Tag Archive: virtual college

How to Log In to Florida Online at Daytona State College

By Richard X. Thripp at 2008-08-26T21:20:19Z in General, with these tags: classes, daytonastate.edu, dsc, email, online, virtual college, 0 Comments. 426 words.

MVSmith asked this question over in the Daytona State College forum:

Virtual College

Where did it go?

I’m signed up for Sociology via online with the VC and not only have I not yet heard from the professor, but the links I have to the VC no longer work. On top of that, I’ve been searching the new site for DSC and there’s nothing there (that I’ve found anyways).

So, if we have a class online, how do we get to it?

It’s a good question. The new virtual college is confusing. My Physics professor, Dr. Gajendra Tulsian, asked a student to log …

How to Ace a Daytona State Online Exam

By Richard X. Thripp at 2008-08-13T20:13:57Z in General, with these tags: tests, tips, virtual college, 2 Comments. 1,894 words.

I learned some tricks when I took my human nutrition course (HUN1201) online last fall. The college offers many courses online through a program called Florida Online, which was previously Virtual College.

They use Desire2Learn Learning Environment for their online classes and tests. With the exception of finals, teachers create their own tests, usually with multiple-choice answers, but sometimes essays or fill-in-the-blanks. The latter is harder for most students, but also harder for the teacher to grade, so you don’t see it often.

The time limits vary quite widely. My teacher, Myra Vergani, had six tests, with 50 multiple …