SWCC

Yes.  Click here to apply online if you are a new student to Southwest. 

If you have attended here before, you may still have information on file.  If so, you would just need to lookup your login information here to access your records in MYSouthwest. If you have not attended classes in the last three years, or you are a student at another community college, you will need t o complete an application for Southwest.

Yes.  Click here to register online via ‘My Southwest’. 

Yes.  Click here to visit the SWCC Bookstore to find your course textbook information. Note that books purchased with Financial Aid funds must be purchased in the Campus Bookstore located in Buchanan Hall.
 

Hybrid classes are those that meet face-to-face but have some sessions that are delivered by other means--like video, online, via Blackboard, etc. Students have the combined experience of meeting their classmates in person as well as the flexibility of time outside of the classroom to work independently.

These classes are indicated by the word hybrid on the class schedule.

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Interactive Classroom Video Classes are two-way real-time video courses taught in electronic classrooms. Interactive classroom video courses are synchronous, meaning the student must attend at the time designated for the course. However, students may attend at the originating site (send site) or at any of the receive sites listed in the course schedule.

Interactive Classroom Video courses are designated by C or D section number. For example, MTH-163-D1 would originate at SWCC, with the student having the option of attending at SWCC or at the Booth Center in Grundy. These courses are listed as Electronic Classroom in the online schedule.

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Media Delivery courses are on Blackboard. Once you have access to your course through Blackboard, familiarize yourself with the course page to locate your syllabus and course due dates. Your course may incorporate streaming media, which contains videos where you will gain information similar to if you were listening to a lecture in a face-to-face classroom. If you do not have dependable internet access, most of the course videos are available on DVD in the Distance Learning department, Dellinger Hall, room 101/107. In addition, the Blackboard course page will also indicate if you are required to contact the Distance Learning office to obtain other materials and for testing information. These courses are listed under Media Delivery in the class schedule.

These classes are designated by sections with V plus a number following the course number; for example, English 111-V1 and are listed as VIDEO in the online schedule

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WWW Online courses are taught via the internet (internet based). Most WWW Online courses are taught using Blackboard but may also include other internet-based materials, PowerPoint, special software, listservs, and email. Students registering for these classes must have full internet access including email accounts. Take a look at the following web site to ensure that you have everything you need to be successful in your course: http://ddl.sw.edu .

Questions may be directed to DDL staff by calling 1.800.859.1513, email questions to ddlinfo@sw.edu , or to the specific academic instructor whose email address follows the course listing. To begin most online courses, students need to obtain their username and password by following the directions at https://sw.my.vccs.edu and then contact the instructor via email.

WWW Online courses are indicated by the section W plus a number (for example, English 112-W1), and the listing will be followed by the instructor’s email address on the printed schedule and are labeld Internet Based in the online schedule..

It depends on the course. 

For hybrid or video courses,  you will need to make contact with the Distance Learning Department to pick up your course materials, (i.e. syllabus, videos, etc.)  Courses that are entirely web-based do not require you to visit our office.  If you’re unsure, call the Distance Learning Department with your course information available, and they will help you determine your best plan of action.

You may or may not have supervised tests.  Click here to visit our Testing area for more information on this topic. 

No. 

Distance learning courses have the same objectives and materials as on campus courses, they are just geared to allow the student more flexibility in scheduling their time in completing all course requirements.