✍Writing your own course outcomes and learning objectives

Using the information you have learned write between 2- 5 course outcomes for your online course and break them down into between 1 - 3 module learning objectives.

Make sure you use the formula Action verb + Noun/content + Context = Outcome/Objective

These resources give you a list of verbs you can use as you create your outcomes and objectives.

  • How can Bloom's Taxonomy help with writing learning objectives? On this site, you will find information about how to write learning objectives at different cognitive levels according to Blooms taxonomy, and a presentation that uses excerpts from the show the "Big Bang Theory" to give examples of these six cognitive levels. At the bottom of the page there is a built in Quiz and you can choose between different quiz types to test your understanding.
  • Blooms_taxonomy_action_verbs.pdfThis document lists action verbs that can be used for each cognitive level of Bloom's taxonomy.

Download this backward planning template, add your course outcomes and module learning objectives to it.