Technology at University of Cincinnati | Online Education Degrees | Online Education Programs

Technology & Support

Usable for classes

Required Internet speed

256k

Recommended Internet speed

DSL

Delivery modes

Live streaming video	Yes
Live streaming audio	Yes
Recorded video	Yes
Recorded audio	Yes
Software-based readers	N/A
Application for display on tablet computer	Yes
Description of tablet application	Blackboard, our LMS, has a mobile app.
Application for display on smartphone	Yes
Description of application for smartphone	Blackboard, our LMS, has a mobile app.
Bulletin boards	Yes
Simulations	No
Online labs	No

Courses designed by certified instructional designers

Courses designed by an outside firm

Learning management system used

Yes

All courses accessible to students from one learning management system

Yes

Blackboard

Yes

Services

Academic advising	Yes
Bookstore	Yes
Career placement assistance	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	No

Instructor response expected within (hours)

24-7 live tech support

Tech support availability

Archived classes

Majority

Classes can be received live

Minority

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

All

Percentage of classes with lectures

26-50

Student-student engagement

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

New-student orientation	Optional
Review and sign ethics statement	Yes
Number of times a week students must log in to a typical course	3
Number of times per month faculty evaluate student participation	4
Number of times per month faculty provide feedback to students on participation	3
Courses requiring students to work collaboratively 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	Depends
Measures to instill academic integrity (as submitted by school)
Secure Login to Blackboard. Multiple assessment methods. Performance-based assessments used most often, Exams are rarely used. When exams are used, they are timed, but open book. Open book design assumes students have access to the text - so questions are application based rather that factual/recall based. On-going interactions between instructors and students ensures that the instructor knows the writing style of individual students and can check for inconsistencies on larger written assignments. SafeAssign plagiarism checking technology.