Backflow.Studio

An app to assist in developing course content using Backward Design principles. The audience for this is the instructor/teacher/professor who wishes to incorporate the following into their curriculum development:

• Learning Objective focused.
• Visual Mapping of Assessments & Assets onto Learning Objectives and Outcomes.
• Automatic syllabus creation.

Design Philosophy

This application takes a Backward Design, learning-module-focused approach to course development, emphasizing the direct mappings from individual assessment to module objectives onto course-level student learning outcomes. In the example below, from my graduate-level Data Literacy course, here is a module mapping diagram (as implemented in this software).

BackflowStudio is currently in beta testing. If you are interested in learning more about it, please email me at rodney@dyerlab.com. The current roadmap has it slated for public release Spring 2025.