The document outlines the responsibilities and expectations for online students at Stanbridge College. It states that students are expected to be familiar with the syllabus and spend 12 hours per week on coursework for a 4-unit class. Students must make 2-6 discussion forum posts per week, and will be dismissed if they do not post for 14 consecutive days. Instructors must respond to student queries within 48 hours and grade assignments within 5 days. They are also available for 2 hours of office hours per week and will refer struggling students to a tutor.

1. Week 1: What’s Expected of an
Online Student
STANBRIDGE COLLEGE
ORIENTATION TO ONLINE LEARNING

2. Responsibilities of Student
 The Student is expected to know what is on the
syllabus.
 What are the course outcomes?
 What is the correct text and supplementary material to the text
(text website, workbooks, CDs, etc.).
 A 4 unit course will require 12 hours per week of work.
 You should plan your schedule to accommodate 12 hours of
working at the website, reading your text, making postings to the
Discussion Forum, and doing homework assignments.
 What are key topics and themes of the course?

3. More on Syllabus
 Important: Minimum of 2-6 postings per week
(based on course).
 Discussion Forum postings determine attendance.
 No postings over 14 consecutive days results in
dismissal from program.

4. What Student Can Expect from Instructor
 Instructor must respond to student query (from either or
discussion forums) within 48 hours of submission date.
 Instructor must grade and comment on the right answers
to an assignment within 5 days of the submission date.
 An Instructor must be available for two hours per week
for office hours.
 Your Instructor is not expected to serve as a private tutor
for students having exceptional difficulties.
 However , instructor must refer students who are falling behind due
to exceptional difficulties to the Dean of Instruction, who will obtain
an external private tutor.
 An instructor may volunteer to be a tutor but as the class instructor,
cannot charge a fee for private tutoring.

5.  To Be Continued