Faculty ask three questions when they start to develop an online course.
This section discusses skills, time, and successful characteristics of an online instructor. This is a difficult question to answer since it depends upon where you are in the process of getting your course material in a format suitable for online viewing. As a general rule of thumb, to have a polished, finished online course, most research is recommending an 18 month lead time. The 18 months can be broken down into three parts. The initial development of an online course takes an inordinate amount of time.