You'll take content that you already use in your face-to-face courses and put it in a digital format where appropriate. You'll take this digital media and incorporate it into the online learning management system (LMS for short, and in our case it's called "Moodle") using an easy-to-use, MS Word-like content editor. Then, add in the extras (PowerPoint files, images, audio, video) if you have time. You'll be working with your own course "shell" which will be in development, and, if all goes well, you can take it live with your eager students! The Moodle course shell gives you many different ways to organize this content. You should think about the order you want to present topics, either using modules or using weekly tabs. The learning management software (Moodle) has this capability. You'll then use Moodle to create your discussions, assignments, quizzes, etc.
While the technology is becoming easier and more intuitive to create courses online, often the most difficult part is organizing your content for delivery online - and getting it out of your head and onto the web.
One possible way to proceed would be:
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