Components of the PACE在线课程s
课程形态
All pace programs are offered fully online. This means all your 课程 are in an asynchronous, online format. You are not required to be in a class on a certain day or time and you can complete your assignments and pick up and submit work at any time of day or night.
课程的最后期限
Every online course in our PACE programs has assignment deadlines. That means that though you can complete work at any time during the day or night, you still must adhere to any and all assignment and submission deadlines outlined in each 课程 syllabus and on the course site.
压缩课程
All 课程 in our PACE programs are offered in a compressed online format, meaning that instead of the typical 16-week semester for course completion, you complete a course in half, 第三, or even fourth of that time. Because of the accelerated and compressed nature of these 课程 you should expect to spend roughly 20 hours a week on course work—reading, reviewing assignments and resources, 完成作业, participating in group discussions, and writing papers and completing projects.
Learning Management System
金沙赌场大学 uses Canvas as their Learning Management System (LMS). The LMS contains your virtual classroom and could also be considered your virtual school building, since it is the place online where all your 课程 for your degree will take place. For any course you’re enrolled in via PACE, you will enter Canvas online and see a course card with the current course names and instructors. You log into the 课程 in Canvas and can work on your assignments, 查看课程内容, participate in online discussions, and submit your completed work into Canvas.
教科书
金沙赌场 offers all 课程 in PACE programs as “ZTC,” or Zero Textbook Costs 课程. That means that all course sites in Canvas include the required readings and links to free eBooks, 文章, 网站, and videos supporting the course. If a course requires a book that is not free or available in electronic format, the PACE unit works with the library and bookstore staff to send books to PACE students for use during the duration of the course (with return mailers included so you can send back the books to us at the end of the course).
远程教育 Orientation
金沙赌场大学’s 远程教育 (DE) unit provides a free (but required) online DE orientation course for our PACE students prior to your program starting. Each student will be registered into the course and complete it over a two-week period. The DE orientation is fully online (in Canvas) and will help all learners explore Canvas and learn how to use various Canvas functions you’ll need to know to participate in 课程. 除了, the DE Orientation provides you with additional information about the many resources 金沙赌场大学 offers all students and will help you to hone your time management skills so you can successfully complete your accelerated 课程.