Center for Distance Education

In Development

We're always working to improve our courses and offer more options for students. These are the courses we're working on now:

Courses Being Revised (tentative)

ABUS F220 (online): Microcomputer Accounting: Quickbooks (Fall 2010)
ANTH F100X (print): Individual, Society and Culture (Fall 2010)
ART/JRN/THR 347 (online): Lighting Design (Fall 2010)
BA F307 (online): Introductory Human Resources Management (Summer 2010)
BA F330 (online): The Legal Environment of Business (Summer 2010)
DEVE F070 (print): Preparatory College Writing II (Summer 2010)
ECON F100X (online): Political Economy (Fall 2010)
ECON F350 (online): Money and Banking (Fall 2010)
ENGL F111x (print): Intro to Academic Writing (Fall 2010)
ENGL F111x (online): Intro to Academic Writing (Fall 2010)
FLM/JRN F105 (print): History of the Cinema (Fall 2010)
JUST F110 (online): Introduction to Justice (Fall 2010)
JUST F340 (online): Rural Justice in Alaska (Spring 2011)
LS F101X (online): Library Information and Research (Summer 2010)
LING F101 (print):Nature of Language (Fall 2010)
SOC 100x (online): Individual, Society, and Culture (Fall 2010)
SOC 100x (print): Individual, Society, and Culture (Fall 2010)
SWK F375 (online): Research Methods in Social Work (Summer 2010)

New Courses in Development (tentative)

ANS F??? (online): ANCSA (Fall 2010)
ANTH 100X (online): Individual, Society and Culture (Fall 2010)
BIOL F103X (online): Biology and Society (Fall 2010)
BIOL 3F93/4 (online): An Introduction to Primary Literature Review (Fall 2010)
ECON F201 (online): Principles of Economics I: Microeconomics (Fall 2010)
ECON F237 (online): The Alaskan Economy (Fall 2010)
DEVE 070 (online): Preparatory College Writing II (Fall 2010)
ENGL F213x (online): Academic Writing about the Social and Natural Sciences (Summer 2010)
FLM/JRN F105 (online):History of the Cinema (Fall 2010)
FISH F101 (online): Introduction to Fisheries (Spring 2011)
HLTH F106 (online): Human Behavior and Health Care (Summer 2010)
HLTH F110 (online): Professional Skills in the Workplace (Fall 2010)
HLTH F130 (online): Medical Office Terminology (Fall 2010)
HLTH F236 (online): Outpatient Health Care Reimbursement (Fall 2010)
HLTH F237 (online): Inpatient Health Care Reimbursement (Fall 2010)
LING F101 (online): Nature of Language (Fall 2010)
NRM 101 (online): Natural Resources Conservation and Policy (Summer 2010)
PSY F101 (print): Introduction to Psychology (Summer 2010)
STAT F200X (online): Elementary Probability and Statistics (Summer 2010)

New Courses Completed and Ready for Enrollment

ANS F111/HIST F110 (online): History of Alaska Natives (Spring (2010)
ANL 193 (online): Introduction to Mongolian Language and Culture (Spring 2010)
BA F323x (online): Business Ethics (Spring 2010)
CS F103 (online): Introduction to Computer Programming (Spring 2010)
DEVM F105 (online): Intermediate Algebra (Spring 2010)
HLTH F100 (online): Medical Terminology (Spring 2010)

Recently Revised Courses Completed and Ready for Enrollment

ABUS F101 (online): Principles of Accounting I (Spring 2010)
ABUS F201 (online): Principles of Accounting II (Spring 2010)
CIOS F240 (online): Access (Spring 2010)
JRN F311 (online): Magazine Article Writing (Spring 2010)
PS F100X (online): Political Economy (Spring 2010)
PSY F101 (online): Introduction to Psychology (Spring 2010)
PSY F370 (print): Drugs and Drug Dependence (Summer 2010)

last updated: February 3, 2010

New and Open For Enrollment

ANS F111/HIST F110

(online): History of Alaska Natives

ANL 193

(online): Introduction to Mongolian Language and Culture

BAF323X

(online): Business Ethics

CS F103

(online): Introduction to Computer Programming

DEVM F105

(online): Intermediate Algebra

HLTH F100

(online): Medical Terminology

These Independent Learning Courses are now available for enrollment. To find out more about these classes go to the course list and search our database by course number.

Classes Begin Jan 21

Spring classes begin on January 21. If you live in the Fairbanks area (FS/FX sections) you need to visit the CRCD bookstore (first floor, corner of Davis Road and University Avenue South) to purchase your books and materials in order to get started in your class. If you live outside of Fairbanks (US/UX sections) your books and materials have already been shipped. Access to your class(es) in Blackboard should be available early next week. If your course isn't showing up, please contact your instructor.

Students

Student Services

For most of your needs from the Center for Distance Education (CDE), this is your first stop. Questions and assistance on registration and course scheduling, the processing of your lessons and your student records, examinations and day-to-day assistance for any other questions are offered through Student Services. A proctored testing center is located at our facility as well as information on how to obtain a proctor when you are not in Fairbanks. Our bookstore houses all the texts and other materials you will need to complete your courses. If you are local to Fairbanks, you can come to CDE's location to pick up all your materials. Our office hours are Monday through Friday, 8 am to 5 pm. If you are located outside of Fairbanks, our bookstore will mail you all the materials required for your course.

Forms

Registration Form
Secondary School Student Enrollment Form (pdf) - Link currently not working: contact us.
Drop
Exam Request/Letter for Proctor
Request for Extension (year-long only)
Request for Incomplete (semester-based only)
Withdraw
Fill out the End-of-Course Survey (pdf) or complete the form online.

Spring Semester Book Mailout

For those registered in US/UX sections of CDE courses, your books/materials are being mailed out this week. The CRCD Bookstore begins the mailout this week and if you have already registered you should receive a package later in the week. If you haven't registered yet, we suggest register right away to allow for the package to get to you. If you have questions please contact the CRCD bookstore at

Main line: 907.474.7711
Toll-Free: 1.877.651.4002
Email: rycdebks@uaf.edu

Test 2

Yearlong Independent Learning Registration

If you do not wish to register on line, request a registration form from distance@uaf.edu or fill out the pdf version. Students may enroll any time during the year for yearlong (non-semester-based) courses. If you are currently a UA student, please read the information on semester-based courses. If you are using financial aid/scholarships/grants, you should not register using this form. Contact your local campus to add the course to your semester course load. If you are currently a high school student, you will need to complete a Secondary School Student Enrollment Form.

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IDENTIFICATION - REQUIRED

One of these fields is required. Please enter EITHER your Student ID (preferred) or your Social Security Number.

Student ID:

If you do not have a Student ID (or do not know what it is) check this box to enter your social security number instead.

Social Security Number: - -

INFORMATION RELEASE

Directory information is disclosed on a routine basis unless a student requests in writing that such information may not be released. The following is considered directory information:

Name
Address, telephone number, e-mail address
Home address (permanent)
Height and weight of students on athletic teams
Date and place of birth
Dates of attendance and current class standing
Major field(s) of study
Degrees, honors, and awards received, including dates
Participation in officially recognized activities
Chancellor's List and Dean's List recognition each semester

The University of Alaska Fairbanks does not discriminate in employment, admissions, access to or treatment in its programs, activities and services on the basis of race, color, age, sex, national origin, religion, veterans status, handicap or otherwise as proscribed by applicable state and federal laws and regulations, including Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and E.O. 11246 as amended.

This information is requested in order to monitor our affirmative action program and to ensure equal educational opportunity. The information you provide will be kept confidential and will in no way adversely affect your enrollment. Your cooperation in providing this data is appreciated as this information is to be used for statistical purposes.

Sex: Male: Female:

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Veteran/Military:

Yes: No:

If no, what country?

Did you graduate from High School?

Yes: No:

If yes, what date?

Did you complete the GED?

Yes: No:

If yes, what date?

High School Information

Name of High School attended:

High School City:

State:

Miscellaneous Information

If you attended UAF before 1983, please list dates of attendance:

If you attended UAF under another name, please enter the name used:

Select a Course:

Directions: Courses are listed alphabetically by department. The order of each course listing is as follows:
CRN, Department, Course Number, Course Title, Credits, Price
Note that some courses are offered online, while others are print-based.
Once you have selected a course, you can see how much it will cost below (after various fees are applied). When you add a course the new total price will automatically be updated to reflect that change. Similarly, if you remove a course, the price will be updated to reflect that change.

Add another course

Note on calculation of fees:

Technology Fees:
$5 per credit up to $60 per semester.

Network Fees:
$3 per credit hour for 000-400 level courses $6 per credit hour for 500 and 600 level courses

Distance Fees:
$40 - 00-200 level
$75 - 300-600 level

Tuition: 0.00

Technology Fees: 0.00

Network Fees: 0.00

Distance Fees: 0.00

Materials: not calculated

Total Cost: 0.00

Do you want us to include materials fees in your final invoice? Yes: No:

Method of Payment

If you would like to pay now, please check this box and enter your credit card number. Be aware that any information you enter is secure.

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By submitting this registration, I signify my understanding that I am responsible for all applicable UAF academic regulations, tuition, and fees whether or not I successfully complete the course or courses in which I am enrolling.

NOTE: books/materials will be automatically mailed when registering online. If you want to pick up books in person, please come to our office to register.

Deadlines

These are dates you NEED to know! If you ever have questions about course procedures, call us right away. Waiting until the deadline may prevent you from seeing the result you want!

COMPLETION DATE: All work (including final exam) for the Spring semester must be completed by Thursday, May 6th, 2010 unless otherwise noted by your instructor in your course syllabus. Please note that CDE has an EARLIER date than most UAF campus courses.

Spring Registration	Nov. 23, 09 - Jan. 15, '10
Book Mailing	Begins January 4
First Day of Instruction	Thursday, January 21
Last day to Drop/Add with 100% tuition refund (NOT FEES)	January 29
Last day to Drop with 50% tuition refund (NOT FEES)	February 5
Refund for materials: check your packing slip or receipt for current return policy.
Last day to Withdraw. "W" appears on transcript.	March 26
Assignment & exam completion (MOST courses)	May 6

SPRING GRADUATES
If you expect to finish your degree this fall, you must complete a Graduation Application (with fee) by February 15th. The form is available at the Office of the Registrar or at /www.uaf.edu/reg/forms/graduation.pdf.

All work for graduates must be completed by May 6th to allow time for your instructor to grade all your assignments and exams. The Graduation office MUST be notified if you are unable to meet this deadline! You can reach them at 907-474-7523 or graduation@uaf.edu.

Using Blackboard-Checking Your Grade

Any activity, quiz or exam that is automatically graded will automatically post the grade in your gradebook (multiple choice/true & false quesitons). If an instructor needs to review the material submitted for an assignment (normally short answer, essay, fill-in-the-blank type questions), quiz or exam then the instructor will need to review the submission and then post a grade in the gradebook.

To access your grades, click on the MY GRADES menu item on the left

or go to TOOLS link and select My Grades.

The image below is taken from a sample course. The name of each gradeable item will appear in the first column, followed by details and a due date if applicable.

The next column titled, "Last Submitted, Modified or Graded will have the date that the item was submitted or modified by you OR graded by the instructor.

The next columns represents your grade, the possible points available, and any overall comments the instructor made on your assessment. Your instructor may have chosen to add his or her comments directly to the homework file so if you don't see anything here it doesn't mean you haven't been given any feedback.

Additional information on the gradebook is:

A - the total points for the course

B - the total points you received on this assignment. To see more details you should click on the blue, underlined "5" which is actually a link back to the assessment and instructor feedback.

C - the total points you received on this assignment. Again, to see more details you should click on the blue, underlined "1.0" which is actually a link back to the assessment and instructor feedback.

D - this means that you submitted the homework (on Dec 8, 2009) but the instructor has not yet graded it.

Other symbols might look like this:

Getting Help

Student Guides

Distance Student Survival Guide

Blackboard™ Tutorials

Plugins and Viewers

There may be occasions in taking our courses where you need to access files that will require you have an up-to-date "plug-in" installed on your computer in order to view the file.

Some of the more common plug-ins you might need are:

Adobe Acrobat Reader used to view or print Adobe PDF files.

Flash Player to view .swf files and flash animation

Microsoft Office Viewer to view microsoft word, excel, powerpoint and other Microsoft documents.

Open Office (free download)

Google Docs (free download)

Didn't find what you're looking for? Please contact us!

We are located in the Bowers Office Park, 2175 University Avenue South, Suite 200, Fairbanks, Alaska. Office hours are Monday through Friday, 8am to 5pm.

Mailing Address:

P.O. Box 756700
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK 99775-6700

Phone:

907-479-3444 or 1-800-277-8060

Fax:

907-479-3443

E-mail:

distance@uaf.edu

New Distance Fee Implemented

Beginning Jan 1, 2010 and on all Spring semester courses, there is a new fee being added to distance courses:

$40 for lower division (00-200 level)

$75 for upper division and Graduate courses (300-600 level).

What benefit will students receive from the distance fee?

The distance fee allows us to create a better learning experience for students by:

reviewing and revising distance courses more frequently
providing faculty training and support
maintaining an advisor specifically for distance education
providing in-house registration
providing support and security for proctored exams
offering technical support and assistance

Using Blackboard-Helpful Hints

Managing Content in Blackboard™

File Types

There are many different files types for documents commonly used in a Blackboard™ course. You can determine what type of document the file is by looking at the extension abbreviation at the end of the file name. (For example, the .doc part of the file shown below.)

The main two types of documents you might see are Microsoft Word documents (.doc or .docx) and Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format (.pdf). If you don't have these two software programs installed on your computer there are free viewers you can download and use on your own. Free viewers can be found at:

Acrobat Reader:

www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readermain.html

Microsoft Products (free viewer only)

www.microsoft.com/office/000/viewers.asp

Open Office (free microsoft-like software)

openoffice.org/

Other Common Document File Types you might see in Blackboard™ are:

Rich Text Format text documents (.rtf)
Plain text documents (.txt)
Microsoft Exel Spreadsheets or Charts (.xls or .xlsx)
Microsoft Powerpoint Presentations (.ppt or .pps, .pptx or .ppsx)
Microsoft Access Databbase (.mdb)
Graphics or pictures (.jpg or .gif)
Video Clips (.mov or .swf)
Audio Clips (.wav, mp3)
HTML or Web files (.htm or .html)
Zip-compressed files (multiple files packaged together) (.zip)

Winter Holiday Closure

Our office will be closed for the winter holiday season starting Tuesday, 1200PM 22 December 2009. We will reopen for business Monday, 04 January 2010.

CDE Closed 17 Dec 2009

CDE will be closed from 8:00AM - 5:00PM on Thursday, 17 December, 2009 for strategic planning operations. The office will be open regular hours during the rest of that week.

New Distance Fees Explained

Until recently—as a carryover from days when we primarily offered correspondence courses—CDE collected a fee for postage and for handling paper lessons. We've recently removed that fee and alternately instituted a new distance fee to include expanded curriculum design and technology services. Creating and delivering a rich, high-quality distance education experience incurs a variety of costs that at least match—and usually exceed—those demanded by traditional face-to-face offerings. These costs include instructional design, technology implementation and training, ongoing instructor and student support, and continuous investigation into best practices in pedagogy and methodology—as well as the faculty development needs derived from them. What benefit will students receive from the distance fee? The distance fee allows us to create a better learning experience for students by: * reviewing and revising distance courses more frequently * providing faculty training and support * maintaining an advisor specifically for distance education * providing in-house registration * providing support and security for proctored exams * offering technical support and assistance

Using Blackboard-Discussion Board

How to Participate in the Class Discussion Board

Your instructor may have set up a discussion board for use in your class. There are several ways an instructor might use the discussion board and your participation is probably factored into the overall grading scheme. A discussion begins with a Forum which might be tied to a specific chapter or lesson, an overall topic, or a general area. Most likely you will not be asked to create a new forum - this will be set up by the instructor.

Within a Forum a discussion contains threads (the main ideas) and replies (responses to threads). Its very important to pay attention when you are posting your ideas to make sure they are placed in the appropriate place.

How to Open a Forum:

Click on the Forum you wish to enter.

How to Add a New Thread:

If your instructor has set up your discussion board to allow new threads you can click on the New Thread button to create a new thought to the forum.

In the Subject field type in the subject for your new post. This should be short and concise and sum up your thought. In the Message field type in your message. Click on the Previewbutton to see what it will look like once its posted. If you need to make changes, click on the Back button on your browser. To post the thread, click on the Submit button.

How to Open a Thread:

Click on the thread you'd like to open. Threads are generally aligned to the outermost left.

How to Reply to a Thread:

Click on the Thread that you'd like to respond to and then click on the Reply button.

You will see that since this is a reply the subject field is already completed for you. In the Message field, type your response. Click on the Preview to see what it will look like. Click on the Back button on your browser if on you need to make changes. Click on the Submit button to submit it.

Options

Subscribe
Your instructor can set up a discussion forum so that you have to option to subscribe to new threads and/or replies and get notified by email. Click on the subscribe button and following the directions.

Search for a Message

If you need to search for a sepecific message there are several search options. Click on the Search link at the upper right. You can search for keywords or by author in the subject, or subject and body.

Center for Distance Education

In Development

Courses Being Revised (tentative)

New Courses in Development (tentative)

New Courses Completed and Ready for Enrollment

Recently Revised Courses Completed and Ready for Enrollment

last updated: February 3, 2010

New and Open For Enrollment

ANS F111/HIST F110

ANL 193

BAF323X

CS F103

DEVM F105

HLTH F100

Classes Begin Jan 21

Students

Student Services

Forms

Spring Semester Book Mailout

Test 2

Deadlines

Using Blackboard-Checking Your Grade

Getting Help

Student Guides

Blackboard™ Tutorials

Other Software Tutorials

Plugins and Viewers

Didn't find what you're looking for? Please contact us!

Mailing Address:

Phone:

Fax:

E-mail:

New Distance Fee Implemented

Using Blackboard-Helpful Hints

Managing Content in Blackboard™

Winter Holiday Closure

CDE Closed 17 Dec 2009

New Distance Fees Explained

Using Blackboard-Discussion Board

How to Participate in the Class Discussion Board