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Planning The planning phase is probably the most important. Steps involved include:  Articulating learning objectives – being clear about and communicating to others in the project team the learning aims and objectives. This includes what you want your students to see, do, and experience, as well as learning outcomes.  Characterising user (student) requirements – knowing your intended audience, their circumstance, and particular needs.  Locating and assessing existing learning resources – what materials do you already have, what is available that you can use or adapt, what quality are they and can these form part of your content, and who else has done similar work that you can learn from.  Identifying the need for new content – assess what you have then identify what additional content you need to provide for students to achieve mastery and participate online successfully.  Identifying technical considerations, constraints and possibilities – this needs to be done from the outset and will affect both the design and the scope of your development project. Project considerations Things you might need to investigate further that may need to be included in your project activities include:  Copyright compliance management – do you know the copy ɥ