UIS subscribes to Quality Matters (QM) and has adopted a customized version of the research-based QM rubric for course quality assurance. COLRS staff who review courses are trained Quality Matters reviewers.

Individual instructors or entire programs may email COLRS to request to have their courses reviewed. COLRS staff will conduct the review and meet with the faculty member to go over the rubric and provide feedback. If a course does not meet the rubric requirements during the initial review, instructors may make the changes and request a follow-up review. When a course meets or exceeds the standards, the course is listed here.

Download the UIS Quality Assurance Rubric (Word).

Creating Your UIS Quality Matters Account

By creating a Quality Matters Account, UIS faculty and staff gain access to the course self-review system and the full QM rubric with annotations. This view of the rubric provides specific information on each standard and how to meet it. Through your QM account, you can also search and view all the research that supports each QM standard.

Please email COLRS to request your QM account.

Additional Quality Assurance Resources

There are other excellent QA resources available. They emphasize different aspects of online courses. For instance, the ION and Chico state rubrics focus on development of courses and instructional practices/design. The SUNY tool addresses the regular and substantive interaction requirements from the US Department of Education.

UIS Peer Reviewed Courses

DepartmentCourse NumberCourse FormatInstructorDate Reviewed
PSY353OnlineBolivar, HypatiaDecember 15, 2022
ENG360OnlineWebb, SarahMarch 4, 2021
ENG365OnlineHelton, TenaFebruary 18, 2021
TEP315OnlineMartin, JenniferFebruary 4, 2020
PSY310OnlineBolivar, HypatiaApril 1, 2024
Courses listed in this table have passed the UIS Quality Assurance Rubric at 85% or better and met all 3 point standards.

UIS Faculty & Staff with Professional Certificates in Online Learning

Master Online Teacher Certificate

The following faculty and staff members at UIS have earned the Master Online Teacher Certificate through the Illinois Online Network.

  • Apiwan Born
  • James Hall
  • Carol Jessup
  • Mary Elizabeth Smith
  • David Larson
  • Mohammed Shahidullah
  • Ewa Bogusz-Boltuc
  • John Snyder
  • Ryan Williams
  • Laurel Newman
  • Vickie Cook
  • Susan Gundy - 2008
  • Rebekah Grosboll - 2008
  • Mae Noll - 2008
  • Beverly Bunch - 2010
  • Patricia Byrnes - 2010
  • Yifeng Zhang - 2010
  • Donna Rogers Skowronski - 2011
  • Jesus Canelon - 2011
  • Brenda Gregory - 2013
  • Evelyn Ivy - 2015
  • Emily Boles - 2015
  • François Giraud-Carrier - 2016
  • Neetu Singh - 2019
  • Hasan Kartal - 2022

Digital Accessibility for Educators

from the Illinois Online Network

  • Katherine Battee-Freeman
  • Lan Dong
  • Taylor Lester
  • Carrie Levin
  • Abby Mifflin
  • Arnaldo Robles-Reyes

Certified Online Learning Administrator

The following faculty and staff members at UIS have earned the Certified Online Learning Administrator through the Illinois Online Network.

  • Michele Gribbins - 2014
  • Laurel Newman - 2015

Professional Certificate in Online Education

from the University of Wisconsin School of Continuing Studies

  • Carrie Levin - 2015

Quality Matters Certification

The following UIS faculty and staff have completed Quality Matters applying the rubric and/or peer review training.

  • Emily Boles
  • Michele Gribbins
  • Carol Jessup
  • Carrie Levin
  • Laurel Newman
  • Carolee Rigsbee
  • Donna Rogers
  • Sudeep Sharma
  • Denise Sommers