As part of our commitment to student success – and in line with our value of innovation – Northcentral University is proud to announce the imminent launch of our newly developed Course Room and Virtual Academic Center (VAC) in early 2013.
NCU students will be greeted in the new year with a new Learner Portal (the entry to our virtual campus) and an enhanced Course Room (our virtual classrooms). Featuring easy navigation and a highly-intuitive interface, our new Course Room will offer an enriched assignment upload feature; lecture activity sections with embedded videos; threaded discussion forums; customizable quizzes for faculty; and integrated chat and e-mail.
The new Course Room will also link to NCU’s new Virtual Academic Center. This initiative is a direct response to students’ requests for increased engagement between students and faculty outside of courses, including cross-disciplinary interaction. NCU’s VAC will ideally become the central hub of the University. This private social academic network will provide NCU faculty, students and staff the opportunity to develop dynamic groups that will promote collaboration, facilitate learning and distribute relevant content to selected audiences.
In addition to the groups created by schools, faculty and students, many of our University resources, including the writing and dissertation centers will be migrating into the VAC.