3 Seat time conversions for online courses
UNMC does not have a seat-time conversion policy for online learning. When thinking about converting your in-person 3-hour lecture* into a variety of learning content, you can use the following examples as guides. They do vary but will give you an approximate idea of seat time in your classroom.
UNMC Credit Hour Policy https://wiki.unmc.edu/index.php/Credit_Hour_Definition
*It is not recommended that you create three hours of online lectures.
| Workload Calculations | UCI | Creighton | RIT & UK | RICE | CURRY College |
| Virtual/recorded lecture |
1 hour seat time = 1 hour activity | N/A | Three 15 minute lectures with links =1 hour | N/A | The exact time of lecture Ex: 1 hour = 1 hour |
| Video, audio, or other media | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | Exact time of media
Ex: 15 minutes hour =15 Minutes |
| Reviewing lectures and exploring links | N/A | 20 minutes per URL | 30 minutes | N/A | |
| “Text” lecture
(PPT with no audio, handouts, etc.) |
1 hour seat time = 1 hour reading | 50 minutes allotted per issuance of weekly lecture notes | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Readings | N/A | 200 words per minute |
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Textbook, new concepts, = 8 hours per page
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Complex reading- 5-10 minutes per page
Less complex- 3-4 minutes per page |
| Assignments | N/A | 2 hours per assignment | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Research paper | N/A | 4 hours per page | N/A | 10 hours for 5 pages of research | Approximately 30 minutes per page based on complexity or writing |
| Discussion board posts | 1 hour seat time = the reading of 5 other student posts + 1 completion of 1 post in response to the prompt + the response to 1 other student’s post | N/A | 2 hours = original post, responses to three classmates’ posts, responses to
responses |
N/A | Reading posts: 1-3 minutes per post based on complexity
Composing short answer posts 5- 15 minutes
Composing complex posts 15-45 minutes |
| Online group work | N/A | N/A | 1 hour per meeting | N/A | Time estimated by faculty |
| Knowledge checks/self-assessment | N/A | N/A | 30 minutes
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N/A | N/A |
| Quizzes/tests/surveys | 1 hour seat time = 1 hour activity | N/A | 10 items= 1 hour | N/A | Estimated by instructor based on length and complexity |
| Exams | N/A | 3 hours to take the exam | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Case study | N/A | 4 hours per page | N/A | N/A | N/A |
| Studying/prep time | N/A | Midterm= 10 hours
Final exam=10 hours Quiz= 1hour |
N/A | N/A | N/A |