Resources for QM Coordinators
The following resources are available to QM Ohio Coordinators. This is a great place to get connected and to locate the information you need to further your institution’s quality assurance efforts.
New to QM? Start here!
If you’re new to Quality Matters, we have the perfect course for you!
Elements of Quality Matters: Deliver on Your Online Promise
This is a free, self-paced course that covers:
QM’s origin, evolution, and scope
Factors that affect the quality of online learning
What it takes for a course to be QM-Certified
How QM certifies online programs
QM professional development and tools to support online teaching
Share this course with any interested faculty as it answers many initial questions they may have.
QM Overview Session for Higher Education:
QM also provides a wonderful overview presentation to help your team or organization learn about Quality Matters.
Download PDFs of the presentation and the speaking notes.
This information can be found directly on QM’s website, located here.
QM Ohio Guides
Quality Matters provides a wealth of resources for QM Coordinators (QMCs).
QMC Document Library (requires QM login)
Note: You will be taken to the QM Coordinator Training (QMCT) course and the document library appears at the bottom)
The document library contains official QM policies, procedures, roles and responsibilities for review team members, and much more.
Quality Matters Ohio QMC Resource Guide (download link)
The Ohio QMC Resource Guide contains all the information you will need to help coordinate Quality Matters at your institution.
QM Ohio also provides QMCs with guides for hosting F2F and Virtual workshops (the APPQMR and the IYOC workshop), as well as coordinating QM Course Reviews.
QM Coordinator Training
What is a QM Coordinator? The QM Coordinator role is the primary contact at each member institution that:
Oversees the QM Implementation Plan
Serves as a liaison between faculty & Quality Matters
Manages course reviews
Supports workshop hosting and scheduling
Provides guidance on how to get started with QM
*It is highly recommended that the person serving as QMC take the free Higher Ed QM Coordinator Training (QMCT) provided by QM National.
QMC Contact List
We make it easy for you to collaborate with the other QMCs in the consortium. This list is continuously updated the contact information for each QMOhio subscribing institution. If you need to make an update to this listing, please use the contact form on our web site to let us know.
Click here to view the current list of Ohio QM Coordinators.
If you recently had a QM Coordinator staffing change at your institution, you can use this form to update QM National with the change.
Note: You will want to identify your QM Coordinator in addition to your primary billing contact.
Our Listservs
The Quality Matters Ohio Consortium manages multiple listservs for our membership. In order to send / receive emails for a particular list, you must request to join unless you have already been enrolled. Note: QM Coordinators are auto-enrolled into our QMC listserv at the time of joining, but if your institution adds additional or changes the QMC, then requesting access to the listserv may be required.
Use this link to learn how to join a Google Group with a Gmail account.
To join a QM Ohio listserv, go to http://groups.google.com
Search for “QMOhio” in the search bar at the top.
There will be three different groups to join. “QMOhio Reviewers“, “QMOhio Coordinators“, and “QMOhio Facilitators” Select the appropriate group to join.
Once you select a group, you will be asked to sign-in. If you’re already signed in, you will be able to click on “Apply for Membership”.
A pop-up will appear. Click “Apply to join this group” at the bottom. QMOhio will receive a notification to approve your account and once approved, you will receive a welcome email and can email / post message to this group.
Note: Only approved members will be able to send/receive message to these group listservs. The group email addresses are as follows:
qmohio-qmc@googlegroups.com
qmohio-reviewers@googlegroups.com
qmohio-facilitators@googlegroups.com
Course Review Guide
Getting started with course reviews? Feeling a little overwhelmed? We have a guide that walks you through the process and explains how the different types of course reviews are managed.
Click here to view QM Ohio Course Review Guide
When you have questions regarding course reviews, we also recommend contacting Amy Grincewicz who can help answer your questions and guide you through the process.
QM Ohio’s Slack Community
One of the many benefits to being a member of QM Ohio is that QM Coordinators have access to a wealth of expertise and a robust community to ask questions, seek advice, and share ideas within our private Slack Community. If you’ve never used Slack before, it is an app that you can install on your desktop or on your mobile device that allows you to instantly communicate, share files, and collaborate within dedicated channels. The community is private and available to any QM Ohio QM Coordinator. To join, send an email to Steve Kaufman with your preferred email address. You may request all the of the QMCs from your institution be added at the same time.
Our Operating Rules
The operating rules of the Quality Matters Ohio Consortium govern how elections are held, the roles and responsibilities of its membership, and how records and reporting are to be conducted. Questions regarding these rules may be addressed to the Executive Committee.
Institution Membership Status
This is a spreadsheet that is updated by Suzanne Patzer and Faye Mock which notes the current status for Ohio institutions with regards to their annual dues/renewal.
If you see a “NO” indicated next to your institution name, it means that we have heard from you with regards to your intention to renew, but have not received payment as of yet.
If you see a blank next to your status, it means that we have not heard from your institution at all.
If you suspect that the renewal information went to the wrong person, please email Suzanne and Faye to have this corrected.
If you see a “YES”, then you’re good to go for this membership period.