University of Houston--Clear Lake

Technology & Support

Networking

Facebook	http:/​/​www.​facebook.​com/​UHClearLake
LinkedIn	N/A
Twitter	http:/​/​twitter.​com/​#!/​uhclearlake

Technology

Usable for classes
Apple Yes PC Yes Unix N/A Linux N/A
Required Internet speed	56k
Recommended Internet speed	56k
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 Blackboard Mobile Learn Application for display on smartphone Yes Description of application for smartphone Blackboard Mobile Learn Bulletin boards Yes Simulations Yes Online labs No
Courses designed by certified instructional designers	Yes
Courses designed by an outside firm	No
Learning management system	Yes
All courses accessible to students from one learning management system	Yes

Types of Learning Management Systems Used

Blackboard

Yes

Support

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 Yes Mentoring Yes Technical support Yes Live tutoring Yes Writing workshops Yes
Instructor response expected within (hours)	24
24-7 live tech support	No
Tech support availability
Weekend days (7:00 am - 5:59 pm) Always Weekend nights (6:00 pm - 9:59 pm) Never Weekend overnights (10:00 pm - 6:59 am) Never Weekdays (7:00 am - 5:59 pm) Always Weeknights (6:00 pm - 9:59 pm) Always Weekday overnights (10:00 pm - 6:59 am) Never

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	1-25
Student-student engagement
Online chatrooms Yes Web conferencing (webinars) Yes Skype or other visual software Yes

Requirements

New-student orientation	Optional
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	N/A
Courses requiring students to work collabratively with other students	Majority
Class participation graded	Yes

Assessment

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)
Faculty members inform students about and adhere to the University of Houston-Clear Lake's academic honesty policy. Faculty members dialogue with students about plagiarism and its consequences. Faculty members use techonological tools to discover and discourage plagiarism on assignments. Faculty members also use technologocial attempts to discover and discourage violations of academic honesty on exams. For example, faculty members use algorithimc exams administered in a synchronous time period with tight exam windows to mitimate honesty issues.