ECC Distance Education Student Pre-Orientation

Many of the courses at El Camino College use a Course Management System or Website as a delivery method for their online courses. El Camino College fully supports the ETUDES-NG Course Management System however, some instructors may elect to use other systems. Additional course information may be found on the Distance Education website http://www.elcamino.edu/library/distance-ed/

At El Camino College many of our online courses are delivered using the ETUDES-NG Course Management System. ETUDES stands for Easy To Use Distance Education Software. This course management system can be used by your instructor to create and manage course content, evaluate performance and communicate with students. Within the course management system you will see announcements, the course syllabus, assignments and grades may also be posted. In addition, class discussions may also take place in the course management system.

Once you have officially enrolled in an ETUDES online class, please follow the steps listed in the Online Student Handbook to log in and access your class. You can dowload a copy of the handbook from the ECC Distance Education website.

Once the semster begins, then you must get approval from the instructor to add a class. There are four (4) ways to contact the instructor:

1. Attend the first class meeting (orientation) that is held on-campus. In most cases this will be the only face-to-face meeting you will have with your instructor. If space is available, the instructor will give you a code and instructions to login to the MyECC site for registration. It is the student’s responsibility to follow the directions to add the class.
2. Contact the instructor by email. Many instructors prefer contact by email, especially if the course does not have any face-to-face meetings. You can find contact information for the instructor by going to the Distance Education web-page at http://www.elcamino.edu/library/distance-ed/ and clicking on “Course and Faculty Information” located on the left navigation menu on the home page.
3. Contact the instructor by telephone. This can sometimes be challenging. Many of our faculty members are full-time instructors and have offices on campus. The start of a semester can be very busy and it is difficult for faculty to respond to a voicemail in a timely manner. Telephone information can also be found on the Distance Education website at http://www.elcamino.edu/library/distance-ed/. Click on“Course and Faculty Information” on the left menu.
4. Contact the instructor in person. You can try to catch full-time instructors in their offices. You can contact their Division office to acquire their office schedule. Please remember that at the start of a semester, instructors are busy preparing for the new semester and may not be in their office.

Once you are have been given permission from the instructor to add the class, please follow the instructions for adding classes listed on the Distance Education website.