Technology at Sierra Nevada College | Online Education Degrees | Online Education Programs

Technology & Support

Networking

Facebook	https://www.facebook.com/#!/sierra.nevadacollege
LinkedIn	N/A
Twitter	http://twitter.com/snclaketahoe

Technology

Usable for classes

Apple	Yes
PC	Yes
Unix	N/A
Linux	N/A

Required Internet speed

DSL

Recommended Internet speed

T3+

Delivery modes

Live streaming video	Yes
Live streaming audio	N/A
Recorded video	Yes
Recorded audio	Yes
Software-based readers	No
Application for display on tablet computer	No
Description of tablet application	N/A
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

Yes

Courses designed by an outside firm

Learning management system used

Yes

All courses accessible to students from one learning management system

Yes

Types of Learning Management Systems Used

Other software	Yes
Other software description	Edge

Support

Services

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

Instructor response expected within (hours)

24-7 live tech support

Tech support availability

Weekend days (7:00 am - 5:59 pm)	N/A
Weekend nights (6:00 pm - 9:59 pm)	N/A
Weekend overnights (10:00 pm - 6:59 am)	N/A
Weekdays (7:00 am - 5:59 pm)	N/A
Weeknights (6:00 pm - 9:59 pm)	N/A
Weekday overnights (10:00 pm - 6:59 am)	N/A

Structure

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

None

Student-student engagement

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

Requirements

New-student orientation	Yes
Review and sign ethics statement	Yes
Number of times a week students must log in to a typical course	N/A
Number of times per month faculty evaluate student participation	N/A
Number of times per month faculty provide feedback to students on participation	12
Courses requiring students to work collaboratively with other students	All
Class participation graded	Yes

Assessment

Exams	No
Number of settings in which in-person exams are administered	N/A
Anti-plagiarism screening required for essay assignments	Yes
Measures to instill academic integrity (as submitted by school)
Before admittance to a program, SNC collects a significant amount of personally identifiable information in order to verify students’ identity. Students use a secure username and password in order to log in to the online platform. The pedagogy in online courses does not rely on examinations for large percentages of student-performance assessment. Student grading in online courses is balanced between course discussions, peer-to-peer feedback, written work focused on the application of course content, and regular quizzes. The absence of single-performance, high-stakes testing in SNC’s courses decreases the likelihood that students could benefit from sharing the login information with someone expected to perform on their behalf.

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