This resource is for ARC faculty, staff, and managers. For student resources, go to Distance Education at ARC
American River College, as a premier learning community, provides distance education that serves our students in a manner that is consistent with the college’s overall vision to transform and enrich the lives of our students.
Watch this video which was presented to the LRCCD Board of Trustees in April, 2012
DE Course Guidelines & Rubrics
- ARC Academic Senate Resolution Supporting Use of the Online Education Initiative’s Course Design Rubric
- Online Education Initiative (OEI) Course Design Rubric (Updated April 2020)
- This Online Equity Rubric from the Peralta Community College District is designed to be used in conjunction with the OEI Rubric
- ARC Guidelines for Web-Based Instruction 2013 (update forthcoming)
- Accessibility Checklist (Penn State)
- ARC DE Course Checklist (From previous accreditation cycle)
Review the “Is your course Accreditation-ready?” prior to completing the Checklist above.
DE Effective Practices
- Ten Best Practices for Teaching Online
- Best Practice Strategies to Promote Academic Integrity in Online Education
- 10 Principles of Effective Online Teaching: Best Practices in Distance Education
DE/Technology Planning
- ARC Distance Education Plan 2019
- ARC Distance Education Plan 2015
- ARC Distance Education Plan (2008)
- ARC Technology Master Plan 2014-2019
- Los Rios Distance Education Strategic Options Report
DE Policies & Standards
- American River College Curriculum Committee Standards for Regular Effective Contact and Regular and Substantive Interaction in Online Classes
- LRCCD Distance Education Policy 7145
DE Training
- ARC Online Teaching Institute
- Los Rios FastTrack OEI Rubric Academy
- ARC Accessible Course Creation Academy
- Instructional Technology Center workshops
- @ONE Course Design and Online Teaching Certificates
DE Statistics and Data for ARC
- ARC Distance Education/Desire2Learn Course Counts
- ARC Certificates & Degrees Approved for DE
- ARC Distance Education: A comprehensive series of reports that examines demography and compare enrollments and student success for online and face-to-face classrooms over five years.
DE Surveys
- CCC Chancellor’s Office Distance Education “W” Survey – Fall 2010
- LRCCD DE Student Satisfaction Survey Fall 2013 – ARC Results
The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior
- Guide to Evaluating Distance Education and Correspondence Education (2013, from previous accreditation cycle)
- ARC Substantive Change Report 2014