Abstract: In an effort to ameliorate declining student retention and success efforts at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, the Office of Scholarly Technology and Resources (STaR) Instructional Design Division implemented the STaR Online Course Design Quality Assurance Program. Developed from nationally recognized, research-based online course design review standards with a goal of promoting and assisting faculty with the development of quality online courses, the STaR QA Standards aim to establish internal quality assurance guidelines for online and blended/hybrid courses as well as to further establish a culture of quality in online education at the university. The purpose of this session is to share our experience with the development, implementation and evaluation of online course design quality assurance initiatives and elicit insight, feedback and recommendations from experienced professionals and educators.