Technology at University of Houston--Clear Lake | Online MBA Degrees | Online Business Programs

Technology & Support

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

Usable for classes

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

Learning management system

Yes

All courses accessible to students from one learning management system

Yes

Blackboard

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	Yes
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	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

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.