| The 80th Texas Legislature passed Senate Bill 1788, authorizing the Texas Education Agency to establish and administer a state virtual school network to provide education to students through electronic means. An electronic course is defined as a course in which instruction and content are delivered primarily over the Internet; a student and teacher are in different locations for a majority of the student's instructional period; most instructional activities take place in an online environment; the online instructional activities are integral to the academic program; extensive communication between a student and a teacher and among students is emphasized; and a student is not required to be located on the physical premises of a school district or open-enrollment charter school. High school students requesting access to dual credit courses through TxVSN will fall into one of two registration paths. Please read both options to make sure that all registration requirements are met. Print a copy of these instructions to use as a checklist. |
Option A: Student has NOT taken a college credit course at this institution within the past 18 months. 1. Complete and submit the online application required for college admission. Processing will take 5-10 business days. 2. Submit official high school transcripts and, if taken, TAKS scores and SAT/ACT scores to the Admissions office on any campus. Transcripts may be obtained at your high school office and must be delivered in the original sealed envelope. 3. Complete all testing requirements. 4. Complete and hand-deliver a completed Dual Credit Agreement Form (PDF / Word Doc) to the Admissions Office on any campus. 5. Consult with your high school TxVSN Coordinator, who will send an email to Melinda Carroll requesting that a seat be reserved in the TxVSN section of the desired course. The link above is for use by your high school TxVSN Coordinator. 6. Student will receive an email confirmation once a space has been reserved. The email will include instructor contact information and instructions for purchasing the course textbook. 7. Pay tuition and fees in the Business Office on any campus. Due at the time of registration. 8. Purchase textbook(s) and other instructional materials. Refer to course syllabus (accessible through the VCT Credit Course Schedule) for required textbooks(s) and materials. (Student will purchase the textbook through the college providing the course.) 9. Get course login instructions and login password by contacting the course instructor. (See #6 above.) 10. Login to the online course within 24 hours of the start date of the course. |
Option B: Student has taken a college credit course at this institution within the past 18 months. 1. Complete and hand-deliver a completed Dual Credit Agreement Form to the Admissions Office on any campus. 2. Consult with your high school TxVSN Coordinator, who will send an email to Melinda Carroll requesting that a seat be reserved in the TxVSN section of the desired course. The link above is for use by your high school TxVSN Coordinator. 3. Student will receive an email confirmation once a space has been reserved. The email will include instructor contact information and instructions for purchasing the course textbook. 4. Pay tuition and fees in the Business Office on any campus. Due at the time of registration. 5. Purchase textbook(s) and other instructional materials. Refer to course syllabus (accessible through the VCT Credit Course Schedule) for required textbooks(s) and materials. (Student will purchase the textbook through the college providing the course.) 6. Get course login instructions and login password by contacting the course instructor. (See #3 above.) 7. Login to the online course within 24 hours of the start date of the course.
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IMPORTANT LINKS
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CONTACT INFORMATION TxVSN Registration Contact Melinda Carroll mcarroll@nctc.edu Room 105A Gainesville Campus Phone: 940.668.7731, x3315 TxVSN Contact for Matters Other Than Registration Melinda Carroll mcarroll@nctc.edu Room 105A Gainesville Campus Phone: 940.668.7731, x3315 Testing Center Contact Bill Caver bcaver@nctc.edu Room 108A Gainesville Campus Phone: 940.668.7731, x4275
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