1). Developing and evaluating course content through the lens of engagement can help instructors create an environment that is conducive to learning and mastery of course outcomes.
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Accessible PDFs
June 14, 2024
Developing and delivering accessible instructional content—meaning content that students with and without disabilities can readily engage with and use—is essential to the success of an online course. While many accessibility standards and guidelines are broadly applicable, there are also specific considerations unique to different content formats and delivery modes. In this piece, we present recommendations for enhancing the accessibility of PDFs for students.
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