The brief
What is this course, and who is it for?
This is a showcase course by Apollo Accreditation, the UK and EU course development and accreditation consultancy, built for new students on diploma and degree programmes. It shows how we design for student onboarding, and every activity below works in your browser.
The problem it solves
New students tend to ask the same questions in the first week: where the library is, how to submit work, what counts as plagiarism and who to contact for help. Students who struggle to get answers are more likely to drop out.
The induction answers these before term. The college also receives a list of students who have not opened it, so staff can contact them in the first week.
What learners can do afterwards
- Find the main services on campus and online
- Submit an assignment and check its similarity report
- Tell the difference between using a source and copying it
- Know where to get help with money, study skills or wellbeing
The learners
Who takes it, and why do they finish?
- Who takes it
- New students on diploma and degree programmes
- Who usually buys it
- Academic registrar, head of student services or programme leader
- Where they take it
- On a phone, in the two weeks before term
- Why they finish it
- Each lesson takes five minutes, and the campus map answers questions students would otherwise queue to ask.
Try it
What does the engagement look like?
These are working copies of activities from the course. Nothing you enter leaves your browser.
Inside the course
What do learners see on screen?
Each activity part way through, as a learner sees it after the first choice.
Course map
How is the course structured?
Module by module, with the type of engagement in each and the time it takes.
| Module | What learners do | Engagement | Minutes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welcome from the principal | Short video, then a poll on what students are most nervous about | Video and poll, Level 1 | 8 |
| Find your way | Explore the campus and the learning platform | Explore map, Level 2 | 10 |
| How studying works here | Daily micro-lessons on planning, reading and asking for help | Micro-learning, Level 2 | 10 |
| Academic integrity | Sort real examples, then a short scenario about a group assignment | Sorting and scenario, Level 2 to 3 | 15 |
| Your first submission | Practise uploading work and reading a similarity report | Software simulation, Level 2 | 10 |
| Help and wellbeing | Who to contact for money, health and study support | Flip cards, Level 1 | 7 |
About 60 minutes in total. Levels 1 to 4 are our four eLearning interaction levels. To see which level fits your own module, use the eLearning level finder.
Specification
What is in the specification?
| Who takes it | New students on diploma and degree programmes |
|---|---|
| Who usually buys it | Academic registrar, head of student services or programme leader |
| Format | Self-paced, phone first, plus one live welcome session |
| Length | 6 short modules, about 60 minutes |
| Interaction level | Level 2, Standard |
| Engagement | Explore map, Sorting activity, Micro-learning on a phone |
| Assessment | Academic integrity check with feedback on every answer, no pass mark in this showcase |
| Certificate | Branded completion certificate when the course runs on our platform, or your platform's own |
| Tracking | SCORM or xAPI package, with completion and scores in your learning platform |
| Accessibility | Captions, keyboard navigation and screen reader support built in |
| Languages | English in this showcase. Other languages translated and checked by a native speaker |
| Updates | Each intake, when dates, contacts or rules change |
How we would build it
How would you get a course like this?
The same five steps for every course, with one named person running your project.
- Free course diagnosticSend us the material you have. After a short call we send a written note on what it needs, within a few working days.
- Scope and scriptWe pair our learning designers with someone who has worked in your sector. You review and approve the script before anything is built.
- BuildBuilt in our own authoring tool, with captions and keyboard navigation included. As a guide, four to six weeks per interactive module.
- Test and changeWe test the package on your platform before you sign off. Two rounds of changes are included.
- Launch and trackCompletion and scores in your platform, or ours. Want CPD Certification later? It is already built to that standard.
Evidence
What can you track?
- Who opened the induction before term, by programme
- Completion of each module
- Academic integrity results, by question
- A weekly list of students who haven't started, sent to their tutors
Your version
Can you build this with our content?
- Your branding, your policies and examples from your own workplace
- SCORM or xAPI for your learning platform, or hosted on ours
- Captions, keyboard navigation and screen reader support as standard
- Translated versions for staff or students who work in other languages
- Built to CPD standard, so it can go forward for CPD Certification when you're ready
Adapt it
Where else does this course work?
The same design, rewritten for the people and risks of another setting:
- International student pre-arrival
- Apprentice induction
- Online-only programmes
- Summer schools and short courses
Questions
Common questions about this course
Can the college see who hasn't started?
Yes. Completion is tracked per student, and a weekly list of students who have not opened the induction can go to tutors or student services.
How long would it take to build a course like this?
As a guide, an interactive module takes four to six weeks from when we receive your material, and a straight conversion two to three. This course has 6 modules, so we plan it in stages, and you review each script before we build it.
Will it work on our learning platform?
Yes, in most cases. We hand courses over as SCORM or xAPI packages, which nearly every learning platform accepts, and we test the finished package on your platform before you sign off. If you don't have a platform, it can run on ours.
Portfolio
More showcase courses
An online degree module: Principles of Marketing
An online module for a private college, designed to go forward for accreditation.
Assessment for learning: CPD for teachers
CPD for teachers and lecturers on checking learning during the lesson, as well as at the end of term.
Employee onboarding: the first 30 days
A self-paced welcome course for new staff at a 120-person company, opened the week before their start date.
FreeCourse diagnostic
Send us one course. We'll tell you what it needs, free.
Share one course or programme you already run, or the slides and notes behind it. After a short first call, we review it at no charge and send you a written note on what it needs and which package fits, within a few working days.
- One course or programme, reviewed by a named person
- A written note on what it needs
- The package that fits, so you know where to start
- No charge and no obligation
Get in touch
Tell us what you want to put online.
Send a short note on the course, who it is for and which platform you use. We will come back with the right option and a fixed price.
Prefer to write instead?
Send an enquiry
Takes about a minute. It reaches us directly.
We use what you send here only to answer your enquiry. See the privacy notice.