The NDSU Office of Teaching and Learning has purchased a campus-wide membership to the Online Learning Consortium (OLC). The OLC provides resources whether you are teaching one class or a whole program online. OLC is a collaborative community of higher education leaders and innovators, dedicated to advancing quality digital teaching and learning experiences designed to reach and engage the modern learner – anyone, anywhere, anytime. OLC inspires innovation and quality through an extensive set of resources, including best-practice publications, quality benchmarking, leading-edge instruction, community-driven conferences, practitioner-based and empirical research, and expert guidance. The growing OLC community includes faculty members, administrators, trainers, instructional designers, and other learning professionals, as well as educational institutions, professional societies, and corporate enterprises. 

For questions about NDSU's membership in the Online Learning Consortium, contact Sarah.Crary@ndsu.edu.

Membership benefits:

• NEW: OLC Ideate recorded sessions access (members-only)
• Free Webinars: Webinars are always free for OLC members with many available on demand. 
• Full use of the interactive OLC Quality Scorecard for evaluating your online programs
  • Ability to get an official review of your online programs with OLC Quality Scorecard Review
  • Ability to maximize the effectiveness of your digital learning programs with OLC Quality Scorecard Navigator
  • Determine strengths and areas of improvement of your online programs or courses.
  • OLC Course Design Review
• Workshops: Membership includes discounted pricing on all OLC Workshops.

Access Your OLC Institutional Membership:

1. You must use your NDSU.edu email address.
2. Create a free user account: OLC homepage.
3. During the account creation process, you must choose “Allow” when to allow access.
   • Allowing access is one OLC system asking you to allow that OLC system to share your information with other internal OLC systems. It is for OLC purposes ONLY.
4. Once you have created your account, you will be automatically logged in and also sent an email with a link to access your account.
5. Once logged in, the system will now recognize you as a member and you can use your OLC Institutional member benefits.

If you already have a user account:

1. If your current OLC user account uses your organization email address, you simply log in with that account and you are all set.
2. If your current OLC user account does NOT use your organization email address, login to your current account, go to Account (top). This brings you to My Info. Scroll down to Email, then Change. Add your organization email address and change your Preferred Email Type (click the X) to choose your organization email. For assistance, please contact support@onlinelearning-c.org