Document Sample Instructions

These sample documents can be produced when designing instruction and assessment tasks.  To use them effectively, it is recommended that you follow this order:

1. Read the Design Documents pages for definitions of instructional design terminology used on this campus and around the state of Wisconsin to familiarize yourself with these terms.
2. Use the WIDS Software Update to download the current copy of WIDS.
3. Use the Course Map (DOC 39 KB) to map out your course by week, title, or topic.  Look at each Module title or topic and write one statement answering this question:  What will my learners do as a result of this learning experience? Include only one major skill, concept or attitude that you teach per statement. Start your statement with an action verb that requires higher order thinking on the part of the students.
4. If available, use the Program Outcomes (DOC 72 KB) documentation to identify which program outcomes will be linked to the competencies in the course.
5. Use the Learning Design Planner (DOC 216 KB) to select your Core Abilities, Program Outcomes, and Standards (if standards are required for your course). Print copies of the second page (the Performance Expectations page). On each Performance Expectations page complete the left side of the paper by inputting a Competency statement and the Performance Standards (Condition(s) and Criteria). Then complete the right side of the paper including Learning Plan Prerequisites, Learning Objectives, Learning Activities, and Learning Materials/Objects. Repeat this process for each of the competencies written on the Course Map.
6. When completing the Learning Activities, it may help to use the Model Learning Plan Worksheet (DOC 32 KB) to ensure the selection of learning activities that follow the learning cycle of:  Motivation---Comprehension----Practice-----Application. This model can also ensure the selection of learning activities that accommodate various learning styles.
7. Use the Course Syllabus (DOC 75.5 KB) model to produce a syllabus for the course.
8. Use the Outline of Instruction (DOC 53.5 KB) to produce it for your course (this is the left side of each Learning Design Planner Performance Expectations page).
9. Use the Performance Assessment Task (DOC 79 KB) model to produce the assessment document to be used by the learners and the instructor.
10. Use the Core Abilities Performance Assessment Task (DOC 67.5 KB) model to produce the assessment document to be used by the learners and the instructor to assessment Core Abilities.
11. Use the Learning Plan (DOC 42 KB) model to produce a Learning Plan for each lesson for the learners (this is usually given to the students as a guide to the classroom activities).  Use the information from the right side of each Performance Expectations page to complete each Learning Plan.
12. Use the Teaching Plan (DOC 38.5 KB) model to produce a Teaching Plan taken directly from the Learning Plan. This documentation is not shared with the students but can be used by the instructor to document how much time will be spent on each learner activity and what resources need to be available to effectively conduct the activity.