October 31, 2003 marked the beginning of a new era for Distance Education at UNT as UNTeCampus.com was officially launched. Center for Distributed Learning developed this new Website to serve as the ultimate guide for Web-based and videoconference courses.

Before UNTeCampus.com, finding information about distance education courses was hit or miss at best. To obtain detailed information, most students had to wait until they received a course syllabus, which is usually not provided until the first day of class. If facts were available before the semester started, they were often scattered over dozens of Webpages. In many cases, the only data obtainable was found in the schedule of classes and the course catalog.

This lack of specific up-to-date course information created a great deal of confusion which often resulted in students either not being prepared for an electronically-delivered course or not registering for a course at all. UNTeCampus.com alleviates this confusion and helps better prepare students by providing a single source for detailed information about Web-based and videoconference courses.

UNTeCampus provides course information

UNTeCampus provides information in two major categories; general course parameters and section specific details. The General Course Information Page displays the course name, number, prerequisites and catalog description. It also shows each available section, the faculty member teaching it and the delivery method. The Section Specific Information Page displays the number and location of face-to-face meetings, as well as objectives, expectations, major assignments, tests, textbooks and technical requirements. Though the course listings are easy to browse with an intuitive menu system, a search tool empowers students to locate courses and sections containing specific keywords or matching user-defined criteria such as the number of site-based meetings or instructor name.

And that's not all!

Another exciting aspect of UNTeCampus.com is that it is also the destination
of distanceeducation.com. Anyone entering this URL will immediately be redirected to UNT’s awarding-winning distance education programs and courses.

Since its launch, UNTeCampus.com has received over 25,000 hits and is receiving rave reviews from students and faculty alike. The most common comment about the site is “why isn’t this available for all my courses?” While we hope the University will one day be able to offer this type of resource for all UNT courses through EIS, this information is currently only available for those courses delivered electronically.

The Center for Distributed Learning is excited about UNTeCampus.com and its service to students. As the site grows and more course information is uploaded, it will truly live up to its billing as the ultimate guide for Web-based and videoconference courses.

More information

For more information about UNTeCampus.com or to provide feedback, simply visit the Website at www.UNTeCampus.com or contact Paul Bednar, Senior Marketing Specialist for the CDL, at 940-565-2942 (pbednar@unt.edu). Information is also available at www.unt.edu/cdl.