Courses

Many times someone will ask: How many online courses do you have?

The answer depends on if you want the # of sections offered or # of unique courses. Most Board of Regents' reports use # of sections. It also depends on how your define an online course. The BOR defines an online course as one in which more than 50% of instruction occurs online, even though these courses are coded as Partially Online in Banner.

Consider: Do you want to count the partially online courses, too? Or do you only want the data for fully or entirely online courses? (see definitions tab)

• Course Sections = ABED 3100 01E, ABED 3100 02E is counted as 2 online courses.

• Unique Courses = ABED 3100 01E, ABED 3100 02E is counted as 1 unique online course offering.

NOTE: Our #s may not match someone else's #. Here's why:

All of our systems in which data is housed (Banner, Peoplesoft, etc) are in constant flux. UWG Online only has access to live (in-flux) data. Therefore, since the # of online students can change minute-to-minute, based on drops, adds, withdraws, admin withdrawals, etc. all the way up to the last day of class and beyond, our #s may not match someone else's #s that were pulled at a different point in time or the #s provided by UWG Institutional Effectiveness & Assessment.

UWG Institutional Effectiveness & Assessment has access to "Census date" data - or data frozen and archived at specific points during each term. This is typically the data used for official accreditation reports, reports to the Board of Regents, and other national clearinghouses (IPEDS).

If you find a large discrepancy or have questions, contact jgubbins@westga.edu