Office of
Electronic Learning

Compressed Video

Compressed video, or video conferencing, is a two-way, fully interactive audiovisual delivery system by which the professor teaches the course from an on-campus classroom while students view, listen and speak to the instructor from a remote location. Unlike WWW courses, OV courses require that students attend class at a specified location at a scheduled class time. Nicholls currently sends/receives OV courses to/from the following locations:

• John Ehret High School
  (Marrero, La.)
• Booker T. Washington
  (New Orleans, La.)
• Young Memorial TC
  (Morgan City, La.)
• Louisiana State University
  (Baton Rouge, La.)

Compressed video courses can be offered to other universities and off-campus sites, which have video conferencing capabilities. In addition, some courses offered by other universities may be sent by compressed video to Nicholls students based on the availability of Nicholls video classrooms.

For more information on the location of compressed video sites around Louisiana, contact the Office of E-Learning.

Courses by Video Cassette

Students rent videocassette tapes from the campus bookstore. These courses may require some class meetings scheduled on the Nicholls campus, and at these meetings, instructors provide an orientation to the course, reviews of the material, and examinations. A rental fee of $40 and a deposit of $35 are charged by the campus bookstore to rent the tapes. The $35 deposit fee is refundable upon return of the tapes.

For more information on courses by video cassette, contact the Office of E-Learning.