Unofficial review of a course in its entirety managed by the member organization against all Specific Review Standards in the Higher Education Publisher Rubric. This type of review is not eligible for QM Certification.
Renewal of the certification of a previously certified course that is nearing the original 3 year certification expiration date or if any changes (outlined in the QM Recertification Policy) have been made to the course which requires a review to be conducted sooner. This is a review of a course against the Content ("C") Standards in the Higher Education Publisher Rubric. The findings and scores from a completed Template Review automatically populate into this Content Review to calculate an overall score. The organization certifies that the iteration of this course was built on the same template as the courses reviewed for the current template review on file with QM.
Renewal of the certification of a previously certified course that is nearing the original 3 year certification expiration date or if any changes (outlined in the QM Recertification Policy) have been made to the course which requires a review to be conducted sooner. This is a review of a course in its entirety against all Specific Review Standards in the Higher Education Publisher Rubric.
Review of a single lab or component to be added to a course. The lab or component is reviewed in its entirety against all Specific Review Standards in the Higher Education Publisher Rubric.
Review of an alternate version of a course, that previously met QM Standards, against the Content Standards ("C") in the Higher Education Publisher Rubric. Examples: Fully online versus blended, alternate content delivery method (with or without videos).
Review of an alternate version of a course, that previously met QM Standards, against all Specific Review Standards in the Higher Education Publisher Rubric. Examples: Fully online versus blended, alternate content delivery method (with or without videos).
As part of a two phase review process, this is a review of a course against the Content Standards ("C") in the Higher Education Publisher Rubric. The findings and scores from a completed Template Review automatically populate into the Content Review to calculate an overall score.
As part of a two phase review process, this is a single review of three (3) courses from different subject areas against the Template Standards ("T") in the Higher Education Publisher Rubric. Conducted once per Rubric Edition or when a template/platform is revised. Results are combined with subsequent Content Reviews.
