9 Tips for Online Course Content Construction

Provide students with an advance organizer to introduce the contents of course content and how it is organized.
Provide pre-tests or warm-up activities to assess prior knowledge and stimulate interest.
Provide fundamental questions that you have identified as important to the course content. Ask students to formulate their own questions as well.
Provide well-written lecture material for the student to read, including graphics and media when appropriate.
Use clear, strong verbs and nouns in headings and subheadings.
Use bulleted text and action terms whenever possible and avoid dense, text-heavy pages that are difficult to read online. Text-heavy content is better if provided in a printable format.
Alternate blocks of text and graphics to keep pages visually interesting. Visit the Periodic Table of Visualization Methods for ideas and sample visuals.
Include media when it is instructionally appropriate.
Provide interaction frequently. This could be as simple as a link to an external resource or a pop quiz.