The Chancellor's Office (CCCCO) will present its recommendations for a uniform set of descriptors for Online class modalities early in 2025. Until then, here are the definitions used at Glendale Community Collge.

Types of Classes
Standardized DE Ticket Note Language for Students

Types of Classes

At GCC, there are five types of classes that require a faculty member to be DE Certified since a significant portion of the class is conducted through Canvas as the learning management system. If you are interested in offering one of the following formats, please register to become DE Certified!

Note: Synchronous Online Instruction cannot be mandated in Asynchronous Online classes. The only way Attendance and Participation can be measured in an Asynchronous class is through 'submitted work' (Dept. of Education, Reg. 66952). If you do want to offer optional synchronous online instruction sessions, please note this in your DE Ticket Note so students know what to expect when registering.

Asynchronous Online Courses

An Asynchronous course is offered 100% online. Students cannot be required to meet face-to-face for office hours, orientations, homework, exams, distribution of resource materials, or any other course component. An online course shall use features of the Learning Management System (LMS), Canvas, such as Course Documents, Discussion Boards, Virtual Classrooms, Groups, Assignments, External Links, Digital Drop Boxes and Grade Books, etc. All course instructions, materials, assignments, and discussions are posted and completed online. Asynchronous Online courses require for both the student and instructor the same amount of coursework and hours outside of the classroom as traditional courses. Attendance in Asynchronous classes is established with the submission of the course Check-In assignment during Week 1, and measured thereafter by submission of course work; students risk losing credit for a course if they fail to submit the cumulative equivalent of two weeks' worth of assignments. Asynchronous Online courses are noted as such in the schedule of classes.

Asynchronous Online courses must include synchronous office hours; in Canvas, these are typically conducted through Glendale Zoom or Chat.

Synchronous Online Courses

A Synchronous course (also called "Remote") is offered at regularly scheduled times (stated clearly in the Class Schedule) throughout the instructional session. Students and instructor(s) engage simultaneously through a synchronous teleconferencing tool such as Glendale Zoom or Conferences (within Canvas). Class sessions run for the full scheduled time just as in in-person class sessions. Attendance is recorded by the presence of the student during the scheduled times of the class, and students risk losing credit for a course if they miss more than two cumulative weeks' worth of class sessions. The Syllabus, reading materials (that have not been listed on the "Required Textbooks" inventory), and other key information are posted in Canvas. Assignments are typically offered and completed through Canvas tools. Students cannot be required to come to campus in a 100% Synchronous Online course.

As with Asynchronous Online courses, Synchronous Online courses must provide synchronous office hours. These are typically conducted through Glendale Zoom or Chat within Canvas.

Hybrid Courses

A Hybrid course is offered 1%-99% online with online content and/or activities. Teaching is a combination of Synchronous OR in-person meetings and online activities. A Hybrid course should use features of the Learning Management System (LMS), Canvas, such as Course Documents, Discussion Boards, Virtual Classrooms, Groups, Assignments, External Links, Digital Drop Boxes and Grade Books, Asynchronous and/or Synchronous** learning, etc. The Synchronous OR in-person portions of the course must be held during regularly scheduled class times; these scheduled times must be clearly listed in the course ticket note and the Class Schedule. Asynchronous Online components of the Hybrid course complete the College Credit Unit obligations of the class meetings. The instructor may give Synchronous OR in-person orientation and in-class exams as stated specifically in the syllabus. Hybrid courses must be noted as such in the schedule of classes.

**Synchronous refers to a learning environment in which everyone takes part at the same time. Asynchronous refers to a learning environment in which everyone does not take part at the same time.

HyFlex Courses

Glendale Community College offers a number of courses through the HyFlex modality. In these courses, instructors and a portion of the enrolled students meet in-person in order to complete class work while the remaining portion of the students attend the class through Zoom. The HyFlex classrooms on campus have been especially equipped with cameras and microphones to enable students attending class through Zoom to hear and see the classroom proceedings. Instructors and their Chairs, along with Deans and the VPI, may decide whether the students will rotate in their status as in-person or Zoom attendees, or will remain in one status or the other throughout the term. Instructors providing this form of instruction are DE Certified.

Proctored Online Courses (POC):

Assignments and examinations in a Proctored Online Course will be submitted in an asynchronous or synchronous** manner at a set day/time during the term. Students might be required to take tests at a proctoring facility or in-person on the GCC campus. Instructors provide proctoring accommodations at GCC. Off-site proctoring services could be available at the discretion of the instructor.

**Synchronous refers to a learning environment in which everyone takes part at the same time. Asynchronous refers to a learning environment in which everyone does not take part at the same time.

Please denote the type of Distance Education class you are teaching in your class Ticket Note so students understand what is expected. On the next tab (below if using a mobile device) are CoDE approved Standardized DE Ticket Notes:

Standardized DE Ticket Note Language for Students

A CoDE task force revised all standard ticket notes for Distance Education class types in spring 2022; here are the proposed ticket note revisions. [Only Bolded content may be edited].

Asynchronous Online

Students and instructor(s) will not meet on-campus or in real-time for instruction. Students and instructor(s) complete weekly work asynchronously within the LMS (Canvas). Office hours are held synchronously.

Synchronous Online

Students and instructor(s) meet in real-time, synchronously online at regularly scheduled times (announced in class schedule) and are not required to meet on campus. Attendance is required for all scheduled class times. Office hours are held synchronously.

Hybrid Class

This hybrid class meets in both real-time and asynchronously online. [Real-time meetings may be In-Person on Campus, or Remotely through Zoom. Instructor & Scheduling specify.] Students and instructors regularly complete work asynchronously on Canvas AND meet at scheduled times and places [Provide dates, times, and location] (announced in class schedule). Attendance is required for all scheduled class times. Office hours are held synchronously.

Hyflex

This Hyflex class meets at the same time on-campus and through a synchronous teleconference tool such as Zoom at regularly scheduled class times (announced in class schedule). Students can choose to attend/Students will be instructed to attend either on-campus or through the teleconference tool at scheduled class times. Attendance is required for all scheduled class times. Office hours are held synchronously.

Proctored Online Class

This Proctored Online Class (POC) is asynchronous with synchronous exams. Students and instructor(s) complete weekly classwork asynchronously within the LMS, with proctored exams at [Provide dates, times, and location] (announced in Class Schedule). Exams are proctored (on campus or electronically or at an approved proctoring site). Office hours are held synchronously.

Note: Your customized Ticket Note should be sent to your Division Chair after you are scheduled to teach the course.

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