1. Completion of our three core online courses.
Teaching Online, offered 3 or more times a year. To pass the course, you will need to a) make one comment a day for five days; b) take each daily self quiz, passing grade is 80% (you may retake the quiz until you pass).

Designing Online Instruction, offered twice a year. To pass the course, you will need to a) make one comment a day for five days; b) write a short paper or essay.

Building Online Learning Communities, offered twice a year. To pass the course, you will need to a) make one comment a day for five days; b) write a short paper or essay.

More than 5,000 professors have already taken one or more of these courses, making them the leading online curriculum for faculty in higher education.

2. Teach at least two online courses yourself.
Simply provide documentation that you have taught at least two online courses. A brochure description, internal record, student list, or letter from a department chair, dean or other administrator will suffice.

3. Pass a 50-question knowledge test.
The test is based on the critical knowledge areas covered in the three online courses. You may retake the test a second time. The test can be proctored locally or taken online using a proctor.

4. Have your students complete a short online survey.
You will be given an URL and a code. Your students will fill out a short, 5-question online survey anonymously. Student evaluations alone will not disqualify a teacher from COI designation.

5. Have your online course critiqued.
Simply provide us with the URL, username and password for the course. The course can be critiqued before, during or after it is offered.