Workload

Courses taught online require students to work at a class pace, participate in class discussions and interact with other students on collaborative assignments. Students who plan to take an online course should be prepared to devote at least three hours per week for every credit hour of the course.

Attendance

Instructors provide at least two attendance assignments every week, which may or may not be graded. Failure to complete one of these assignments will result in the student being counted absent. If a student's consecutive absences from class exceed 10% of the total instructional time, the student has not communicated with the instructor and the student is currently not passing the class, then the faculty member should withdraw the student from the class.

Testing

All tests and exams in online Mathematics & Science Division courses must be proctored. The Mathematics & Sciences Division uses two methods for proctoring. The method used for proctoring is determined by the department and is communicated in the Self-Service listing for courses and on the class syllabus.

• Option 1: Students will take their tests at the e-Learning Testing Center (eLTC) on campus. Students who live more than 50 miles from Wake Tech should contact the instructor at the beginning of the semester to make arrangements to use an alternate proctoring location. If approved, alternate proctoring locations must be requested at least two weeks prior to the test.
• Option 2: Students will take a test through remote proctoring in accordance with the Wake Tech remote proctoring policy.

E-mail communication

The federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) restricts an instructor's ability to communicate about student grades via email. So that student and instructor can have quality discussions about graded assignments in an online environment, students are asked to sign a waiver giving their instructor permission to discuss grades via email during the semester. The form is not required, but any student who chooses not to sign the FERPA waiver must make alternate arrangements with his or her instructor for the return and discussion of graded materials.

Online labs

Students should be aware that some universities or programs do not accept online lab sciences for transfer credit. Students planning on transferring to another institution should verify transferability with their intended transfer institution. Students should verify course transferability prior to registering for the course.