COURSE CREATION GUIDE

FOR RESOURCE PERSONS DEVELOPING COURSES FOR RICHFLOOD LEARNING CENTRE

A. GENERAL;

The Learning Centre, also called TLC is now inviting course creators in line with Environmental Management and Sustainable development focal areas in its wide sense.

This guide is for course creators. It provides a step-by-step format for course creation in line with the online portal for learners.  Generally, the following is included in the course content to be developed.  

1. The courses are created in modules/chapters

2. Video recording of your presentation and any other video relevant to the course that you intend to share to learners.

3. Each module is expected to have at least 5 videos. Illustrations, lectures, news on the subject matter, or recent discoveries will interest the learners and widen their understanding of the course.

4. Each course is expected to have at least 2 case studies to further enhance the applicability of the course to the learner's professional exposure. 

5. Powerpoint slides of your presentation sent in PPT format. Presented on zoom. Standard video recording standard followed. 

6. The handout was prepared as a Microsoft word file. Font size 12, New Romans font type.

7. Test, Quiz and assignment development with answers to the questions.

8. PDF files as reference documents for students

9. References for further study

10. Each course is not less than 5 modules and not less than 70 pages in ms word font size 12 times news roman

11. Courses are in Modules. Each Module (also called modules) should contain scientific graphs, videos/video links not exceeding 30mins gotten from research sources e.g Youtube, Vimeo etc pictures (including pictures taken in the field) as illustrations.

12. The text for each module should not be less than 10 pages. 

13. Each course has estimated 6 Modules. This is produced for approval before the course creator proceeds. A summary of the content for each module is shared with the QA team.

14. All courses are to be practically oriented and not theoretical in presentation. Africa focused.

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Please feel free to get in touch with our office

coursecreators@richflood.com

+234 814 524 5247 (Whatsapp Chat only)

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B. TECHNICAL COURSE OUTLINE FORMAT

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Summary Section

• Course Title

• Key Words: Please provide course keywords at least five (5) separated by a comma.

• About the course:  Provide a captivating summary of the course for learners to be attracted to the course. Not exceeding 600 words this should include a summary of what learners will benefit from this course.

• Who should take this course? Please advise as to which category of learners this course is for.

• Introduction

Module 1 - 6

Module Title

Heading and submodules content are properly indexed.

Test Questions (5 questions per module; these questions are to be answered after each module and they should be for checking the learner’s basic knowledge)

Kindly highlight the correct answers. Some questions can have multiple answers

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Current Trends; Current trends and technological advancement regarding this course and this field of expertise should be provided here and within the course content

• Overall Course Quiz questions, 20 questions as objectives (A,B,C,D) highlighting the correct answers.

• “All answers are correct except one” can also form part of the questions to be asked

• Assignment; Two assignments. Theoretical. Provide the assignment questions and also provide answers to the questions. Or Knowledge based Quizzes (10 in number)

• Reference and study materials to download should also be provided by course creators.

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C. WEBINAR PRESENTATION FORMAT by the presenter (Video).

• The presenter is to do a 45-minute summary video presentation using zoom online.

• Kindly request the link from the Richflood office.  I

• Welcome the participant to the course, introduce the course and the benefits of taking the course, urge the participants to go through all modules and activities, and summarise each module of the course a PowerPoint slide.

• Encourage Q and A to be dropped and that you will attend to them.

D. PLAGIARISM;

Approval from all contents used should be sort for and obtained from the sources, these include reference materials sources, video sources etc. The plagiarism percentage should not exceed 25% overall. Plagiarised content will not be accepted.

Kindly forward the course materials when fully developed to the email learning@richflood.com

Materials developed and paid for becomes the property of Richflood Learning Centre. Richflood reserves the right to use the materials for learning and reference purposes.

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Expression of interest submissions should be done by email indicating the course of interest (including course code) for this batch of courses by creators.

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coursecreators@richflood.com

+234 814 524 5247 (Whatsapp Chat only)

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Visit this link to submit your interest based on available courses

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E. PAYMENTS FOR COURSES CREATED;

Upon successful selection of the courses by the course creator, you will receive a document showing fees payable per course and other details. Upon receipt of this information and if acceptable, please request for an agreement to be executed.

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F. SUMMARY OF ENROLMENT STEPS;

1.  Study the Course Creation Guide on this page

2. Use this link to select a course

3. Check your email for instant feedback with terms and conditions

4. Request an agreement

5. Execute the agreement 

6. Start creating courses

G. SUMMARY STEPS FOR COURSE SUBMISSION;

1.  Use the Course Creation Guide on this page to create a course

2. Submit the course for structural review to coursecreators@richflood.com 

3. Obtain feedback (evaluation sheet) from TLC Admin Team

4. If satisfactory, submit an invoice and receive payment otherwise, receive an evaluation sheet with comments on further upgrades of course created. 

5. Resubmit course for technical review

6. Receive feedback for technical review

7. If satisfactory submit an invoice and receive final payment on the course otherwise, receive an evaluation sheet with comments on further upgrades of the course created until satisfactory. 

8. Contract Closed 

9. Check again for another course to create using the link  

Courses that do not meet at least 60% of the expected quality at stage G2 will be rejected at no cost to the learning centre. This will not be paid for and the contract will be assumed terminated due to lack of capacity to deliver.  Your content will not be used by the TLC. 

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H. SUMMARY OF TECHNICAL DELIVERABLES ;

1. Technical Course content following the above guideline

2. Copyright table for 3rd party videos or content used from the internet. Download template here

3. Powerpoint slide summarizing the course. Download PPT Template Here

4. Presented Course Summary Video (discuss with the TLC) to set up.