Distance Education & Instructional Technology

Canvas Orientation sessions explain how to use Victoria College’s current Learning Management System (Canvas). While the sessions do not cover course-specific material, they are designed to minimize the time needed to learn how to use the technology so that students can spend their time concentrating on the course content. All students taking an online course for the first time who have not attended Pirate Orientation are required to attend one of the sessions. Any student taking an online course is welcome to attend. The information presented is the same information presented in the Canvas portion of Pirate Orientation. These sessions contain valuable information that can help increase the chance of success in online courses. Distance education instructors may hold online or on-campus orientation sessions specific to their courses.

To register for a Canvas Orientation Session:

    Login to VC Pirate Portal
    Click the "Student Resources" menu
    Click the "Distance Education" link
    Click the appropriate link under "Canvas Orientation Sessions"

To register for a "virtual" or "online" session, click the link for the date you would like to attend and complete the registration.

To attend a "face-to-face" session, fill out your first name, last name, telephone, email, choose a session date you would like to attend, and click submit request to complete the registration. 

Distance Education Courses are courses in which at least 50% of the content is delivered in some form of electronic method. Victoria College offers five methods – online (ONL), real-time-remote (WBX), alternating (ALT), hybrid (HYB), and interactive television (ITV). Online courses are courses in which the content is delivered completely over the internet. Real-time remote courses are delivered synchronously via the internet. Alternating courses will alternate between face-to-face and real-time remote, with students attending on campus in small groups on assigned days. Hybrid courses are courses in which the content is delivered through a combination of electronic method and on-campus instruction. Interactive television (ITV) courses are courses in which students and faculty meet in an interactive television classroom and interact with other students and/or faculty at a remote location. 

To take an online and real-time remote, or hybrid course, students must have access to a computer, an internet connection and a webcam. Students can use any of the on-campus computers in the open computer labs or the library to complete their coursework, but these computers do not have webcams. Laptops and webcams are available for checkout subject to available by filling out the Student Technology Needs Form. Some courses may require certain specific hardware and software on a student’s machine. Those requirements are the responsibility of the student and stated in the syllabus.  Additionally, students may need to come on campus several times as determined by the course instructors for specific activities or testing.

Victoria College requires all final exams to be proctored. Each instructor determines the need for additional proctored exams. Exams may be proctored in class, at the College’s Testing Centers, an approved off-campus testing site, or via an electronic method at the discretion of the course instructor.

NOTE: Due to COVID-19, the College’s Testing Centers have a limited capacity and will only be proctoring students with testing accommodations. Students with testing accommodations, contact Disability Support Services for information about proctored testing.  Distance education instructors may choose to use an electronic method of proctoring including Honorlock and Webex. There is a per course charge for Honorlock. Please see your course syllabus or contact your instructor for more information.  

 

Fall & Spring Hours
Monday-Friday: 8 a.m.-5 p.m.

Summer Hours
Monday-Thursday: 7:30 a.m.-5:30 p.m.
Closed on Fridays

Physical Location
Betsy Wright Building
Building #9 on VC's Campus Map