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Center for Academic Innovation (CAI)
Course design is more than just organizing a course according to the syllabus. Please visit this page to learn more about Design theory, available quality assurance tools and memberships, regulations such as Regular Substantive Interaction and ADA requirements, and even some suggestions on how to protect academic integrity in distance environments.
New U.S. Department of Education regulations went into effect on July 1, 2021 to distinguish distance education from correspondence courses, which have financial aid restrictions. The main difference between these two modalities is that a distance education course requires regular and substantive interaction between the instructor and the students. This tip sheet defines regular and substantive interaction and provides tips for how to improve teacher-student interaction in your distance education course.
As we are bound by MUS policies, please visit the UMOnline page on RSI for more information.
- Merlot [External site]
- Hippocampus [External site]
- MIT OpenCourseWare [External site]
- MITx [External site]
- edX [External site]
- OpenStax [External site]
- Curriki [External site]
- OER Commons [External site]
- Open Education Global [External site]
- The Encyclopedia of Life [External site]
- Online Education Database [External site]
- TED Talks [External site]
- Carnegie Mellon Open Learning Initiative [External site]
- John Hopkins School of Public Health OpenCourseWare [External site]
- Open Yale Courses [External site]
- Standard Engineering Everywhere [External site]
- Khan Academy [External site]
- Public Library of Science [External site]
- The Open University [External site]
- Creative Commons [External site]
See our efforts to make all online learning accessible to Montana Tech students.
See the different modalities we offer and use the skills checklist to find out if distance learning is right for you.
To access your online courses, Log into MyMTech with your Tech credentials. Click on the course link in the Learning Portal to access Moodle.
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In the SSC
Common Questions About Online Learning - Montana Tech
Am I ready to take an online course?
Which college (school/program) would I be in?
Do online courses cost more? In addition to regular fees, online courses usually cost a per credit fee. Check Cost of Attendance.
How do I apply for financial aid?
How do I apply for a scholarship?
How do I find an Advisor? If you are in an online program at Montana Tech, you will be assigned an advisor from that program (please contact your advisor by email).
How do I register for classes?
How can I learn Moodle? A Moodle Orientation Course, Learning Moodle, can be found in the list of your courses after logging into MyMTech [External site].
Canvas On Demand (COD)
In Spring of 2025, Tech went fully live in Canvas. To support faculty and staff in learning how to interact and build courses in Canvas, CAI built an on-demand tutorial course. All MTech faculty and staff should have COD in their Canvas dashboard. The course includes tutorials, links to further resources, and presentations for setting up courses, design, accessibility, communications, and much more. If any faculty or staff member cannot find or access COD, please reach out to cai@mtech.edu for further assistance.