In 2015, nearly 18 percent of undergraduate students enrolled in online courses at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs (UCCS; UCCS 2016a). Human geography is taught at the UCCS Department of Geography and Environmental Studies in both traditional face-to-face and online settings. Roughly 40 percent of students who take the Introduction to Human Geography course have chosen to take it online during the past eight years. These statistics highlight the importance of online geography education and raise key questions about how to provide quality geography instruction addressing complex visual materials and discussion of challenging social issues. What design can create a full educational experience in an online course? What role does an instructor play in engaging students in the learning process to achieve learning outcomes? To answer these questions and to assure quality in online learning, I participated in the Quality Matters program (https://www.qualitymatters.org); this review describes specific course modifications completed over the course of a year to provide quality online geography instruction.