Course Building Toolkit
Welcome to Organizational Development's Course Building Toolkit!
Use these resources to make your course materials visually interesting, engaging, accessible, and aligned to the City of Madison's Brand Style Guide.
Slide Deck Template
- The City of Madison’s Brand Style Guide colors are pre-loaded into this template.
- Standard slides pre-loaded for your guidance, along with bright yellow tip boxes to help you along the way.
- Remember to delete the tip-boxes before you send over your completed materials for review!
- Reminder: A PDF version of completed slide decks will be required to be posted on course pages going forward, as this greatly helps our learners with access needs.
Learner Workbook Template
- The City of Madison's Brand Style Guide colors are also pre-loaded into this template.
- Use this template to create a workbook for learners to synthesize what you're teaching them in your course.
- Standard slides pre-loaded for your guidance, along with bright yellow tip boxes to help you along the way.
- Reminder: A PDF version of completed learner materials will be required to be posted on course pages going forward, as this greatly helps our learners with access needs.
- Also Note: Organizational Development is available to assist with creating fillable versions of your learner workbooks – reach out to the OD inbox to request this support!
Icon Library
- Use this library as a one-stop-shop for finding icons to add to your Slide Decks and Learner Workbooks.
- Visuals like simple icons can help encourage learners make associations between pieces of information, soak up chunks of course content quickly, and function as a memory aid.
- They also add visual interest and an aspect of fun to your content!
- Icons found here are formatted with Alt-Text, which should carry through to your documents when copied & pasted.
Other Resources:
- City of Madison Photo Library
- Photos are used for Eventbrite Registration header images and are used for Course Highlight Emails should additional marketing be needed. If none are submitted, OD will select one for you.
- Course Learning Categories
This toolkit has been developed and is maintained by the Organizational Development Unit. If you have any questions, concerns, or need guidance on best practices, reach out at any point OrganizationalDevelopment@cityofmadison.com.