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For Help with student support and non-degree seeking student applications, please visit: USF4YOU/ECampus

Registration Information

USF Libraries

The Florida Distance Learning Consortium (FDLC) provides a statewide listing of Distance Learning opportunities for students at distancelearn.org

The Electronic Campus provides Distance Learning opportunities for students nationwide at http://www.electroniccampus.org/

Online Faculty Evaluation Process
For help with the Evaluation Process, Please Contact Robert Rumans:813/974-5296.

DISTANCE LEARNING AT USF

Welcome Distance Learners!

USF offers courses using a variety of technologies to engage students and instructors across boundaries of time and distance, increase student access to course offerings, and add flexibility to course scheduling.

Did you know?

Distance learning classes offered over the Summer Semester

meet USF's summer attendance requirement.

Please contact your advisor to find out if distance learning is a good fit for your academic program. Browse the FAQs and Quick Start Tips for distance learners on the page bar to the left for more information about distance learning.

PLEASE FOLLOW THESE STEPS TO LOCATE SUMMER/FALL 2009 AND SPRING 2010

DISTANCE LEARNING COURSE OFFERINGS AT USF:

Click on this link for the OASIS schedule of classes, then select Distance Learning to include all Distance Learning options. Distance learning courses may have a per credit hour fee attached.

World Wide Web
Courses are offered online via the World Wide Web; an active e-mail account and Internet access is required. Most web based courses are accessed through BlackBoard at my.usf.edu and OASIS may list a website and other information. Contact the department or instructor for course details, to determine if any face-to-face meetings are required, and for information about specific hardware or software needs.

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(813) 974-1222 - Toll Free within Florida (866) 974-1222

Blackboard is the University's academic portal used for asynchronous delivery of courses. In addition, it provides student access to email, grades, discussion boards and more.

Elluminate provides a virtual meeting space where instructors and student groups meet, hear each other and share documentation. It is often used with online work in a blended course to give students synchronistic meeting times to accompany their live multi-media collaboration. Note that your computer needs a microphone and speakers or appropriate headphones to be able to talk and hear while you are in the Elluminate meeting. Check the support site to determine if you have the correct software and to download it for free if you don't have it: http://www.elluminate.com/support

ITV/Digital Video
Instructional televised courses using digital video originate in specially equipped studio classrooms and are received at other USF campus locations at the same time or on a tape-delayed basis. This format allows two-way audio, one-way video communication between originating and receiving sites.

Telecourse
Telecourses are broadcast on WUSF-TV and the Education Channel (for Bright House cable subscribers in Hillsborough County), DVDs or VHS tapes may be rented for the semester or purchased, and many telecourses are available as video-on-demand using the Internet. Telecourses typically use a web component (BlackBoard at my.usf.edu) for syllabus and other instructional content; an active e-mail account and Internet access is required. A few face-to-face meetings on campus are required for some telecourses; contact the department offering the course for additional information. Please refer to the telecourse listings in the catalog and contact the department offering the course for additional information. Most telecourses meet Liberal Arts General Education Requirements; please contact your advisor to confirm if courses are appropriate for your academic program needs.

Videoconference
Videoconferencing is an interactive process that allows students and faculty to see and hear each other at multiple locations in “real-time.” Locations include all four USF campuses and selected community sites.

Completing Liberal Arts General Education Requirements Using Online & Distance Learning Options

Please note: all courses may not be offered every semester.

For problems with this page, please contact USF ECampus
mboyette@admin.usf.edu or call (813) 974-0405.