YVC Course Modalities

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YVC Course Modalities

A course modality identifies how the class will be taught. The class may be held face-to-face, online or in a combination of both. Yakima Valley College offers various ways for students to successfully complete their courses.

  • Course instruction is provided at a specific location on a specific day and time in person.
  • All students are expected to meet in real time at scheduled class times, in-person, in an on-campus location.
  • When browsing courses in ctcLink, the “Instruction Mode” for the course will be listed as “In Person” with a day, time, and building and room number assigned.

    How it looks:

Screen shot of a face-to-face class in the registration software.

  • Course instruction is provided online without specific days and times assigned to the class.
  • All students are expected to complete coursework online according to the deadlines set by the course instructor.
  • When browsing courses in ctcLink, the “Instruction Mode” for the course will be listed as “Online.”

    How it looks on class schedule:

Screen shot of Asychronus display online.

  • Course instruction is provided online on specific days and times assigned to the class.
  • All students are expected to meet online in real time at scheduled class times.
  • When browsing courses in ctcLink, the “Instruction Mode” for the course will be listed as “Online.”

    How it looks on class schedule:

Screen shot of synchronus class online view.

  • Course instruction is provided at a specific location on a specific day and time (as with Face-to-Face classes), and part of the course is also completed online either synchronously or asynchronously, depending on the course content.
  • All students are expected to follow specific course policies and guidelines individually set by the course instructor.
  • When browsing courses in ctcLink, the “Instruction Mode” for the course will be listed as “Hybrid.” A day, time, and building and room number will be assigned for the in-person class sessions. For the online sessions “TBA” will be listed for the day and time and “Hybrid Online” for the room assigned.
  • Further instruction about online components will be provided by the course instructor in the first week of the instruction.

Screen shot of Hybrid online registration view.

 

Modality Matrix

Modality Assigned Classroom Synchronous or Asynchronous Technology Needs
Face-to-Face Yes Synchronous Canvas
Synchronous Online No Synchronous Canvas, Zoom
Asynchronous Online No Asynchronous Canvas, Zoom
Hybrid Yes Both, depending on the course Canvas, Zoom