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PBSC Online Delivery Systems

PBSC Online Delivery Systems

Palm Beach State College’s commitment to students is to provide anytime, anyplace learning opportunities through an array of e-Learning technologies and delivery systems. The primary difference between e-Learning courses and face-to-face (traditional) courses is the delivery format, not the content. PBSC Online courses go through the same rigorous curriculum process as face-to-face courses.

Online courses allow students to take courses on the Internet providing greater flexibility and convenience. Students can access the course from a computer with an Internet connection 24 hours a day/7-days a week from home, work, library, or a college facility. Each course will have specific deadlines for the completion of assignments, projects, and quizzes/exams that meet course learning outcomes just like classroom-based classes.

All courses in the Bachelor Degree Programs and a selection of Associate Degree courses require students to take exams using a Respondus LockDown browser and Respondus Monitor online test video-proctoring system (see the course syllabus for details/requirements). Palm Beach State College’s learning (course) management system is Canvas.

PBSC Online courses are offered at four delivery modes:

  1. Face-to-Face – The class meets in the classroom.  The instructor utilizes a companion website for the face-to-face class where students may interact through messaging, the instructor may provide handouts, presentations slides, and/or administer assignment or tests.
  2. Live Online – Live Online courses require no physical classroom meetings.  Instruction is synchronously scheduled/delivered with days/times for instruction and interactions.  Uses electronic delivery methods (i.e. Zoom, Microsoft Teams, remote labs, video conferencing, chats, collaborations, or social learning technologies) to transmit instruction/information. Students may be required to take examinations utilizing a video-proctoring system (i.e. Respondus Monitor), or to take major exams in the College Testing Labs.
  3. Hybrid – In this type of class, 40-60% of the content must be in a face-to-face (classroom) environment. The remainder of the instruction is conducted online asynchronously utilizing the Canvas LMS.
  4. Online – In this class, all instruction is delivered asynchronously via the Canvas LMS. Students may be required to take examinations utilizing a video-proctoring system, i.e., Respondus Monitor), or to take major exams in the College Testing Labs.