Course Orbit Publishing

About Course Orbit

Course Orbit is an independent educational publisher of complete digital college courses — built on the belief that the instructor is the most important part of every course.

What we do

We publish complete digital courses — lessons, media, and assessments — that instructors and institutions can adopt, customize, and deliver through compatible learning environments.

Adopting a Course Orbit course is the same professional judgment as adopting a textbook: the instructor chooses the strongest published foundation available, then teaches it to their own standards. We handle the production; the teaching, the policies, and the final word belong to the faculty who adopt our work.

Our principles

What we believe

Faculty lead

Instructors keep full academic control — content, pacing, policies, and grades. We never sit between an instructor and their students.

Publish, don't improvise

Courses deserve editorial standards: named authors, careful review, and refinement across editions of real classroom use.

Access is foundational

WCAG 2.1 AA is our accessibility target, and student-data responsibilities are documented for institutional review.

Transparency earns trust

Lesson layouts, ISBNs, authors, and student pricing are all public. No gates, no surprises for anyone in the room.

Our authors

Every Course Orbit course carries its authors’ names and edition history in the catalog. Author records and course links are maintained from one source.

Donald D. Megill

Co-author of Course Orbit's Music Appreciation, History of Jazz, and History of Rock and Roll courses.

Courses: Music Appreciation, History of Jazz, History of Rock and Roll

Academic credentials and current affiliations are pending publisher verification; no institutional endorsement is implied.

David W. Megill

Co-author of Course Orbit's Music Appreciation, History of Jazz, and History of Rock and Roll courses.

Courses: Music Appreciation, History of Jazz, History of Rock and Roll

Academic credentials and current affiliations are pending publisher verification; no institutional endorsement is implied.

Beth Megill

Co-author of Course Orbit's Dance Appreciation course.

Courses: Dance Appreciation

Academic credentials and current affiliations are pending publisher verification; no institutional endorsement is implied.

David Massey

Co-author of Course Orbit's Dance Appreciation course.

Courses: Dance Appreciation

Academic credentials and current affiliations are pending publisher verification; no institutional endorsement is implied.

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The complete catalog — descriptions, lesson layouts, and pricing — is public. Instructor copies are free.

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