Minimum Standards

To learn more about minimum standards, please view this informational video. In Fall 2026, the online course review will transition from minimum standards to quality standards.

Minimum Standards Rubric

A Closer Look at Minimum Standards

Dr. Stacy Boyer Davis, a previous Global Campus Extended Learning and Community Engagement Scholar, discusses how her BUS 576 course satisfies each element of the minimum standards rubric. 

Faculty Resources for Online Course Review

Distance Learning Criteria: Increasing Online Course Design Standards
Distance Learning Criteria Graphic
* Essential Quality Matters (QM) standards are the "3-point" standards on the QM Rubric; the full rubric is viewable here.

Materials

Standards Rubrics

Entry Level Standards

Minimum Standards

Design

Quality Matters

Delivery

Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education Chickering, Arthur W.; Gamson, Zelda F.

Education

NMU Center for Teaching and Learning

Online Teaching Fellows

Questions?

Questions can be directed to Dr. Lucy A. Johnson, Assistant Director of Online Learning and Development (lucyjohn@nmu.edu).

Online course review letters will be communicated to instructors via onlreview@nmu.edu