Distance Learning

Chattahoochee Technical College offers a growing number of distance-learning courses. These courses are labeled “OA” or "OS" for Online Asynchronous or Online Synchronous in the posted schedule of courses. In addition to these, many other courses have a significant online component regardless of the time or duration of their face-to-face meetings. The majority of Chatt Tech's online courses utilize the Blackboard Learn Learning Management System. The following link provides direct access to Chatt Tech's Blackboard Learning portal.   

Taking online classes can be a great learning experience; however, success requires technical and computer skills not required in face-to-face classes. Success also requires students to have access to a computer with reliable Internet service. Using the college’s website and online access to other services, online students have access to the same services provided to on-campus students. Additionally, online students may use any physical resources available to all current students on any Chatt Tech campus.

Chatt Tech takes steps to guarantee those enrolled in online courses complete their own work and that the students registered are the ones completing this work (see Distance Learning Student Privacy Procedure). All online courses require secure login to gain entry to the courses. Students are encouraged to never share online user IDs or login passwords with anyone. Chatt Tech instructors may also use additional technologies to verify the identity and/or work of online students. All online courses at Chatt Tech require students to attend at least one proctored event in the presence of the instructor in a traditional classroom or in a monitored, restricted online environment. Proctored events are typically administered via a lockdown browser, such as Respondus LockDown Browser, available through the college. Proctored sites are often posted with the schedule of classes, and online students are notified of these events the week classes begin. Students who cannot attend scheduled proctored events, or who require additional technology, are responsible for making alternative arrangements, and those must be approved by the instructor before the proctored events. Every effort is made to provide proctored events on Chatt Tech campuses or via college-provided technology. Should a student need to locate a proctor outside of the college, however, Chatt Tech students are not charged a distance education fee when taking a proctored exam at another Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG) college per TCSG Procedure 6.6.1p: Student Tuition and Fees. Those students who elect to use an external proctor outside of the TCSG are solely responsible for any testing fees incurred. 

Distance Learning Class Types

On Campus (Banner code “CA”): Courses that are taught primarily in the classroom or lab with 50 percent or less of instruction online. On campus courses may include lecture, labs, internships, clinicals and other in-person instructional modalities. On campus courses are not considered distance learning courses.

Blended (Banner code “BL”): Blended courses are distance learning courses with the majority of the course content, activities and interactions occurring online (>50% but <100% online) but may require students to come on campus for specific labs, assignments, activities, or events.

Online Synchronous (Banner code “OS”): Courses taught fully online synchronously with course content, activities and interactions occurring entirely online. This delivery method requires students to be online at specific dates/times during the term. Online synchronous courses may require proctored events.

Online Asynchronous (Banner code “OA”): Courses taught fully online asynchronously with course content, activities and interactions occurring entirely online. This delivery method does not require students to be online at specific dates/times, and students may participate in class activities and complete course assignments asynchronously. Online asynchronous courses may require proctored events.