Blended Classes

Blended courses are offered with an online component to enhance your educational experience and meet weekly contact requirements.  The web-based portion of courses allows for a higher and continued level of interaction among faculty and students.  Discussion boards and live chats may be used to complement your on-campus face-to-face meetings and enrich your educational experience.   The online class space also allows instructors to post a syllabus and other documents they would like to share with the class.  Your syllabus will not be mailed or emailed in advance; you will access your syllabus online.  See the guide below for when to expect course access.

EMAIL ADDRESS

• All access information for the online portion of your course will be sent by email.
• Be sure to access your Argosy email account and plan to check it regularly or have it forwarded to another account.
• Check your email account regularly.
• Your email address will be available to your instructor, classmates and Argosy Online.

MINIMUM TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS AND INFORMATION

• Reliable and consistent access to a computer with an Internet connection
• The faster your connection the better
• Either PC or Mac (there are some known issues with Macs)
• An Internet Browser that supports attachments (IE 5.0 or higher)
• Do not rely on using campus computers to access your online course
• Acess to your Argosy email account and plan to check it regularly or have it forwarded to another account.
• MS Office Suite 97 or higher
• Virus protection software
• Basic word processing skills, familiarity with Internet navigation, and experience sending and receiving emails and attachments
• Tech Support available 24/7 toll-free 1-866-256-5883 ext. 1

ATTENTION AOL USERS: There are some known issues with AOL. If you connect via AOL, we recommend that once connected, you minimize the AOL window and launch Internet Explorer to login to your course.

HOW WEB_AUGMENTED COURSES WORK

• Take the Demo course at http://argosy-class.com to experience the online classroom
• Login any time during the day/week to access course material
• Most activity will take place on the discussion board, where you will post messages and participate in ongoing discussion
• Once you login, you will have access to an Introductory course that will show you the basics of the online classroom that will be important to you (posting to discussion boards, using the mailbox, etc.)

ONLINE PARTICIPATION POLICY 

• Online courses require, at minimum, weekly participation (not just weekly login) by the student unless granted an exception by the instructor.
• All web-augmented courses begin at the start of each semester or session (BEFORE your first in-class meeting).  Please see your registration bulletin for specific dates.

• In addition to logging in, students must fulfill weekly contact and participation requirements as outlined by instructors.  Instructors will contact the Department Heads to handle situations of insufficient student participation.  Students who login, but do not participate, may be dropped from online classes at the request of the instructor and/or Department Head.

LOGIN, PASSWORD, AND COURSE ACCESS

• You will receive your login information by email.
• Login information and course access is emailed 1 week before the start of the part of term. (If you register later than 2 weeks before the start of the part of term, you will receive your login slightly later.)
• As soon as you receive your login and password, you can access your course and syllabus
• Your syllabus is accessible in your course; it will not be emailed to you separately.

STUDENT CHECKLIST - ARE YOU READY FOR A PARTIALLY ONLINE COURSE?

• I have accessed my Argosy email account and plan to check it regularly or have it forwarded to another account.
• I have daily access to a computer with an Internet connection.
• I have basic word processing skills and know how to use the Internet and email.
• I have taken the DEMO course available at http://argosy-class.com.
• I have registered for my courses via Student Link web registration or with my Student Services Office.
• I know what date the course starts and when to expect my login and password via email.
• I understand that I must login and participate in my course weekly.
• I have the number for technical support (available 24/7): 1-866-256-5883 ext.1.

If you have additional questions about web-augmented courses contact Argosy Online at online@argosy.edu or 312-279-3908.