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Online Course Information

Considering an Online course?

Please take the following two quizzes to help you decide whether or not online courses are right for you.

Technical Skills Quiz

Student Skills Quiz

These quizzes and the related responses are the property of Cerro Coso College.

Participation/Attendance, and Exams

Students enrolling in online courses will have the opportunity to complete most of their course work outside of the classroom, although some classes combine mandatory on campus meetings with online instruction. On campus meeting dates are listed for most classes. Students may access course materials via the Internet either at home or using an on campus computer. Students are required to log onto the class website and email the instructor during the first week of the class or they may be dropped from the class roster. A Santa Ana College instructor will be available on campus, by phone, or email to answer questions or discuss course material during the course.

Wait Lists

If you choose to waitlist yourself on a section, it is up to you to check your e-mail and class schedule every week. Should a seat open up in a section that was filled, students will be rolled into an open seat and notified by e-mail. Once you are enrolled from a waitlist, you have three days from that rollover to pay for the class, or you will be dropped.

Access Requirements

You must Email your instructor the first week of class. Be sure to log in to Blackboard the first day of the semester. Your WebAdvisor User ID and your WebAdvisor Password will also serve as your Blackboard Username and Password.

Online courses require students to have access to a computer with an individual Email account and Internet access. Internet access is also available to students in the Santa Ana College Academic Computing Center, located in the Cesar Chavez Building (A-106), the Business Division Computer Labs (A-104, A-108), and the SAC Nealley Library. Santa Ana College uses Blackboard for most of its online courses. Student enrolled in most online classes will log on to : http://rsccd.blackboard.com. Mac users enrolling in Math classes should check computer compatibility with online course program, MyMathLab, before enrolling.

Blackboard System Requirements:

Platform: Windows 98, 2000, XP, Vista / Mac OS 9 or higher.
Minimum Hardware Requirements: 64 MB of RAM, 1 GB of free disk space.
Modem: 56 k modem or higher.
Browser: For best results, we recommend Firefox or Internet Explorer 6.x Service Pack 1, or 7.x , not version 8, (PC); Safari 1.x (Mac).
Other combinations are supported and may also work with Blackboard. Click the link below for additional information.
(http://kb.blackboard.com/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=25368489)
Browser Settings: JavaScript & Cookies must be enabled.
Software: Requirements for applications and plug-ins depend on the types of files a user needs to view from Blackboard. Some of the most common: Microsoft Office applications or viewers, Adobe Acrobat Reader, RealPlayer, QuickTime, Flash Player.

You will need to have prior Internet and E-mail experience before you take this course. If you do not have access to a computer, you may use the Academic Computing Center or Library during their operating hours. The resources in these labs meet the course resource requirements and there is technical support available.