Online Support Services | Cedar Crest College

Online but Still Personal

Before you even start at Cedar Crest, Academic Advisors meet with every student for individual online appointments to choose classes for the upcoming semester. Your academic advisor then walks through your academic journey with you. All advising is done fully online. You can call, email, or schedule virtual appointments with them anytime.

Additional Online Support Services:

Academic Coaching: academic coaching staff helps you with time management, study skills, and returning back to academic work if you’ve taken some time away.
Career Coaching: All of our Career Development staff are available for online appointments and to connect you with remote job opportunities or those local to your area.
Our IT team is here to support you, even from home. Contact our IT Helpdesk anytime for virtual support.
The Cressman Library offers library guides, databases, and the ability to talk to a librarian at any time. You can utilize the library virtually, or in person.
The office of Student Support Resources assists by connecting you to local resources in your area as well as our online supports for basic needs.
We offer 24 hour/7 online tutoring.
Online writing Support geared for graduate students (by our MFA students).
On Campus Amenities: Even as an online learner, you have full access to on campus amenities like the gym, library, and our aquatic center.

Using Canvas

Courses are delivered through Canvas, our cloud-based Learning Management System. Students can view and interact with course materials, view feedback, and interact with other course users. Other benefits include:

Get up-to-date grade information in your class
Submit assignments and get feedback from your instructor
Use the calendar planner view to see all due dates in all courses for your semester
The messaging function allows you to easily correspond with your instructor
See course announcements from your instructors

How Cedar Crest Offers Classes

In person or face-to-face: Instructor and students attend class in person. The syllabus, assignments and gradebook are in Canvas. Canvas may have course materials posted, but all instruction takes place face-to-face in a classroom setting.

Online-Asynchronous: Instructor and students meet for class entirely using technology; the course has no on campus (in person) attendance requirement. Asynchronous participation means that the instructor posts course materials and students. Asynchronous participation means that the instructor posts course materials and students participate individually according to the terms on the syllabus.

Online-Synchronous: Instructor and students meet for class entirely using technology; the course has no on campus (in person) attendance requirement. Synchronous classes indicate that the instructor and students will participate in the class at the same day and time but using technology to meet. Asynchronous participation means that the instructor posts course materials and students Online-Synch participate individually according to the terms on the syllabus.

Hybrid: Instructor and students meet 50% or less of the scheduled course time online in an asynchronous or synchronous format. The remainder of the required course meeting time is face-to-face in a classroom setting. The instructor uses Canvas for the basic course requirements, and materials used for the online class meetings are in Canvas. The course syllabus clearly outlines the expectations Hybrid for in person and online student participation in class.

Hyflex: Instructor delivers the course material in person and online simultaneously. Each class session and learning activity occurs in-person, synchronously online, and asynchronously online. Students decide how to participate. A student may elect to take the class in a combination of formats. The course syllabus designates participation requirements for all the formats. Student must inform the Hyflex instructor of their participation intentions.

Low-Residency: Online classes with some in person instruction.

Online Orientation

Cedar Crest offers a fully online orientation course that prepares you for the start of classes, introduces you to helpful offices on campus, and gives you all the resources needed to succeed. This course is asynchronous and is available for you to reference any time that is convenient.

Even if you’re taking all of your courses online, you’re still invited to our Welcome Night orientation event at the start of your college journey to meet other students, faculty, and staff.

After you commit to Cedar Crest College and before the semester starts, we will stay in contact with you through regular emails that contain helpful information.