Scheduling Options
The goal is to offer the technology, flexibility, and opportunity to allow all students to excel. Distance Education focuses on utilizing technology and teaching methods to provide instruction to students outside the regular classroom and thereby increase flexibility and scheduling options.
Online: Online courses are delivered asynchronously (no mandatory real-time (live) meetings). There are no required face-to-face sessions within the course and no requirements for on-campus activity. Faculty interact with students through assignments, discussion posts, email, office hours and other electronic/virtual means. Identity verification will be required using the college’s approved verification process: Honorlock.
Virtual: Virtual courses are delivered synchronously (instructors and students gathering at the same time and (virtual or physical) place and interacting in “real-time”) to extend lectures and course activities to students remotely in real time. Virtual courses are held online at specific days and times and require students to use online conferencing tools to participate in learning activities. There are no requirements for on-campus activity. Identity verification will be required using the college’s approved verification process: Honorlock.
Hybrid Classroom (HYBCL): Hybrid classroom courses require a combination of online and in-person activities, with 50% or less of the course content requiring online interaction. Some elements will have specified days, times, and locations when attendance is expected. Identity verification will be required using the college’s approved verification process: Honorlock.
Hybrid Online (HYBON): Hybrid online courses require a combination of online and in-person activities, with more than 50% of the course content requiring online interaction. Some elements will have specified days, times, and locations when attendance is expected. Identity verification will be required using the college’s approved verification process: Honorlock.
An asynchronous online course is one in which instruction is delivered entirely online through Canvas, a learning management system. Although the course content is delivered entirely online, students may be required to take exams in the Testing Center on campus, within the library (scheduled with the distance education, library manager), or at an approved testing location. Courses also utilize online test proctoring software, Honorlock. Drake State identifies an asynchronous online course with "online" in the schedule type section of the semester course schedule.
Distance Education courses require that students have a computer and internet access that meet at least the minimum technical requirements, including a webcam and microphone.
These policies and procedures are to viewed as a dynamic document that will be updated as distance education grows and technology changes. Please check the website each semester to ensure that you have the latest version. Should you have any questions or concerns, contact the office of Distance Education, Library Manager or your advisor.