Mayville State University Agreement for Development of Online Courses 

The parties to this Agreement are Mayville State University (MaSU) and MaSU employee ___________________________ (Developer). The goals of this Agreement are to ensure that all parties involved are aware that: a) new course development or redevelopment is underway; b) all online courses are evaluated soon after being initially developed and approximately every two years thereafter using the Online Course Development Rubric; and c) a stipend is available for courses developed or redeveloped as overload. d) Release time may be provided for courses developed in-load.  Redevelopment should occur if both reviewers agree that the course does not meet standard 4.3 “Instructional materials are designed for an effective online environment.” Redevelopment can also occur when the Developer and the Division Chair determine that significant changes in pedagogy or content merit redevelopment.

1.	Employees need to acquire approval of the Division Chair prior to developing a new course or re-developing an existing course for online delivery. The Developer and Division Chair should reach an agreement as to whether the new or redeveloped material is in-load or overload. 
2.	The Developer agrees to meet with the instructional designer at the beginning, middle and end points of the development timeframe.
3.	The course materials shall be evaluated in accordance with the Faculty Senate/Association approved Course Development Rubric by an instructional designer and one faculty member. The course must meet the standards of the rubric. If the evaluators do not agree on whether a course passes the rubric, a third evaluator will be consulted.
4.	A Developer may teach the course for one semester while under development but should have the course ready for evaluation 30 days after the end of the semester in which it is taught.
5.	A stipend, $500 per semester hour for new development and $200 per semester hour for redevelopment, will be available to those determined eligible. A Developer is not eligible if the course is being developed in-load. If the developer is not eligible or if the stipend is not accepted, the conditions of this Agreement must still be met.
6.	The Developer agrees to maintain the level of quality of course design achieved to pass the rubric. Developers with courses that have previously passed the MaSU Online Course Development Rubric and show a need for improvement in course design when periodically evaluated, will not be paid the re-development stipend.

Course Name ________________________________________   Course # [i.e. ENGL 100]  _______________	

Number of Credits  ______      Estimated development timeframe: Begin ___________   End ____________ 

Semester you intend to teach the online version of this course ______________

Pre-requisites (please indicate whether the prerequisites are online  _____________________________________ 

______ I accept the stipend $_____ offered for the development/redevelopment of this course (See item #5).
(Circle one)
______ I do not accept the stipend offered for the development/redevelopment of this course (See item #5).*
(Circle one)
Indicate whether this course is in-load or over-load by checking below:

__________ in-load (release time may be provided)          _______ overload

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Developer	Date

_________________________________________	_________________________________
Division Chair	                                             	  Date

_________________________________________	_________________________________
Director of Instructional Technology	Date	
	
	*Compensation is not accepted to be consistent with Online Course Ownership Policy (M611.2)

_________________________________________	_________________________________
VPAA	Date	

_________________________________________	_________________________________
Director of Extended Learning	Date

Total compensation paid by MaSU to Employee shall be $_________, made in one payment following review and approval of the completed course materials. 

*For Office Use Only*	
	Copies of this document are distributed to the developer; the Division Chair; Extended Learning; Office of Instructional Technology