Virtual College of Texas

Faculty

Thanks for your interest in VCT. Participation in VCT offers the following benefits to you:

1. Highly motivated distance education students generally enroll in VCT classes.These students need your class to graduate or are making a special effort to get the content your class offers.
2. Your class can "make" with smaller SAC enrollment because VCT students from all over Texas fill slots and generate revenue for the college.
3. Your class gets statewide publicity as an example of excellence in distance education.

If you would like to list your course, please take the following steps:

1. Discuss the matter with your department chairperson. He or she may wish to block slots in the ACCD reservation system in order to ensure that your class does not become overloaded.
2. Determine how many slots you wish to reserve. Most instructors request 3-5, but the popularity and retention rate of your class will influence your decision.
3. Fill out the SAC VCT Information Form. You will need to provide all information because the reservation system will not accept incomplete listings. You may either save the form electronically and e-mail it to the VCT Coordinator as an attachment, or you may print the form, fill it out manually, and send it by PONY to the Coordinator at the following address:
   
   
   Isabel Castañeda, SAC Online VCT Coordinator
   Distance Education Center, San Antonio College
   Fletcher Administration Center, Suite 221
   1300 San Pedro Avenue San Antonio, TX 78212-4299
   
   
   Telephone: (210) 486-0391
   FAX: (210) 486-1725
   E-mail: icastaneda@mail.accd.edu

You will be notified by e-mail message as soon as your course is listed.

Once the course is in the system, the coordinator will take any requests for reservations from host colleges. She will then notify you by e-mail if your course receives any VCT students. The deadline for VCT registration is the same date as the ACCD general registration deadline each semester.

The VCT coordinator will ensure that you receive student information, census rosters, and grade rosters for your VCT students. Each host college creates a "dummy course" in its records system and registers its VCT students; therefore, these students will not show up on your SAC rosters.

You will also be able to arrange on-campus testing for your VCT students at their host colleges. Each college is required to provide a secure, proctored testing center for use by VCT provider college instructors. The VCT coordinator will provide you with information about the testing centers, and then you can arrange to send your testing materials and instructions to the host college.