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Summer and Fall Registration Now Open!

Gavilan's new Banner System is now open and ready to help you register. And we're now offering over 40 classes through Distance Ed for the summer session, and over 50 classes for the Fall semester! Look for the links to these schedules on our Distance Education page.

Welcome to the Spring 2008 semester.

Classes started last Wednesday. If you'd like to add a class, you should email the instructor for permission and an add code.

If you're having problems getting into the online classroom, please email us at disted@gavilan.edu for help. Your instructor will start dropping students who haven't logged on, so be prepared.

The last day to drop with a refund is next week, Wednesday, Feb. 13. The last day to drop with no record on your student record is Friday, Feb. 29. Keep those dates in mind if you are trying to decide whether to drop a class.

And good luck to you all.

Fall Semester Starts Tuesday, Sept 4th

We have over 50 online and hybrid classes starting this next Tuesday. You won't be able to get into your classes until then, so have patience. You can see directions on how to log in in order to get ready, but you'll have to wait until next Tuesday before you can actually get into the classes.

I hope you all have a wonderful semester!

Power Outage at Gavilan

The power will be off at Gavilan College while we upgrade to new faster connections. All day Saturday, May 26, all day Sunday, May 27, and all day Monday, May 28. This means you won't be able to get into your classes! You can check the latest power status by checking:

Gavilan Power

I hope you're all finished with your classes!

Summer 2007 Schedule of Classes

Here at last. Check out the classes being offered this summer through the Gavilan online program:

Summer Classes

You can start registering for these classes on May 7th if you are a current student, or May 14th if you are a new student. Be sure to call the distance education coordinator (408 848 4885) if you have questions.

Stand-up Economist

Very Distant Ed

You can't beat this for Distance Ed. Want to attend summer school in Sevilla, Spain? Go to the Spanish Dept's orientation: Sat Feb 24, 9:30am, Humanities 104. gavilan.edu/spanish

Gav in the news

The GED preparation class looks interesting. Non-credit, so its free. I wonder if high school freshman can take it?

Other than that, we tend to keep breaking water mains.

Spring 2007 Semester Has Begun.

Classes are now open. Find your class in the list and use the link to find your online classroom. If you haven't been on a tour of our online classroom, please feel free to do so anytime.

If you are having any trouble, please email your instructor or the Distance Education department at disted@gavilan.edu.

The Online Classroom

You might know Etudes, our classroom software. This semester will be the first using Moodle, a newer alternative. If you're in one of our pilot courses, tell us what your think! disted@gavilan.edu

New Page is here.

Hey, this new page is starting to come together. Can I really finish it up and focus on other semester-starting crises?

In other news, people are starting to use a chat room for distance ed users.

That's all for now!