Guides, materials, and resources for online program coordinators, faculty, and instructors

The Center for Innovation in Teaching and Learning serves as a resource to University of Illinois colleges, programs, and units. This links below have been provided as a resource for program administrators. 

Program Process Overview

Thinking of launching a new program? Review this list of key task and timelines as you begin the process. 

• Launching a new program: Key Tasks and Timelines
• Campus Graduate Certificate Proposal Information

Curricular Governance

Making sure your program is self-supporting and has the ability to reach its enrollment goals is key.  Analyzing and adapting your program based on where funding, fees and sales go can help your program predict future needs.  The guides from the Office of Business and Financial Services will help you achieve this.

• Levels of Governance for Program and Curricular Changes guide from the Office of the Provost
• Educational Policy Committee
• Proposal Review Status
  

Financial Planning

Making sure your program is self-supporting and has the ability to reach its enrollment goals is key.  Analyzing and adapting your program based on where funding, fees and sales go can help your program predict future needs.  The guides from the Office of Business and Financial Services will help you achieve this.

• Use the Enrollment goals planning guide to project enrollment overtime.
• The Self-Supporting Decision Flowchart will guide you through various policies to determine if your program can be self-supporting. 

Market Research

This section offers an overview of how market research processes work, as well as an example of a report and some questions to consider before your meeting.  Included are market trends, key competitors, demographics, and brand awareness.  These reports are necessary in order to build a cohesive brand across all platforms and identify marketing goals. There is no cost for CITL to perform a market research study. 

• Interested in doing a program demand study? View a sample of what a finished market report looks like.
• Review the project scoping questions to prepare for your research study.
• Contact CITL to request a market research study.

Slate CRM Support

This serves as your guide for learning to navigate the Slate CRM- how to register new users, create an event, send an email, and more. For additional assistance setting up a prospect nurturing system for graduate or non-degree programs, contact CITL Marketing. 

Slate Inbox

• How to use Slate Inbox
• Assign person record to inbox messages in Slate
  

Slate Events

• Create a new event in Slate (video)
• Create an Event and Event Communications in Slate 
• Slate event communication templates

Slate Communications

• Sending an email in Slate
• How to edit a mailing in Slate
  
• Copying an email in Slate to create a new email
• Drip campaign email best practices
• Drip campaign email templates

Marketing Resources

Marketing resources for staff in the Center for Innovation in Teaching & Learning including wordmarks, email skins, and flyer templates to use for marketing and branding purposes.

• CITL Photo Gallery
• CITL Design Resources
• CITL Story Submission Form

Find a complete view of the campus brand - from specifics on messaging and design to instructions on implementing the brand - at the Power of I website. 

• Email signature generator
• Design element downloads
• Training opportunities
  

Registration & Student Support

Learn how to design student onboarding, broken down by orientation topic, class course examples in Moodle, and information on the Student Information Portal

• General new student orientation outline
• How to setup and host a non-credit course

Faculty Management & Course Development Planning

• Faculty Handbook Template
• Faculty Workshop Agenda
• Introduction to the Online Course Development Process
  
• Course Offering Example Calendar
• Course Objectives Map