Distance Learning @ HCTC
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This page will contain a variety of information for students enrolled in distance learning classes.  The resources include the following:

• Financial Aid
• Textbook Information
• HCTC Web Policy
• How to log into KYVU if you are taking a Web-enhanced, Web-local, or Web-KYVU class
• Checking your KCTCS Email account
• Contact Persons for additonal help

Financial Aid:
Students approved for financial aid assistance or VA educational assistance AND who are taking KYVU classes from a college other than their home college must contact the Financial Aid Office at the home college to complete additional requirements before funds can be approved. (A home college is the school who approves teh funds and it is the college you submit your application with).

Textbooks:

Students receiving Financial Aid through Hazard Community and Technical College should contact Pat Caudill at the HCTC bookstore,and for information about ordering online go to http://hazardctc.bkstore.com/ website.  For students taking Web-KYVU classes and for textbook information, orders for course materials can be done through the central bookstore at the

http://ashland.bkstore.com/ website.

HCTC Web-enhanced, Web-Local, or Web-KYVU Class Policy:

The World Wide Web (WWW) can be used in multiple ways to deliver instruction, assess student learning, and provide an interaction among students and between the instructor and students. World Wide Web instruction can be designed to be accessed by students at their convenience.

Student rules and expectations:

•  Students are expected to read the course syllabus and send the instructor an email stating the student understands the course policies. If the student does not understand the syllabi, the student is to make an appointment to speak with their instructor.

•  Students having problems with class access are to contact the instructor, the Distance Learning Coordinator, and/or the KYVU helpdesk at 1-866-606-1725.

•  Students are expected to have all class textbooks and supplies by the end of the first week of classes.

•  Students are expected to follow the course outline and calendar for due dates. It is strongly suggested that students check the course site at least one week prior to the first day of class and continuously throughout the semester as all calendar entries are tentative.

•  Students are expected to attend all class meetings (if applicable). Web-enhanced classes will have class meetings similar to an in-person class. Web-local may or may not have associated class meetings. Web-KYVU classes do not normally have class meetings.

All students enrolled in any web course needs to know how to use their KCTCS email account, as well as how to use the web mail in the course shell if WebCT or Angel is utilized.

Logging-on to a Web-enhanced, Web-local, or Web-KYVU class:

•  Point your browser to http://www.kyvu.org

•  Go to the login box on the right side of the page

•  User name: first letter of first name, last name, and last 4 digits of your social security number with no spaces in the user Id

•  Password: last 4 digits of the social security number
(e.g. If my name was Jane Doe, username would be jdoe1234 . The password is the last four digits of the SSN alone (e.g. "1234")).

More Information about Student Login Instructions : http://www.kctcs.edu/distancelearning/orientation6.htm

Checking Your KCTCS E-Mail:

As a student of the KCTCS System, you have been issued a login ID and password. NOTE: this is a different login from the one described with the Web class account. E-mail is an integral part of the distance learning process as well as your everyday process as a student of Hazard Community and Technical College . As you get grade information, class registration, and other related information on your email account. In addition all of your KCTCS information will come through student E-mail. Click on the following link to check your e-mail: https://webmail.kctcs.edu/exchange/

Enter the student ID number and password you were provided when prompted in the following format: The login entry is the domain name (KCTCSACC), followed by a "right slash" (/), ending with the PeopleSoft student ID that you were given during registration.

Login: KCTCSACC/jdoe0001
Password: yourpassword (whatever the password is)

*For more information about student email, go to the following site: http://www.kctcs.edu/student/email.html

*If you lose or forget your login information, contact a lab assistant [instructional specialist], or the IT Tech Department on your campus.

Contact Persons:

If you have a question or ADA-related need for distance learning courses contact Ella Strong, Distance Learning Coordinator, Hazard Community and Technical College, One Community College Drive, Hazard, KY 40351; phone (606)-487-3208; email: ella.strong@kctcs.edu

If you use a Web site to promote academic departments or academic programs, contact Bart Massey, Webmaster, Hazard Community and Technical College, One Community College Drive, Hazard, KY 40351; phone (606)-487-3267; email: bart.massey@kctcs.edu .for assistance with ADA requirements.

Students with a disability or students with any inquiries about an accommodation or lack thereof of should contact to Doug Fraley, Disability Services Representative, Hazard Community and Technical College, One Community College Drive, Hazard, KY 40351; phone (606)-487-3086; email: doug.fraley@kctcs.edu .