Online Learning Orientation Facts
Completion of the Educational Technology (ET) orientation is REQUIRED for ALL NEW BC3 Online students or any student enrolled in an online class who has not taken an online class in the past two years.
See how to register below.
All PRAXIS Prep non-credit students will access the orientation in their courses on the first day of classes. However, enrollment in an online credit course will require the ET Online Orientation, also.
Online Classes and Blackboard
All classes will not be visible in Blackboard until the first day the class is scheduled AND ET Orientation completion requirements are met.
(If you have completed the ET orientation within the last 2 years, you do not have to take it again.)
Blackboard is the web-based product that BC3 uses to deliver classes via the Internet.
Credit Students, please note that your My.BC3.edu e-mail address MUST be activated and used for all correspondence.
Orientation Information
TO REGISTER for the free Educational Technology Orientation:
The Course ID is GENL 001 B60.
GENL 001 B61 is ONLY for online CREDIT PRAXIS STUDENTS taking NO OTHER ONLINE courses.
Please register through the Student Portal or the Office of Registration and Records.
Orientation Availability Dates
Spring 2012 Semester:
- GENL 001 B60 E.T. Online Orientation Information
- Available anytime after Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 12:00 a.m.
- (PRAXIS ONLY) GENL 001 B61 E.T. Online Orientation Information
- Available anytime after Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 12:00 a.m.
You DO NOT have to come to campus for this orientation!!!
Work online at your convenience anytime after the beginning date from the comfort of your own computer.
All online classes in Blackboard will not be available until the first day of class AND orientation is completed so it is imperative to complete this GENL 001 B60 by January 17, 2012.
PRAXIS Students: Check your scheduled start date for class. Complete the GENL 001 B61 orientation prior to the first day of class.
Once your class has begun, if you complete the orientation after 3:00 p.m. you will not have access to any classes in Blackboard until 3:00 p.m. the next BC3 business day.
Please read this Getting Started Guide FIRST.
It should take you about 1 hour to complete this orientation, depending on your system settings and skill level. You do not have to complete it in one sitting.
If you do not complete the orientation before the first week of classes, many professors will not allow you to join the class or make-up missed work.
If you do not complete the GENL 001 B60 orientation before the deadline (January 24 by 11 p.m.), you will be dropped from your online classes!
Praxis students must complete the GENL 001 B61 orientation by the end of the first week of class or face being dropped.
Adult Information Night @ BC3
Wed Feb. 29, 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Division of Educational Technology
Ann McCandless
Dean of Educational Technology
Gloria Sabatelli
Coordinator of Educational Technology
Debra Brim
Educational Technology Support Specialist
Elaine Chuba
Division Secretary
724.284.8523
edtech@bc3.edu
