How does a typical Genesee Online course work?
Most of Genesee’s Distance Learning courses utilize the Blackboard course management system in My Courses, accessed through GenESIS from our main web page. The My Courses tab gives access to each individual course: the course content, syllabus, assignments, discussions and assessments. There are student tutorials within My Courses to help you familiarize yourself with the system. Distance learning instructors vary in the techniques they use to evaluate and grade; this information is detailed in the course syllabus. All courses require written work. Some assign a series of short papers; some require one or more longer papers; some require field research, term papers or projects. Some instructors give online assessments in My Courses; some require exams to be taken at the Center for Academic Progress (CAP) or at a Genesee Community College Campus Center. For some online courses, typically Math and Accounting, students who reside outside the GLOW region will be required to locate a test p
