Why Didn't Someone Think of This Before?

Well, many people actually did think of converting this course to an online course before me and my current team of people. For many years, it was talked about as a possibility, but like all projects it takes time, money, and the right people to make it happen. About a year ago, Hope Kelly, Coordinator, Education/Training Programs for our department's UF e-Learning Institute applied for a campus-wide grant to convert large enrollment courses at the University of Florida to online courses. For a myriad of reasons, this class was not selected to receive a grant, so we all let the idea go.

Then, when I expressed my interest in converting the course, without money, Hope developed a proposal for a mini-grant from our college to help with some of the development. Because I intended to convert the course anyway, this money came as a nice surprise and will allow us to purchase some software, hardware, and training to make this process easier.