Make Your Course Design Effective with OSCQR
OSCQR Reviews
At CCRI, we are passionate about practicing a culture of design, assessment and reflection that is focused on evidence of impact!
Summer OSCQR Program
Ensuring Your Online Course Accessibility Through OSCQR
Register today for this special program to help faculty teaching online courses meet the new, federal digital accessibility requirements. We will use OSCQR as the review rubric. The rubric has been divided into 3 levels to ensure courses are pedagogically sound and fully accessible. For the summer program, you will receive the following:
- Review of a course of your choosing by a faculty OSCQR reviewer.
- One-on-one meeting to discuss the results.
- Coaching on best practices for meeting OSCQR standards.
- Follow-up meetings to demonstrate OSCQR compliance.
- $300 stipend when OSCQR Levels 1 - 3 standards are met.
All faculty (full-time and adjunct) are eligible; no OSCQR experience necessary! You are also eligible if you have completed OSCQR review for Level 1 or Level 2 but have not made it through Level 3.
Take advantage of this summer program and stipend to update your course well in advance of new ADA digital accessibility requirements going into effect in April 2026. You will be happy you avoided the rush!
What Is OSCQR?
OSCQR and RSI
The OSCQR process guides faculty through self-reflection and design review for online courses that is student-centered and adopts effective research-based pedagogy. Its focus on course design, that meets all federal, state and NECHE regulations. OSCQR meets the "regular and substantive interactions (RSI)." The OSCQR process is intended to be used for reviewing course design, not course delivery or instructor performance.
Can Anyone Complete an OSCQR?
OSCQR is a voluntary self-reflective process and is not for the formal review of any course. The product of the OSCQR review may inform your teaching practice and help you create a more effective course.
OSCQR may be used in the following ways:
- As a self-directed course design review and improvement process.
- A roadmap for new course development.
- A guide to perform an accessibility check.
- For recognition of exemplary course design and instructional best practices.
- To inform a department or program review process.
How to Initiate OSCQR Review?
- The OSCQR process begins with you requesting a review.
- Once a review is requested, OLT will reach out to you to set up an initial interview, in which both parties will review the process, answer any questions you may have and set up a timeline.
- After the interview, both the instructional designer and the instructor will take time to review the course design using the OSCQR rubric.
- A final conversation takes place once the rubric is completed. The instructional designer and instructor will walk through and develop an action plan together with key points for improving the instructions and course design.
How Long Does the Process Take?
There are many ways to utilize OSCQR and therefore the length of the review will vary. Since the review is voluntary, the timeline for completion is set by the instructor. If the instructor does not have the time for a full course design review, we encourage reaching out for a more casual self-directed opportunity.
OSCQR Resources
Learn more about how OSCQR was started at CCRI.
This work "Make Your Course Design Effective with OSCQR, Online Learning and Technology, Community College of Rhode Islandis adapted from the original work of the OSCQR Rubric, Dashboard, and Process are made available by the Online Learning Consortium, Inc. (OLC - http://olc.onlinelearningconsortium.org/ under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC By 4.0). To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The OSCQR Rubric, Dashboard, and Process were originally developed by the State University of New York, through SUNY Online, Online Teaching. SUNY Online Teaching (https://online.suny.edu/onlineteaching/. SUNY Online and its logo are registered trademarks of the State University of New York.
