Weekly Interaction
Can a visitor to your course see weekly interaction within Canvas?
To be considered a distance education course (vs. a correspondence course, which does not qualify for financial aid), the instructor must interact with students regularly throughout the semester.
The distance education online classroom must include regular instructor-student contact and opportunities for student-student interaction. You get to choose how you do this and it can be very simple. Here's a table that shows ways you could meet interaction requirements:
| Instructor - Student | Student - Student | |
|---|---|---|
| Canvas Discussion | with instructor participation | X |
| Messages via Canvas (Inbox, archived chat) | X | X |
| Online conferences (archived Zoom) | X | X |
| Group learning activities/collaboration | X | |
| Canvas Announcements | X | |
| Canvas Assignments & Quizzes | with Assignment Feedback (SpeedGrader) | with Peer Review |
| ADA Compliant 3rd party auxiliary platforms/LTIs |
Please note:
- You must be prepared to allow a reviewer into your third-party platform through a single sign-on within Canvas.
- The instructor should communicate with students when unable to provide regular contact due to unexpected reasons such as illness or a family emergency.
- Content must be ADA compliant (Accessible). See our Accessibility Module for details.
- See Cuyamaca's Regular and Effective Contact Policy for best practices and examples.
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