A QM internal review (QMIR) is the process we use to recognize outstanding course design. Courses that meet the review standards receive a QMIR badge that can be placed on the homepage of your course.
QMIR Process
If you have taught your online course several times and are happy with it, you may request a QMIR for your course. Simply fill out the request form to get started!
You will receive an email notification when your course is selected for a QM internal review. Next, you will be invited to submit a Course Review Worksheet, which offers some background information and context for the reviewers. This worksheet should take 20-30 minutes to complete and is sent directly from QM, technology@qualitymatters.org.
After you submit your Course Review Worksheet, a team of three reviewers will be selected to review your course. These reviewers consist of UArizona instructors and staff who have received training in how to apply the Quality Matters Rubric to course evaluations. Shortly thereafter, the course review begins. This review, which lasts about 3 weeks, culminates in a designation of Met or Not Met. Apart from answering the occasional question about your course, the instructor is not involved in Step 3.
If your course receives the designation of Not Met, you have 14 weeks to amend it based on reviewer recommendations. During this time, you will receive optional support from an instructional designer to assist you in making these changes. Once your course receives a Met designation, you will receive a QM seal on the homepage of your course.
The QM seal expires after three years. At this point, an instructional designer will contact you to schedule a recertification evaluation.
If you are familiar with the Quality Matters Rubric and motivated to apply it directly to your own courses, the option to perform a self-review is available for you. Self-reviews are basically what they sound like. After logging into your MyQM account, you will submit a reviewer worksheet that guides you through the evaluation of one of your own online or blended courses. This Quality Matters self-review tutorial guides you through the process.
Outstanding Course Design Recognitions
We are proud to recognize the achievements of each instructor and course that has received the QMIR certification.
| Instructor/Course Developer | Course Name | Program / Academic Organization | Certification Date | Verification Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Margarethe Cooper | ACBS 380R Food Safety and Microbiology | Animal & Biomedical Sciences | 2022-03-15 | Verify |
| Scott Cowell | ENVS 195A Careers in Environmental Science | Environmental Sciences | 2024-07-02 | Verify |
| Kyle Harfield | WFSC 385 Zoo and Aquarium Conservation | Natural Resources & the Environment | 2024-08-27 | Verify |
| Kelly Jackson | NSC 225 Foundational Skills in Nutritional Sciences | Nutritional Sciences | 2022-06-07 | Verify |
| Anna Josephson | AREC 150C3 Sustaining Life: The Global Economy of Food | Agricultural & Resource Economics | 2022-02-15 | Verify |
| Kathleen Kennedy | RCSC 310 Retail Management and Operations | Retailing & Consumer Science | 2024-02-05 | Verify |
| Victoria Ligon | PFFP 150B2 Personal Finance Foundations | Family and Consumer Sciences | 2024-03-05 | Verify |
| Ashlee L Linares-Gaffer | NSC 570 - Agriculture and Food Literacy for Nutrition and Health Professionals | Nutritional Sciences | 2023-09-05 | Verify |
| Ashlee Linares-Gaffer | NSC 301 Nutrition and the Life Cycle | Nutritional Sciences | 2017-06-01 | N/A |
| Ola Lundemo | RNR 240 Principles of Ecotourism | Natural Resources & the Environment | 2024-07-29 | Verify |
| Veronica Mullins | NSC 320 Nutrition, Exercise, and Health Promotion | Nutritional Sciences | 2021-01-11 | N/A |
| Veronica Mullins | NSC 315 Sports Nutrition | Nutritional Sciences | 2017-09-01 | N/A |
| Charlette Padilla | FITS 204 Fashion Consumers and the Shopping Economy | Fashion Industry's Science and Technology | 2023-11-17 | Verify |
| Monica Ramirez-Andreotta | ENVS 310 Ecosystem Health and Justice | Environmental Science | 2021-9-13 | Verify |
| Jennifer Teske | NSC 308 Nutrition and Metabolism | Nutritional Sciences | 2017-06-01 | N/A |
| Jennifer Verdolin | RNR 160D1 Wildlife, Conservation, and Culture | Natural Resources & the Environment | 2024-09-09 | Verify |
| Andrew Waldum | PFFP 310 Fundamentals of Personal & Family Financial Planning | Family and Consumer Sciences | 2024-01-17 | Verify |
| Andrew Waldum | PFFP 314 Risk Management and Insurance Planning | Family and Consumer Sciences | 2024-01-02 | Verify |
| Andrew Waldum | PFFP 315 Applied Personal and Income Tax Planning | Family and Consumer Sciences | 2022-05-23 | Verify |
| Na Zuo | AREC 210 Understanding the World of Commerce | Agricultural & Resource Economics | 2021-07-19 | Verify |
| Instructor/Course Developer | Course Name | Program / academic organization | Certification Date | Verification Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joey Iuliano | SBE 201 INT Sustainable Design and Planning | Architecture, Planning & Landscape Architecture | 2022-01-27 | Verify |
| Instructor/Course Developer | Course Name | Program / Academic Organization | Certification Date | Verification Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Hilliard | INTV 377 - Psychological Operations | Intelligence and Information Operations | 2023-04-17 | Verify |
| Chris Hilliard | INTV 498 Capstone in Intelligence and Information Operations | Intelligence and Information Operations | 2024-03-12 | Verify |
| Tierra Stimson | BASV 314 Mathematics for Applied Science | Commerce & BAS Degrees | 2024-05-22 | Verify |
| Instructor/Course Developer | Course Name | Program / Academic Organization | Certification Date | Verification Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marcella Hangen | SERP 502 Behavior Principles and Disability: Assessment and Intervention | Disability & Psychoeducational Studies | 2024-03-07 | Verify |
| Christina Rivera | SERP 430/530 Educational Issues: Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children | Disability & Psychoeducational Studies
| 2023-12-12 | Verify |
| Instructor/Course Developer | Course Name | Program / Academic Organization | Certification Date | Verification Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cho Lik Chan | AME 530 Advanced Thermodynamics | Aerospace & Mechanical Engineering | 2020-09-08 2023-09-08 recertified | Verify |
| Byron Hempel | CHEE 204 Water and Energy | Chemical & Environmental Engineering | 2021-11-16 | Verify |
| Sharon ONeal | SFWE 101 - Introduction to Software Engineering | Software Engineering | 2023-08-12 | Verify |
| Sharon ONeal | SFWE 201 - Software Engineering Sophomore Colloquium | Software Engineering | 2023-08-12 | Verify |
| Kay Thamvichai | ECE 274A Digital Logic | Electrical & Computer Engineering | 2020-08-03 2023-11-13 recertified | Verify |
| Instructor/Course Developer | Course Name | Program / Academic Organization | Certification Date | Verification Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grant Adamson | CLAS 305 - Greek and Roman Religion | Classics | 2023-01-19 | Verify |
| Grant Adamson | RELI 280 Introduction to the Bible: New Testament | Religious Studies | 2024-07-12 | Verify |
| Adriana Betancur | SPAN 441 - Children's Literature in Spanish | Spanish | 2023-02-14 | Verify |
| Alex Braithwaite | POL 202 International Relations | Political Science | 2021-01-14 2024-01-05 recertified | Verify |
| Barbara Citera | GER 246 German Culture, Science and Technology | German | 2024-02-23 | Verify |
| Jennifer Donahue | AFAS 200 Introduction to Africana Studies | Africana Studies | 2018-05-02 | Verify |
| Carmen King de Ramirez | SPAN 101 First Semester Spanish | Spanish | 2021-10-13 | Verify |
| Bridget Langley | CLAS 335 - The Roman Empire: Rulers and Ruled | Classics | 2022-09-13 | Verify |
| Joe Price | FREN 101 Elementary French I | French | 2024-06-06 | Verify |
| Caleb Simmons | RELI 160A1 Gods, Goddesses, and Demons: Divinity in South Asia | Religious Studies | 2021-9-20 | Verify |
| Konden Smith | RELI 227 Religion and Film | Religious Studies | 2019-04-12 2022-04-15 recertified | N/A |
| Konden Smith | RELI 210 Religion in the American Experience | Religious Studies | 2018-07-25 | N/A |
| Konden Smith | RELI 235 Religion, Violence, and Terrorism | Religious Studies | 2018-07-25 | N/A |
| Konden Smith | RELI 160D4 Introduction to World Religions | Religious Studies | 2017-09-01 | N/A |
| Robert Stephan | CLAS 160D2 Classical Mythology | Classics | 2021-07-07 | Verify |
| Chantelle Warner | GER 101 - Beginning German I | German | 2023-02-16 | Verify |
| Instructor/Course Developer | Course Name | Program / academic organization | Certification Date | Verification Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John F. Howard | LAW 480B/580B Data Privacy & Cybersecurity in Healthcare | Law | 2022-08-12 | Verify |
| Matthew Olmut | LAW 478A/578A - Legal and Regulatory Aspects for Health Care Delivery | Law | 2023-03-16 | Verify |
| Barak Orbach / Ginger Hunt | LAW 614B - Governance, Risk Management & Compliance | Law | 2023-05-25 | Verify |
| Instructor/Course Developer | Course Name | Program / Academic Organization | Certification Date | Verification Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Patti Daly | NURS 612 Pediatrics in Advanced Practice | Nursing | 2022-07-22 | Verify |
| Evangeline Dowling | NURS 540 Health Promotion and Risk Reduction | Nursing | 2018-10-24 2021-10-27 recertified | N/A |
| Kathleen Malkin | NURS 660B Clinical Systems Leadership Immersion | Nursing | 2018-12-14 | N/A |
| Carrie Silvers | NURS 520 Foundations of Systems Leadership | Nursing | 2019-01-11 2021-10-21 recertified | N/A |
| Instructor/Course Developer | Course Name | Program / academic organization | Certification Date | Verification Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Forsythe | ESOC 302 Quantitative Methods for the Digital Marketplace | School of Information | 2022-04-7 | Verify |
| Kyle Hartfield | GIST 498 - Senior Capstone | Geography & Development | 2023-03-20 | Verify |
| Kyle Hartfield | GEOG 483 Geographic Applications of Remote Sensing | Geography & Development | 2022-11-01 | Verify |
| Kyle Hartfield | GEOG 422 Resource Mapping Using Unmanned Aircraft Systems | Geography & Development | 2023-11-14 | Verify |
| Kyle Hartfield | GEOG 330 Geographic Applications of Remote Sensing | School of Geography & Development | 2022-04-04 | Verify |
| Yoganand Korgaonkar | GIST 603A Geographic Information Systems Programming and Automation | School of Geography & Development | 2022-01-20 | Verify |
| Yoga Korgaonkar | GIST 315 GIST Programming I | School of Geography, Development & Environment | 2019-01-25 2021-5-21 recertified | N/A |
| Catrina Mitchum | ENGL 308 Technical Writing | English | 2018-05-21 2021-04-23 recertified | N/A |
| Catrina Mitchum | ENGL 102 First-Year Composition | English | 2018-05-17 2021-04-20 recertified | N/A |
| Catrina Mitchum | ENGL 101 First-Year Composition | English | 2022-07-20 | Verify |
| Kyle Tusing | COMM 101 Introduction to the Study of Communication | Communication | 2017-04-11 2020-11-20 recertified | N/A |
| Dennis Wise | ENGL 160D Nonhuman Subjects: Monsters, Ghosts, Aliens, and Others | English | 2020-10-27 2024-01-16 recertified | Verify |
| Instructor/Course Developer | Course Name | Program / academic organization | Certification Date | Verification Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roger Miesfeld | BIOC 384 Foundations in Biochemistry | Chemistry and Biochemistry | 2019-06-26 2022-07-22 recertified | Verify |
| Roger Miesfeld | BIOC 385 Metabolic Biochemistry | Chemistry and Biochemistry | 2017-04-11 2021-09-17 recertified | N/A |
| Lisa Rezende | MCB 181L Introductory Biology Laboratory I | Molecular & Cellular Biology | 2019-04-11 2022-04-14 recertified | Verify |
Quality Matters Multi-Section Policy
The purpose of the Multi-Section Policy is to clarify the circumstances under which the QM Certification Seal for internal reviews can be used with multiple sections of the certified “master” course.
To learn more, download the Quality Matters Multi-Section Policy.