Aligning your assessments and learning activities to your learning objective is important when developing your course. There is a connection between alignment, assessments and learning activities.

When developing your course, it is very helpful to complete the following in the order listed below. It may seem backwards but it does work.

1. Determine what you want the students to learn.

2. Create learning objectives to meet your learning goals.

3. Create assessments to determine if the students learned what you wanted them to learn.

4. Create learning activities/content that will match your learning objectives and assessments.