É«ÖÐÉ«

Emergency Online Course Formats & Regulations

Jump to: Course Formats | Regulation 1 (Virtual Equivalent)  | Regulation 2 (Accessibility) | Regulation 3 (Regular, Effective Contact)

Course Formats

Traditional Online (asynchronous): 

In an online class, all course activity occurs online; there are no required real-time or on-campus meetings. All content is delivered in Canvas. Coursework does have due dates as set by the instructor, but can be completed at any time before the due date according to an individual student’s schedule. Quizzes or tests may have a shortened period (usually a week’s time) during which students will need to complete them.

Real-Time Online (synchronous):

In a real-time online class, all course activity occurs online; there are at least some required real-time online meetings (via Zoom) that occur at scheduled days and times. There are no required on-campus meetings. Course content can be delivered both in Canvas and synchronously in Zoom. Quizzes, tests, and other coursework will still usually need to be completed outside of the online Zoom meetings by the due date set by the instructor.

Hybrid (Face-to-Face + Online):

In a hybrid class, course activity occurs both online and face-to-face on-campus; both the online and on-campus portion are required. The on-campus meetings occur at scheduled days and times. All online content is delivered in Canvas and Zoom.

Face-to-Face (On-Campus):

In an on-campus class, course activity occurs face-to-face at É«ÖÐÉ« or a designated physical site. The course meetings occur at scheduled days and times. Instructors may still use Canvas or other software products to enhance (like by posting the syllabus or hosting a discussion board) the class outside of the face-to-face meetings.

This semester we are teaching mostly Traditional Online or Real-time Online class formats. The format of your class is already determined. If your class has a set meeting time on the , you have a Real-time Online (synchronous) class. If your class is listed as online and does not have a set meeting time on the schedule/syllabi site, you have a Traditional Online (asynchronous) class. Make sure you’re aware of the expectations for the type of class you are teaching.

Regulations	Site / Page / PDF Guide	Resources Online Webinar or Course	TLC Webinar
Virtual Equivalent "The same standards of course quality shall be applied to any portion of a course conducted through distance education as are applied to traditional classroom courses."[1] The interpretation of this regulation is that DE courses are the virtual equivalent of their FTF counterpart and follow the same outline of record. For example, a Freshman Composition course offered online, contains the same content as a Freshman Composition on campus.	article CVC-OEI Online Instruction and Services Resources:		DE Summer School: Designing an Online Class, Day 1: Virtual Equivalent Dates:
Accessibility "Compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act Section 508 is required of all DE course offerings. Courses must have accessible content prior to being offered to students."[2]	Accreditation Checklists from College of the Desert. CCC Accessibility Center	@ONE Self-Paced Accessibility Courses:	DE Summer School: Designing an Online Class, Day 3: Accessibility Dates:
Regular, Effective Contact "Any portion of a course conducted through distance education includes regular effective contact between instructor and students."[3] [and among students, either synchronously or asynchronously] … Contact may be accomplished in a variety of ways and is subject to local definition, however, it must be able to be verified by the college to comply with federal regulations.	. Includes both regulations and examples	Ideas for Student-Student Interaction webinar recording from @ONE Links to an external site. ACCJC Determination of Regular and Effective Contact CanInnovate Session Video Links to an external site.	DE Summer School: Designing an Online Class, Day 2: Regular, Effective Contact Dates: