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Online Course

Online students be sure to login to your course during the first week of classes. Each online course has a"drop for non-attendance" policy, stated in the course syllabus. Visit the Student Accounts and Login page for more information.

If you do not login to your course and complete the specified activity during the first week of class, you will be dropped from that course for non-attendance.

Also, carefully review the registration calendar for each semester and note the College deadlines and procedures for drop with refund and withdrawal. View the registration calendar.

Introduction to Online Learning
Attend this free one-hour workshop to find out what it takes to be successful as an online learner at Florida Community College. Learn how to:
  • log in to your online course
  • get started
  • submit assignments

Arrive on time; space is limited! Sessions conducted by Virtual College staff.


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What is an Online Class?
What is Distance Learning?
Computer Requirements
Technical Guidelines and Help

Online College Credit Students: Activate Your Account and Contact Your Instructors

If you are currently registered in an online course, please visit the Student Accounts and Login page for instructions on how to activate your Student UserID and password.

You should also visit your Instructor's web page for other important course information.

Non-credit/continuing education students must visit http://opencampus.fccj.org/con-ed/online.html

What is an Online Class?

Credit and non-credit/continuing education online courses are offered via the Internet. At Florida Community College at Jacksonville, online credit courses are offered through the Blackboard learning management system. A learning management system is an Internet-based software platform that you use to take an online course. It contains tools for distance learning, such as a hyperlinked syllabus, course content and notes, a Bulletin Board system and chat for collaboration and communication, assignment drop boxes, interactive quizzes and exams, and much more! All online courses are instructor-led and use the same schedule as on-campus courses. This means that you may have midterm and final exams, papers, and discussion assignments to complete with deadlines. Online instructors use a variety of learning methods and assignments in online courses just as they do in an on-campus class. Remote testing is also available.

What is Distance Learning?

Distance Learning (DL)
, also known as Distance Education (DE), is simply learning from a distance, usually from home or from a conveniently located off-campus site. DL allows adults to earn college credits, even entire degrees, without ever leaving home. DL at Florida Community College at Jacksonville makes use of the Internet, software, modems, TV stations, 2-way television using fiber optics, and digital phone lines, satellites, videocassette and audio tape, and the ever-popular mailbox, to deliver instruction.

Want to take a "Is Distance Learning For Me?" quiz that diagnoses how well a Web-based course fits your needs and lifestyle?

Want to learn more about "Distance Learning" and technology? See our Glossary of Online Learning Terms.

Computer Requirements

All online courses require the following:

Florida Community College offers all enrolled students a FREE e-mail account and Dial-In Access. If you have a computer with a modem, you can use Florida Community College's Dial-In service to connect to the Internet free of charge. You must have an Florida Community College student e-mail account BEFORE you can use the student dialup services. For information about how to activate your Student Account and Dial-In Service, see Student Computing.

You must have Internet access through an ISP (such as AOL, or College Dial-In) before you can access your online course. When you've complete this step, then you're ready to start your course!

Technical Guidelines and Help

To access your online courses, you must first be registered and paid. Once registered and paid, you must activate your College e-mail account. If you do not have an Florida Community College e-mail account, please visit Student Computing.

Once you have a student user id and password, you will be able to log on to Artemis (where you will find links to Blackboard as well as links to your e-mail account) using this student user id. This interactive tutorial will show you how to activate your account, retrieve or reset your password in Artemis.

If you go directly to Blackboard (see below), you will still log in with this Artemis student user id.

All students will be able to enter Blackboard through Artemis or through the direct URL link: Blackboard

 

Please also note the following:

  • Single sign-on: A student’s user id and password will be the same for Artemis and Blackboard
  • Changing of passwords will have to be done through Artemis and will be global in effect
  • Courses will become “unavailable” to students three days after grades post in Artemis

Instructor Web pages are listed on the Distance Learning Web Site, or in the Schedule Notes in Artemis. Please note that course access will not be given prior to the official first day of classes.

If you experience problems accessing your course, please be sure that you are registered and paid and check Artemis for information about your course schedule. If you are having technical problems, contact the Learner Support Center at 904.632.3151, or e-mail at helpdesk@fccj.edu.

  • Provide the browser type that you are using to access the course (Internal Florida Community College network, or external ISP: M1, BS, AOL, etc.

  • When did you have this trouble? During an initial access or did the failure occur during access?

  • Provide the best time to call or e-mail you.

 

 


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Revised: April 28, 2008

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fax 904.632.5098 or e-mail
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