Online Instructor-Led Classes

7/31/2010 11:41:54 PM ET

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	Online instructor-led classes Who you'll meet in class (instructors, TAs, sysops, students) What to do when the class is over
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	CompuMaster Online Training campus overview CompuMaster Online Training message boards What it means to be an auditor rather than a full student Online instructor-led courses Online instructor-led workshops Additional Reference Page

Online instructor-led classes

CompuMaster Online Training online instructor-led classes, like regular college classes, have an instructor, students, a course outline, and often a textbook. Our classes generally run 4 to 8 weeks. An "CompuMaster Online Training week" starts on Monday and runs until 12:00AM the following Monday, Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). We even have classrooms--although the rooms are virtual ones that exist only in cyberspace. Learn about our classrooms in our campus overview. There is no set amount of times that students are required to login to the classroom in order to keep up with the class. However, to earn CEUs and be eligible for our course completion certificates, students must login to their classroom at least once per week for the entire duration of the session.

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Who you'll meet in class

The Instructor

• An industry leader in a particular subject
• Provides a class outline or syllabus
• Posts lectures, assignments, background information, projects and procedures to the message board
• Answers student questions and comments to the message board

Teaching Assistants (TAs)

• Are usually experienced students from previous sessions of the class
• Assist students as per instructor's direction
• May post background or supplemental information, maintain class Web site, etc.
• An instructor may have one or more TAs depending on class size

Sysops (SYStem OPerators)

• Maintain the discussion forum (keeps the discussion forum trim and organized)
• Help students with problems NOT involving class material, for example, with forum software, posting and reading messages, etc.
• Assist students in finding out about other similar, available classes
• Each class has at least one sysop

Students (Full and Audit)

• Full Students
  • Read and post messages in the classroom
  • Read and post messages in all discussions (classroom and community forum)
  • Post questions, homework and other assignments
• Audit Students
  • Read messages in the classroom (can't post)
  • Read and post messages in community forums only
• Click here for more information on differences between full and audit students.

Closing Week: What to do when the class is over

Barring unforeseen delays, the class instruction will come to an end one week before the course catalog end date. The classroom will remain open for the week following the end of instruction (until the course catalog end date).

This last week after instruction ends is called "closing week." Its purpose is to give you a chance to read through the last of the classroom messages, wrap up any last discussions, and move further discussions to the community forum.