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Week 8 Blog - Peer Review Feedback

What feedback have you received and what have you done as a result? Why?

My partner reviewed my course and she was able to point out a couple of things that didn’t make sense and that needed to be removed from my course content.  She also suggested I use a different picture for my course image, one of a half-marathon starting/finishing line.  Although I did consider her suggestion, I decided to keep the current image with the simple 13.1 for a couple of reasons.  One, anyone wanting to run a half-marathon will recognize the 13.1 as the half-marathon distance and two because my course would not be attached to a specific half-marathon. 

My partner also gave me some positive feedback.  She mentioned she liked that I included the Using Canvas page for students who would be new to this environment.  She also likes that I included the Etiquette page.  She didn’t suggest any changes to my module structure and that makes me happy as I spent a long time deciding on this particular module structure.  For my review of her courses, I sent her some recommendations.  I suggested she include a photo of herself in the About Me page and also suggested she changed the logo a one that matches the color of the business aesthetic.  I also suggested she add an accessibility statement and an online etiquette section.  These are two items you see in just about every online course. 

Given that many standard corporate ID projects last about 3 weeks and this is week 8 of the session, how do you feel about working on a professional timeline?


I have never worked in the corporate setting where timelines are strict.  All of my instructional design (ID) experience has been in the higher education field.  I have never worked with a group or another instructional designer face-to-face where timeline was discussed or an issue.  For all the ID work that I have done in the past, it has been just me.  Because of this, there is not a set timeline but rather just due dates for the final product.  I like to work on the projects until I am done or if I’m only given a few days to get something completed, I will make the project a priority.

I am taking another graduate course in which I was paired with three other students and we has a real client.  Although we do have a timeline, it has been very easy getting our items completed on time since there are four of us.  But still, three weeks for a professional timeline seems aggressive but I suppose that if you are working with a group,  it would be easier to meet the due dates.


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