Participant Commitments and Deliverables

• Two Live Meetings (Choice of In-Person or Zoom Attendance):  
  • Live meetings are from 9:00am-12:00pm or 1:00pm-4:00pm.
  • For the first meeting, participants can choose to attend in the morning or afternoon on Tuesday, June 2 or Friday, June 5. 
  • For the second meeting, participants can choose to attend in the morning or afternoon on Tuesday, July 7 or Friday, July 10.
  • Participants who cannot attend both live sessions will not be accepted. 
• Design Consultations:  
  • Regular consultations with an online learning designer during the 9-week session 
  • A mid-semester and end-of-semester consultation during the first semester/term the course is taught 
• Online Learning: An online curriculum provides additional assistance. Participants will be expected to develop two weeks of course content during most weeks of the 9-week session. For those who are new to online teaching, a separate online teaching orientation will be required.  
• Course Design Plan: Early in the 9-week session, faculty will produce (with assistance from a designer) a design plan that includes an analysis of their students, the course goals and objectives, and appropriate learning activities and assessment methods. The plan will also include a course map, detailing the alignment of unit-by-unit learning activities to the stated objectives/outcomes. 
• A Fully-Developed Course: A completed course will include a syllabus, at least one original instructional video per unit, additional instructional content and media as needed, and fully-developed assignments and assessments. The course will be expected to meet USU online quality standards. 
• Evidence of Regular and Substantive Interaction: Courses must exceed the minimum standards for regular and substantive interaction as defined by the Department of Higher Education. As part of those standards, courses must show evidence of next generation learning principles, including community building; regular instructor engagement; active, applied, and authentic learning; and personalized learning opportunities. 
• Quality Standards Review: A completed course will receive two standardized quality reviews: one by a faculty peer, focused on curriculum and pedagogy, and another by a learning designer, focused on design and usability. A course that passes both reviews will be considered complete and will be certified. 
• A Signed Shared Use Agreement: Courses developed through the bootcamp will be considered USU commissioned works, meaning USU will retain the right to use and adapt the intellectual property as it sees fit, including allowing other faculty to use and adapt the course content. The faculty member who originally developed the content will also retain the right to continue to use the content as they see fit. 

Application and Participant Selection

Faculty who are interested in participating should fill out a Bootcamp Application Form. Applications are due Sunday, April 26, 2026. Applications will be reviewed by a selection committee. Accepted courses will be approved by their academic department heads. 

Courses will be prioritized based upon the following factors: 

• strategic importance as part of an existing or new online program (multiple courses from the same program are encouraged) 
• new online course offering 
• projected student enrollment, with priority for higher enrollment courses (20+) 
• course frequency and immediacy, with preference going to courses that run sooner and more frequently 
• redesign to address quality concerns and adherence to quality standards  

Only fully online courses will be accepted. In-person, Connect, hybrid, and virtual courses are not eligible. The course should be offered within a year of the bootcamp start date to qualify. Participants will only be given contracts for a single course. 

Attendance at the live sessions is mandatory. Participants who cannot attend both live sessions will not be accepted. 

Bootcamp Schedule

The 9-week cohort schedule is posted on the general bootcamp schedule page. After the 9-week cohort session, participants will work with the Online Design team to monitor and roll-out the course for its first semester.