Evaluating a Course

What factors must you check while evaluating a course?

• Are the learning objectives obvious?
  
• Are the learning tasks clearly defined?
• Visual:
  
• Is the interface intuitive? Does it facilitate learning?
  
• Is the visual layout and hierarchy neat and logical?
• Are the icons and graphics used appropriate? Does it facilitate learning?
• Audio
• Is the audio sufficient, too much, or too little?
  
• Is it appropriately paced, too fast, or too slow?
• Does it have life or would it put the learner to sleep?
  
• Text
• Is the text on screen too much, too little or just right?
• Is the instructional flow maintained?
• Has the information been chunked and presented effectively?
• Are the instructional strategies challenging for the learner? Does it help meet the learning outcome?
  
• Does the strategy ensure high instructional interactivity?
• Do the exercises reinforce leaning?
• Are the exercises introduced at the right junctures?
• Is there an exercise to check each learning objective?
• Are the exercises forced or they motivating?

This is, however, only a surface level evaluation. A detailed evaluation will check the 'learnability of a course.' For detailed evaluation read article on Learability Testing.