{"id":1277,"date":"2022-06-09T09:23:44","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T13:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/?page_id=1277"},"modified":"2026-06-12T14:27:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T18:27:36","slug":"course-design-plan-templates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/foundations\/design-a-course\/course-design-plan-templates\/","title":{"rendered":"Course Design Plan Templates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>by MU Instructional Designers<br \/>\nReviewed August 13, 2025<br \/>\n2 min read<\/p>\n<p>Using a course design plan (CDP) template can help you plan out an online, hybrid, or tech-enhanced course while ensuring engagement and inclusion. <span style=\", helvetica, arial, sans-serif;font-size: 15px;font-style: normal;font-weight: 300\">This template includes breaking down your learning objectives, mapping out your topics for the course, and detailing your instructional materials and activities\/assessments for each week. A CDP can provide necessary structure for your course as you develop it.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/livemessiah.sharepoint.com\/:w:\/s\/IDCorner\/EeK7g3apT69ClQNOt6DebOQBL3wYTxUwA63Jobow3nAmxg?e=SfIKz7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Online CDP Template<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/livemessiah.sharepoint.com\/:w:\/s\/IDCorner\/EZGT3soTRZROgftHHosP2wEBU4PDNetzizfgZ1_E9hYuiw?e=He1r27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Hybrid and Tech-Enhanced CDP Template<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There is a natural cycle of student engagement that is illustrated using the W Curve:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2026\/06\/WCurveGraphic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-2319 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2026\/06\/WCurveGraphic-300x216.jpg\" alt=\"Points on the W - honeymoon, culture shock, initial adjustment, mental isolation, acceptance and integration\" width=\"300\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2026\/06\/WCurveGraphic-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2026\/06\/WCurveGraphic.jpg 672w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Check out <strong><a class=\"Hyperlink SCXW155480012 BCX0\" href=\"https:\/\/onlinelearningconsortium.org\/olc-insights\/2026\/05\/w-curve\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><span class=\"TextRun Underlined SCXW155480012 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW155480012 BCX0\" data-ccp-charstyle=\"Hyperlink\">Using the W Curve Concept to Encourage Student Support and Success in the Online Classroom<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><span class=\"EOP Selected SCXW155480012 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:120,&quot;335559740&quot;:240}\"> for more details.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>by MU Instructional Designers Reviewed August 13, 2025 2 min read Using a course design plan (CDP) template can help you plan out an online, hybrid, or tech-enhanced course while <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/foundations\/design-a-course\/course-design-plan-templates\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  Course Design Plan Templates<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"parent":333,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1277","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1277"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1277\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2321,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1277\/revisions\/2321"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/333"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.messiah.edu\/IDblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}