Whether you organize your course by module, week, topic, theme, or some other method, it’s important to set a consistent and clear structure to your online materials so that students know where to find what, what to expect on a weekly basis, and what is expected from them when. A few resources that might help you plan how to structure your online materials are below:
Backward Design/Understanding by Design
Organize Your Course (a short video and supporting materials from the Association of College & University Educators Toolkit)
Course Workload Estimator from Rice University