Distance Education
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Earn your degree on your terms as an online student at ECSU. Our online programs offer the same practical, rigorous education as our on-campus offerings – with a schedule that works for you. Access your learning materials and classes from anywhere—at any time—via our online student portal.
You’ll also enjoy the same supportive, nurturing environment that you would on campus, with dedicated staff and instructors ready to help you succeed. This makes our online programs a great fit for working professionals and those looking to finish their degree.
No matter where you are in your education journey, we can help you grow. Browse the programs below to find the one that suits your career goals:
Resources
Examity is an online proctoring service that gives students the flexibility to take exams remotely while maintaining academic integrity and preventing cheating.
Examity Guides:
- Library Student Quick Guide - A one-page five-step quick guide on using Examity
- Examity Technical Success Document - A student guide to ensure technical success when connecting with Examity
- Automated Proctoring Troubleshooting Guide - An easy overview sheet to help guide you through the Automated Proctoring process
Distance Education Students:
- Webcam Recommendations: Logitech - HD Webcam C270 or Microsoft Lifecam Hd-3000
Examity Support:
- Technical support is available 24/7.
- Phone: 855-392-6489
- Email: support@examity.com
- Live Chat: Link located in Examity dashboard.
Additional Examity Resources:
- Online resource center: https://www.examity.com/online-proctoring-troubleshooting-guide-for-test-takers-win20/
- Automated test-taker tutorial: https://vimeo.com/400979579/a59e8e8c8d
- Live test-taker tutorial: https://vimeo.com/420802558/49c3660a66
Echo360 provides screencast, lecture capture, live streaming, and student engagement features in one easy-to-use tool integrated with Blackboard. Echo360 is installed in specific common-use classrooms around our campus. For classrooms managed at the college level, instructors must contact the appropriate department to have your lecture captured or streamed. If you are not sure which classrooms have Echo360 installed, please contact the IT department for assistance and to have installed on a specific computer or laptop.
A request must be submitted before the first recording session is expected to allow proper time for the IT scheduler to process the request and can be either one-time events or repeating semester events.
Echo360 - Universal Capture Overview
Emdedding Echo360 Media in a Blackboard Ultra Course
Echo360 Webinar: How to get your class Online quickly with Echo360
Echo360 – Student Online Videos
Creating a Zoom Meeting in Echo360
Automatically publish Zoom meetings to courses in Echo360
What is Quality Matters?
The Quality Matters program is a faculty-centered, peer review process to certify the quality of online courses and online components. QM is a leader in quality assurance for online education and has received national recognition for its faculty-centered approach to continuous improvement in online education. Elizabeth City State University became a member of Quality Matters in January 2015.
The QM rubrics are research-based tools. The Quality Matters Higher Education Rubric (Sixth Edition) consists of 8 general standards and 42 specific criteria that describe best practices in online and blended course design. The QM process is designed to be continuous, collegial, and collaborative. The rubric and associated annotations are based on best practices that promote student learning and instructional design principles that are part of good design. The rubric is supported by a thorough review of the literature and is updated every three years to reflect new techniques and technologies that have become available.
The course review process involves a review of a course by a team of three trained, certified peer reviewers who are all experienced online faculty. This faculty driven process is intended to be diagnostic with the overall goal of course improvement. It does not involve pass/fail judgments but instead relies on the team members providing specific guidance for the course developer on what might be done to modify the course in order that it will eventually meet standards. There is a clear recognition throughout the process that there are many ways to meet each standard and that no course is perfect. For QM reviewed courses, the goal is to meet an 85% threshold to be certified as a quality course.
The Quality Matters process is designed to ensure that courses undergoing review will eventually meet expectations.
Why QM? Quality Matters Overview Presentation
Professional Development Workshops
The Quality Matters Program offers the following workshops with no prerequisites to aid anyone interested in enhancing their online course design and online instructional practices.
- Applying the Quality Matters Rubric (APPQMR) – Schedule and Checklist
- Designing Your Online Course (DYOC) – Schedule and Checklist
- Designing Your Blended Course (DYBC) – Schedule and Checklist
- Improving Your Online Course (IYOC) – Schedule and Checklist
- Teaching Online-An Introduction to Online Delivery (TOL) – Schedule and Checklist
- Design That Welcomes Your Learners (ST1/7) – Schedule and Checklist
- Connecting Learning Objectives and Assessments (ST2/3) – Schedule and Checklist
- Using Instructional Materials and Technology to Promote Learner Engagement (ST4/5/6) – Schedule and Checklist
- Addressing Accessibility and Usability (ST8) – Schedule and Checklist
To schedule a Quality Matters Facilitated Workshop, please register here.
Quality Matters Certifications
The Quality Matters Program also offers online certifications through rigorous trainings. Please note that Quality Matters online certification courses are time intensive and lead to the acquisition of various roles within the Quality Matters program.
- Peer Reviewer Course (PRC)
- Master Reviewer Certification (MRC)
- Course Review Manager Certification (CRMC)
- Online Facilitator Certification (OFC)
- Face-to-Face Facilitator Certification (FFC)
- IYOC Face-to-Face Facilitator Certification (IFFC)
- IYOC Online Facilitator Certification (IOFC)
- Continuing and Professional Education Accelerated Peer Reviewer Course (CPE)
- K–12 Accelerated Reviewer Course for Higher Ed (K–12 RC ACCELLFY14)
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