At SUU an online center, called the Instructional Media Integration Centre [IMIC] has been created to support educators in the development of online courses. This new center includes administrative system elements, guidelines and standards in the development of online courses and projects. Although each course is developed independently, they should ultimately coordinate, integrate and standardize with the existing and future online education system at SUU. The understanding of system elements, requirements and limitations should be the initial step in online course development.

The IMIC has the responsibility of assisting faculty in online course development. This includes:

1. Providing guidelines and SUU online requirements
2. Consulting services
3. Creating online training, printable guides and support resources
4. Providing asynchronous/synchronous applications and services for faculty to use in classroom/conference presentations.
5. Assisting with WebCT and content generating applications to ensure a high quality products.
6. Providing “front-line” technical support and assistance to faculty and students using Learning Management Systems [LMS](i.e. WebCT)

The 6 ultimate goals of the IMIC are to:

1. Increase accessibility and flexibility of courses and programs through online services.
2. Improve course content as part of the conversion process from traditional to online delivery.
3. Define an online course format and consult departments in developing a capability to transfer the traditional course to an online format with the intent to help others in similar efforts.
4. Publicize course availability through the online SCPS course search catalog.
5. Administer and set the guidelines and protocols for all SUU WebCT courses.
6. Evaluate online course effectiveness and student satisfaction via the IMIC evaluation system.