QM Peer Review Process

Pre-requisites for a QM Review:

1. Successfully complete the Faculty Online Certification training and Online Canvas Training available through San Antonio College, Instructional Innovation Center office (MLC 712).

2. Complete the Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR) training. These are scheduled and last a full day (8 hours) for F2F or 2 weeks if you register for the training online. This training is required for everybody who wants a course reviewed. As a part of the training, you will also receive a QM Rubric Workbook.

3. Develop and teach a course online for at least 2 semesters before you become certified as a QM peer reviewer.

NOTE: For those interested in becoming peer reviewers, after successful completion of the APPQMR training, contact the SAC QM Coordinator, Lisa Ratliff-Villarreal @ (210) 486-0991 or email @ lratliff-villarr@alamo.edu for more information on becoming a peer reviewer. 

STEP ONE: Self-Assessment Readiness:

Quality Matters offers a Blended/Online Course Readiness Self-assessment Tool that provides faculty (Course Representative) with a checklist of specific elements to ensure quality in the design of blended/online courses. This checklist is seen, used and retained by the instructor only. It evaluates only the design of the course and not the course content.

Quality Matters provides a web based self-review system to do a thorough self-assessment:

1. Access http://qmprogram.org/myqm.

2. Select “Need an Account” to create a MY QM account.

3. Once you complete step two, you will receive an email confirming the creation of your My QM account.

4. Follow the instructions, login to My QM. Your username is your email address.

5. Once you log in, select the Higher Education tab at the top of the page.

6. Select “Start a Self-Review” link.

7. Enter a title for your course review. For example, you can use your course name, course number and the date of your review.

8. Using the form, conduct a review of your course. You can save the form at any time. To save, select the Save Self Review button.

9. Revise your course based on your self-assessment.

Pre-requisites for the Peer Reviewer Certification (PRC) Course:

1. Successfully complete the Self-Review, Self-Assessment Tool available on the MyQM Website.

STEP TWO: Informal Faculty Peer Review

After you complete the Online Course Readiness Self-assessment process and are ready for the Informal Faculty Peer Review process, contact the College QM Coordinator to request an Informal Review of your course. Once this is completed, our College QM Coordinator will assist you with the coordination of an informal review by recruiting an Instructional Designer and a Certified Peer Reviewer to informally review your course.

Informal course reviews are completed on existing online or hybrid courses. The proposed course should meet the following criteria:

• The method of instructional delivery is 100% online or a hybrid course in the Banner registration system.

• The course has been taught online at least twice.

1. Contact the QM Coordinator at San Antonio College to share interest in the informal peer review process.

2. Complete in the Informal QM Review Application form and submit. The form is available on the San Antonio College Quality Matters website: www.alamo.edu/sac/QM.

3. Faculty/Course developer will also be requested to complete a Course Worksheet, available within MyQM site for use by the Informal Peer Reviewer team.

4. Once a request is received, the faculty/course developer representing the course for review will be contacted by the Coordinator of Quality Matters at San Antonio College to schedule an initial consultation meeting with Peer Faculty and/or Instructional Designer to discuss the design of the course, including any specific areas that the faculty would like feedback on, and what standards are used in a Quality Matters review.  Informal Peer Review can take from one to four weeks or an average of 15 hours to complete.

5. Contact our Instructional Innovation Center for Instructional Design support and/or to seek assistance in making a copy of your course available for your informal peer reviewers.

6. Once the informal peer review is completed, the QM Coordinator will schedule a meeting with the faculty/course developer and peer reviewers to discuss course design feedback.

STEP THREE: Formal Faculty Peer Review