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Distance Education Instruction (Online, Hybrid, Web Enhanced)

Savannah Technical College participates with the Georgia Virtual Technical Connection (GVTC) by offering courses over the Internet utilizing the Blackboard Learning Management System (LMS).

• Online (O) courses mean 100% of the class is held online.
• Students who reside outside of Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, or Liberty counties or students with documented disabilities that would preclude them from travel to campus for on-site testing should contact their instructor for proctoring information, if proctoring is required or requested by the student.
• Hybrid (K1) courses mean 50% or more of the class is held online while the remaining is offered in the classroom.
• Hybrid (K2) courses mean that 49% or less of the class is held online while the remaining is offered in the classroom.

Web-enhanced (V) courses meet in the classroom on a normal schedule, but students may have to enter Blackboard to take tests or obtain other course information.

Advisors can counsel students on which online courses are available and the number of online credits students may earn toward graduation. Available online classes are also listed in the current course schedule that is released before registration begins each semester.

Once a student registers for a distance education course, the student is required to enter the LMS and enter each course to review the syllabus and determine what needs to be done to begin participating in the course. A student registered for an online course must complete the syllabus certification exam to be considered in attendance during the “No Show” period at the start of each term. Students registered in any other format of distance education course (Hybrid or Web-enhanced) must attend the on-site class meeting(s) to be considered in attendance; logging into the online classroom is not counted during the “No Show” period for hybrid and web enhanced courses. Any student who fails to meet the attendance requirement at the No Show Reporting Deadline will be dropped as No Show.

Through GVTC, students may take online courses form other colleges. To see what is being offered each semester, students should visit GVTC at: http://www.gvtc.org/ApplyNow.aspx.