Online Learning
Our distance education program at Manchester Community College offers an excellent opportunity for people in Connecticut and anyone with an Internet connection to stay knowledgeable and competitive in today's global environment. Because MCC recognizes the importance of flexibility in a person's day to day life, we offer online courses that provide flexibility in time and geographic location. Credit Student Login
(http://my.commnet.edu)
Under "My Courses," you'll see "Click here to Access Blackboard Vista."
For information on logging in using myCommNet, please see the FAQ on the myCommNet home page.
Credit-Free Student Login
(http://www.ed2go.com/manchcc/)
About Online and Hybrid Credit Courses
MCC provides students with fully online, hybrid, and computer-assisted courses that enable anytime, anywhere access to learning materials and enhance communication and community among faculty and students.
For a list of hybrid and online classes offered for the Spring 2008 semester, refer to pages 55-58 of the Fall 2008 Class Schedule.
Hybrid courses combine online work with regular on-campus class meetings. The Fall 2008 Class Schedule indicates where and when these on-campus meetings will be.
In most cases, you will do all of your learning in a fully online class via your computer. Some instructors, however, may ask that you come to campus for an orientation session or tests. Please contact your instructor for details. You can send an e-mail message to your instructor and check course schedules at the Online Self Service Student Information page (Banner Web for Students) accessed through myCommNet
Online learning is provided through Blackboard Vista, an electronic environment that includes a grade book, discussion board, and electronic access to course materials that may range from simple text files and Web links to PowerPoint presentations, audio files, videos, and simulations.
Although MCC’s online courses provide flexibility that allow you to access information and participate in course discussions anytime and anywhere via a computer and an Internet connection, these are not self-paced courses. Just as in any MCC course, you will have weekly deadlines for assignments, discussions and assessments. The content and expectations in an online course are the same as in an on-campus course at MCC. In an on-campus course you talk to your instructor and fellow students and listen to their comments. In an online course these “conversations”take place in the discussion forums or via e-mail messages, increasing the amount of reading and writing you will do in addition to your normal coursework. Before enrolling in an online course consider the ways that you learn and communicate most easily.
If you are considering an online or hybrid class, please review the following links:
Self Assessment: http://www.ctdlc.org/Student/assessment.html
Online Learning FAQ: http://www.ctdlc.org/Student/faqs.html
Technical Requirements: http://www.ctdlc.org/Help/requirements.html
On average, you can expect to spend the same number of hours working on your online course as you would on a campus course, without the time and expense of travel to and from class.
Enjoy your course!
About Online Credit-Free Courses
Update your skills, discover a new talent, or chart a career at your own pace and at your convenience with our new, instructor-led online courses. Each course runs for six weeks and consists of 12 lessons with two weeks to complete each lesson. Interactive quizzes, assignments, tutorials and online discussion areas supplement the lessons. Letters of completion, which can supplement a resume or be given to an employer, are available upon successful completion of online courses. All the material you need will be made available over the World Wide Web. Read your lessons and ask questions of your instructors at times that are most convenient to you. All you need to get started is Internet access, an email account and a web browser.Choose from more than 200 courses.