Online Education Fact Book

Fall 2023 Census

  • Online majors made up 40.6% of UIS headcount
  • Online majors are older than their on-campus counterparts:
    • At the undergraduate level by 8.6 years (30.8 vs 22.2)
    • At the masters level by 8.8 years (35.8 vs 27.0)
  • Online majors have an average credit load of 8.1 hours.

Canvas Basics

Join COLRS staff to learn about navigating the Canvas interface and the foundational tools for organizing and building a course at UIS. Topics covered include: navigating, communicating with students, creating modules and assignments, and gradebook.

Canvas Basics

Are you new to the Canvas LMS? Need a refresher?

Join COLRS staff to learn about navigating the Canvas interface and the foundational tools for organizing and building a course at UIS. Topics covered include: navigating, communicating with students, creating modules and assignments, and gradebook.

Multimedia and Videos for Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½

As we design multimedia learning experiences for our students, we need to incorporate what the research tells us about how our students learn best. The fields of education and cognitive psychology have many lessons for us. This video from LinkedIn Ñî¹óåú´«Ã½ (UIS subscribes to this resources for all staff and students) does a good job explaining two major lessons we can incorporate into our multimedia design. This includes lecture slides, web pages, or videos -- any format that includes more than one type of media (text, images, or audio).

Forbes names UIS a best affordable online college

The University of Illinois Springfield has been named to Forbes’ Best Affordable Online Colleges list for 2023.

According to Forbes, UIS made the list because it has offered distance learning programs to students around the country for more than two decades. Forbes also noted that UIS offers a low net price per year, has a high online retention rate and offers mental health/counseling services to online students.