Colorado Online @ takes Quality Matters (QM) as a foundation for effective, research-based online course design. Building on QM, Colorado Online @ has established a set of QM+ quality course design standards that integrate best practices of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), as well as Universal Design for Learning (UDL).

A list of QM+ standards follows (excluding the original QM standards) with brief rationales to assist in interpreting and applying each QM+ standard. Refer to the Quality Matters Higher Education Rubric, Seventh Edition, for annotations of QM’s foundational specific review standards.