Bryant University
Online MS in Taxation
100 modules, 10 courses, 9 months.
AACSB-aligned, top 25% of U.S. graduate business programs (U.S. News & World Report 2026).
A faculty-first online graduate program. Initial courses launched within one semester.
- Client: Bryant University, College of Business
- Program: Online Master of Science in Taxation
- Scope: 100 interactive weekly modules across ten courses of ten-weeks each
- Stack: Instructure Canvas · Articulate Rise 360
- Standards: AACSB-aligned, WCAG 2.2 AA from day one
- Timeline: ASAP
- Course Kitchen role: Lead design, build, accessibility, faculty enablement
“We need to begin enrolling students in a new, fully online graduate program as soon as possible. We do not want a long-term contract with an OPM. Our faculty need to co-design the courses and have full ownership of the experience.”
Keep it unmistakably Bryant
A faculty-first build, on a disciplined production system.
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Faculty-first design
Course Kitchen (CK) partnered with tenured Bryant faculty as SMEs and ran weekly working sessions. Each instructor owned the content development; CK owned the design system, the production pipeline, and the LMS architecture.
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One template, ten courses, ten weeks each
A single Canvas course shell and a single Rise 360 module template, both fully accessible, both brand-locked. Every one of the 100 weekly modules inherits from those two artifacts.
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Backwards design (assessment strategy first)
Each course’s objectives mapped to AACSB assurance-of-learning standards before any module was scripted. Assessments were designed against those objectives; teaching materials and learning tasks were scoped against the assessments.
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Launch, learn, iterate
The first two courses launched within months. Lessons learned during delivery informed the build of the next two; the production system absorbed real-world fixes early.
What landed in their hands.
Ten courses
100 total weekly modules in Canvas and Rise 360.
Reusable Canvas shell
Brand-locked, WCAG 2.2 AA, adopted as the production standard for subsequent online programs.
Rise 360 module template
Reusable design system for multimedia delivery, learning resources, and interactive scenarios.
What moved.
- Program live within one semester of contracting.
- Bryant’s online programs subsequently ranked among the top 25% in the United States.
- Model adopted as the production standard for subsequent online programs at Bryant.
“Bonnie is great to work with. Creative, smart, well-versed in technology, and very customer-oriented.”
— Faculty partner, Bryant University
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