Become a QM Certified Peer Reviewer

There are two ways you can participate as a QM Certified Peer Reviewer.

1. You can choose to be an internal peer reviewer, participating on course peer review teams only at UNF.
2. You can aim to become a national peer reviewer, eligible to participate not only on internal teams, but external course review teams at other institutions across the country.

All QM Peer Reviewers

To become a QM certified peer reviewer you must:

• Complete the two-week online Applying the Quality Matters Rubric facilitated by QM. (CIRT will pay the course fee.)
• Complete the two-week online Peer Reviewer Course facilitated by QM. (CIRT will pay the course fee.)
• Complete the Teaching Online Foundation Course (TRACK A) and developed at least one DL course that has passed a QM review.
• Have online teaching experience. You should have taught online for more than two academic semesters and have taught within the last 18 months.

National QM Peer Reviewers

If you want to get involved with conducting external (national) QM reviews with teams at other institutions you must also:

• Have taught online within the last 18 months. If not, you must complete the Exemption section of the application documenting your qualifications for being a Peer Reviewer.
• Submit the Memorandum of Understanding, and resubmit annually (by updating information in MyQM.)
• Allow your name and institution affiliation to be listed on the national Quality Matters website and documents as a selected and/or trained Peer Course Reviewer.

Benefits of participating as a QM peer reviewer

• Gain experience in an external quality assurance process.
• Expand professional community.
• Review other courses (internally and externally) and gain new ideas to improve own courses.
• Enhance professional development plan and portfolio.
• Receive a $500 stipend for every three internal QM reviews completed at UNF.

UNF peer reviewers

As a certified UNF peer reviewer, you must:

• Review online courses using Quality Matters instruments and rubrics. The estimated time for this review is 7-10 hours.
• Maintain strict confidentiality about any courses you access during the training or review process, including any student information contained in these courses.
• Not change, copy, or modify any internal documents within a course.
• Observe copyright laws and respect intellectual property rights of faculty creator of materials.

If you have additional questions about becoming a QM Certified Peer Reviewer or about Quality Matters at UNF, contact Kevin Hulen at kevin.hulen@unf.edu