Course Modalities at Indian River State College

Indian River State College offers several types of courses, referred to as ”delivery methods” or “course modalities.” 

Fully Online Modalities

• Online: Course is delivered through asynchronous online instruction without regularly scheduled, live class meetings online. Online courses are conducted via flexible, asynchronous web-based instruction and collaborating using various technologies.

• Synchronous - Online: Course is delivered through synchronous online instruction with regularly scheduled, live class meetings online.

Partially Online Modalities

• Hybrid: Course requires both classroom attendance and online instruction in a blended format.

Traditional Modality

• In-Person: Courses have required classroom attendance and meet on a regularly scheduled basis in-person on campus. All on-campus courses have a learning management system (LMS) shell that instructors utilize to post the course syllabus, grades, and to deliver the course evaluation.