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Technology & Support

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Usable for classes

Required Internet speed

128k

Recommended Internet speed

256k

Delivery modes

Live streaming video	No
Live streaming audio	No
Recorded video	Yes
Recorded audio	Yes
Software-based readers	Yes
Application for display on tablet computer	Yes
Description of tablet application	Any device with browser capabilities can access online courses
Application for display on smartphone	No
Description of application for smartphone	N/A
Bulletin boards	Yes
Simulations	Yes
Online labs	No

Courses designed by certified instructional designers

Courses designed by an outside firm

Learning management system

Yes

All courses accessible to students from one learning management system

N/A

Sakai

Yes

Services

Academic advising	Yes
Bookstore	Yes
E-mail address	Yes
Financial aid office/services	Yes
Access to digitized library materials	Yes
Access to live librarian	Yes
Local area network	No
Mentoring	Yes
Technical support	Yes
Live tutoring	Yes
Writing workshops	Yes

Instructor response expected within (hours)

24-7 live tech support

Tech support availability

Archived classes

All

Classes can be received live

None

Live online/on-campus classes after 5 p.m.

N/A

Percentage of classes with lectures

1-25

Student-student engagement

Online chatrooms	Yes
Web conferencing (webinars)	Yes
Skype or other visual software	Yes

New-student orientation	Yes
Review and sign ethics statement	No
Number of times a week students must log in to a typical course	1
Number of times per month faculty evaluate student participation	4
Number of times per month faculty provide feedback to students on participation	4
Courses requiring students to work collabratively with other students	Minority
Class participation graded	Yes

Exams	Yes
Number of settings in which in-person exams are administered	No proctored exams
Anti-plagiarism screening required for essay assignments	Yes
Measures to instill academic integrity (as submitted by school)
APUS provides information about academic integrity and consequences for infractions in course catalogs available online. Additional information is available through the Library, the Center for Teaching & Learning, and is a major focus in our introductory COLL 100 course. Students are required to acknowledge the "Honor Pledge" within individual assignments in Sakai, our learning management system. Turnitin.com is available for use in all classes, and is widely used to review papers for possible plagiarism. The ETS Proficiency Profile and the ETS Major Field Test are required graduation exams. Individual proctors monitor the entire testing situation and require identification from the student, whether the test is online or paper and pencil.