BYU Online Faculty
Your content—made digital—in an engaging online classroom. Work with us to develop a well-rounded course for BYU students to take online.
Innovation and flexibility
Our courses offer innovative and flexible options to help you engage with students in new, meaningful ways. With your content expertise and our team of course creation experts, you can accommodate more students than just those in your traditional classroom. Together, we’ll help you create a collaborative online environment that takes student participation and engagement to a new level.
Do you want to know more about bringing a course online?
Email us at byuonline@byu.edu
Online Learning Initiative
"We also made important strides on key academic initiatives. The BYU Online program is on pace. Its goal is to expand the number of online offerings available to our matriculated students so that by 2020, each BYU student will be able to take at least fifteen hours of credit online before graduation."
Kevin J Worthen
Former President of Brigham Young University
Department Forms
Please use the following forms to request the hiring of an Adjunct Professor for a BYU Online course, funding for a Graduate Student Instructor or if approved, the hiring of Teaching Assistants for your BYU Online course:
Create meaningful interactions
Real-time interaction
Schedule a webinar or virtual lunch, or take a look at our blended classes. Work with your instructional designer to recreate an activity you would normally do in a face-to-face class.
Discussion Boards
Give students the opportunity to respond thoughtfully through written responses or video threads. As students use the discussion boards they collaborate with other students and even bring in their own pop culture references.
Useful Resources
With an online course, students can take time to digest information. They can listen to mini-lectures at their own pace and even relisten as often as necessary. Courses often utilize interactives, these interactives can explain difficult concepts. BYU Online utilizes various methods to present content to students.
Higher Participation
An online course creates a more comfortable environment for quieter students to participate.
A dedicated instructional designer will make your content shine.
After receiving approval to develop a course, you will collaborate with your instructional designer, who will support you throughout the course creation process. Your primary role will be to concentrate on the course material, leveraging your expertise. Meanwhile, your instructional designer, along with a skilled team including animators, videographers, editors, graphic designers, and more, will handle everything else. Within six months, you'll be launching the pilot of your BYU Online course.
Instructional Designers
Our professional instructional designers will design content that fits your unique needs.
Instructional Designers
You will have one-on-one contact with your instructional designer to create a cohesive online course that captures your favorite in-class interactions. Your instructional designer will work with a team of animators, videographers, graphic designers, editors, and program administrators to oversee your course development, ensure that all tasks are completed in a timely manner and that you feel confident with your online course. They’ll be with you throughout your pilot semester to help implement positive changes to your course.
Examples of what your course might look like
Including, but not limited to
- Media Services: Examples of course videos and animations
- Interactive Examples
- Group Work
- Discussions
A straightforward and rewarding process.
1. Transition to Online
Reach more students by taking your course online. Learn more information and start the process by clicking "Transition to Online" below.
2. Kick-off Meeting
You’ll be assigned an instructional designer, who will serve as the project manager and work with a team to help you create a course. Once you’ve been approved to create a course, you’ll meet with your instructional designer; they’ll help you get the process started and ensure a smooth transition.
3. Plan the Outline
You’ll work with your instructional designer to create a detailed outline of your online course, work out any revisions that need to be made, and structure the course. This will include outlining your learning objectives, lessons and content, assessments and assignments, activities, and group work
4. Build the Course
You and your instructional designer will work together to build the course in Canvas. Your designer will be there to walk you through every step of the way and make sure the course meets all of your expectations.
5. Pilot
Once the course is built, it’s ready to launch online! You’ll start off by piloting the course and then making revisions from there.
6. Maintain
As you continue to teach your course, you’ll be able to make changes as necessary. You’ll also be able to implement elements of your online course into your face-to-face courses as you find things that you can incorporate well.
Imagine the flexibility
If approved, receive a course reduction while building your online course and once have your completed online course it can count as part of your teaching load.
