Support for Students
Learning Online/Student Support
Are Online Courses for Me?
Types of Courses
What are the different types of online courses? Check here to find out more about what B-CC offers.
Today at B-CU you can access learning materials through the World Wide Web. You are now able to get a degree and do most University coursework from home or work at your convenience. B-CU’s online courses have the same accreditation and carry the same weight as traditional courses. Your transcripts will not reflect any differences for taking online courses, but you will gain essential computer literacy skills that will be valuable in other coursework and in your workplace.
Types of B-CU Course Delivery
World Wide Web courses are conducted fully via web-based instruction and collaboration. Courses may require proctored examinations, and may include opportunities for face-to-face orientations, but there will be no class attendance requirements.
Hybrid courses include both required classroom attendance and online instruction. These classes have substantial content delivered over the Internet, which will substitute for some classroom meetings.
How Do I Register for an Online Course?
Registering for an online course is done the same as you would a traditional course.
What Does A Course Look Like?
This section will show you a sample of how an online course will look and feel.
All online courses at B-CC are housed on the WebCT server. The convention used to access courses at B-CC is: http://webctsrv1.cookman.edu/webct/entryPageIns.dowebct.
Technical Requirements
What computer requirements are necessary for online courses? More information....
Skills Requirements
What skills do you need to be successful in an online course? More information...
Pros/Cons
What are the benefits? What are the disadvantages?
Advantages:
- Students take fully online courses because of the convenience of not coming to campus. Fully online courses consistently have more females.
- You work from home and save money for childcare.
- On the average, students who enroll in fully online courses are older than those who enroll in Hybrid (web-enhanced) or comparable face-to-face courses.
- Most students who take fully online courses are working full-time.
- Faculty have indicated that more interaction occurs in their web and web-enhanced courses than in their comparable face-to-face sections. They also indicate that they feel this interaction is of higher quality than what they typically see. Take an online course and enjoy more interaction of high quality than other types of class delivery.
Disadvantages:
- On the average, fully online courses have slightly lower success rates and higher withdrawal rates than either their face-to-face or web-enhanced counterparts.
- Students withdraw from web courses for a variety of reasons with the most reported including technology issues, an underestimation of the amount of work required for course completion, and personal conflicts.
- Having considered technology issues, an understanding of the amount of work required for course completion and personal conflicts, fully online courses have somewhat lower success rates and higher withdrawal rates than others.
Help
The CIT Help Desk will assist you if you are having computer difficulties. They can provide you with information about computer hardware and software. Contact information: (386) 481-2070 or cithelp@cookman.edu.
For WebCT technological questions, please contact Ms. Karen L. Gamble, Technical Services Coordinator at (386) 481-2095 or gamblek@cookman.edu during regular business hours or the 24/7 WebCT Help Desk at 1-866-207-3337 or WebCT Support during non-business hours.
