Services CVC3 Provides

Grants
Mentors
QuizServer
Tegrity
Training
Web Hosting
WebBoard

Grants for Online Course Development

The CVC Southern California Regional Center has supported development of approximately 87 model online courses through small grants to faculty and colleges within the region. Recently CVC3 awarded 26 individuals from 15 different colleges within the region with Model Online Course Grants for 2002-2003.

Mentors for each College/District

CVC3 has initiated a mentoring program to facilitate communication with faculty at colleges within the region and to improve responsiveness to faculty needs. Mentors receive a small annual stipend, participate in specialized mentor training, and serve as liaison and support to faculty at their colleges. To find out who the mentor for your college or district is, please see CVC3 Mentors.

QuizServer for Online Quizzes

QuizServer, an easy-to-use quiz development and delivery program is available on the CVC3 server free of charge to colleges within our region. This package provides a simple way to include quizzes for online classes that are not being delivered through a course management system such as Blackboard, Prometheus, or WebCT. Faculty members can quickly and easily create self-scoring multiple-choice, true-false, or fill-in-the-blank quizzes and test. See an example or request an account by contacting us at: CVC3@cvc.edu.

Tegrity WebLearner

CVC3 has a mobile Tegrity WebLearner system available for faculty within the region to use at the CVC3 Center in Fountain Valley or to check out to their college for limited periods of time. Contact us at: CVC3@cvc.edu and check the CVC3 Online Institute for announcements about upcoming Tegrity training.

Tegrity WebLearner provides a way to capture classroom-style instruction for delivery over the Web. For more info about Tegrity and to view demos, go to www.Tegrity.com.

Training

The CVC3 Online Institute offers a variety of types of training related to the design, development, and delivery of online instruction. The Institute serves as a portal to register for both on-site and online courses, workshops, and events. Visit the Institute site today to learn about current offerings or to sign up for individual events. For other CVC training opportunities within the state, see the
CVC Professional Development Center. If your college would like CVC3 to provide training at your campus, please contact
us at: CVC3@cvc.edu.

Web Hosting

The Foundation for California Community Colleges and the California Virtual Campus are pleased to announce that the CVC will offer new options for WebCT and Blackboard licenses and WebCT and Blackboard hosting for California community colleges for 2004-2005. For more information, please refer to the following (PDF documents will open in a new browser window):

WebCT Licensing Announcement
WebCT Pricing Options

Blackboard Licensing Announcement
Blackboard Pricing Options
Blackboard Pricing Revised (05/19/2004)

WebBoard for Online Discussions

CVC3 is hosting WebBoard, a multifaceted communication tool that supports asynchronous bulletin-board style discussions with options that include e-mail notification of new postings or participation via a mailing list.  Real-time chat rooms can be enabled for any "conference" and are great for conducting online officer hours and mid-term or final review sessions or for providing a convenient way for students to plan and prepare group projects.  To request a WebBoard, please contact us at: CVC3@cvc.edu  Include your name, title, college, and the name of the class for which you want a board.