Office of Instructional Design & Faculty Support
The Office of Instructional Technology is your primary point of contact for pedagogical questions, course design consultation, and instructional support throughout this training and beyond. Whether you are building a new course, revising an existing course, exploring new teaching modalities, or implementing accessibility and engagement strategies, OIT is available to support your work. We provide Course design and development consultations:
- Modality-specific guidance for Fully Seated, Hybrid, HyFlex, Synchronous Online, Asynchronous Online, and Combined Online courses
- Instructional design resources and best practices
- Accessibility and EIT guidance
- Course quality reviews and recommendations
- Technology integration support for teaching and learning
- Assessment and assignment design consultation
- Faculty development workshops and training opportunities
- Support for active learning, student engagement, and Regular and Substantive Interaction (RSI)
- Guidance on instructional technologies supported by SUNY New Paltz
Instructional Design Resources:
The Office of Instructional Design maintains resources, guides, templates, examples, and professional development materials to help faculty design effective, engaging, and accessible learning experiences. Resources include guidance on Course planning and organization:
- Writing measurable learning outcomes
- Developing accessible content
- Assignment and assessment design
- Rubric development
- Student engagement strategies
- Modality-specific course development
- Universal Design for Learning (UDL)
- Online teaching best practices
- Course accessibility and EIT compliance
Faculty Documentation for Course Technology:
Comprehensive documentation and tutorials are available for the technologies used to support teaching and learning at SUNY New Paltz. Faculty can access guidance on Brightspace:
- Course setup and navigation
- Content organization and modules
- Assignments and discussions
- Quizzes and gradebook management
- Release conditions and intelligent agents
- Class progress and learner analytics
- Accessibility tools and settings
- Course copy and semester preparation procedures
- Accessibility Checker and document remediation
- Scheduling and hosting synchronous courses
- Captions and accessibility features
- Recording lectures and demonstrations
- Managing video content
- Embedding videos in Brightspace
- Student video assignments
- Creating and managing faculty websites
- Course project and portfolio development
- Blogging and public-facing content
- Integrating multimedia resources
- Academic integrity and writing support tools
Instructional Design Questions:
Contact the Office of Instructional Design when you need assistance with:
- Course development
- Pedagogy and teaching strategies
- Accessibility and EIT considerations
- Assessment design
- Student engagement
- Remote course delivery, degrees, and micro credentials
- Technology integration for instructional purposes
- Progress tracking