Getting Started At Drexel University
New to the OLDP?
Please be sure to apply to Drexel University's GCP via this website and familiarize yourself with all elements of the orientation process.
After submitting your application for admission and receiving your acceptance, you must submit your "Intent to Enroll" form. After the intent to enroll form has been received by the admissions office you are officially a student at Drexel University.
Once you are enrolled at Drexel, you should pick up your computer accounts (more on that later). Next step is registration: Fax the Add form to the appropriate office for process. Ask your Drexel admin for more information.
Now that you are registered, you are eligible for your Dragoncard. The Dragoncard is your student ID and library card. It can also be used to gain access to buildings on campus that are locked to non-students. Click on the link to the Dragoncard Office to find out how to obtain yours. It is essential that you get a Dragoncard or you will be unable to access materials at the Drexel University Library. It is also helpful for receiving student discounts!
Once you have your Dragoncard, you may want to familiarize yourself with the resources that Drexel has to offer online students. Please check the links to the right for more information and links to various resources both online and on campus.
Picking Up Your Accounts
As a new student you will need to pick up your Drexel accounts. When you become a student at Drexel, you are given web-space, a personal e-mail account, a "Banner" Account and now a DrexelOne account. You may or may not ever use the web-space, but the e-mail account, Banner account, and DrexelOne accounts are vital.
Drexel University, and the Engineering Management Program, use your Drexel e-mail account to keep you informed of important information, both about your school, and your program. If you do not pick up your e-mail account, you are missing program announcements, and more. Your Banner account, you may already know, allows you to login and register for classes. Your DrexelOne account, however is the most important of them all.
With your Drexel One account, you can access your WebCT, School announcements, a personal calendar, your Drexel e-mail account, Banner for Students and more. You cannot access DrexelOne without first activating your other accounts, however, so take the time now to visit the accounts activation page and pick up all your accounts.
IRT supports only PC computers. For more information on this, go here.
Instructions for picking up your accounts follow. If you have any problems with the following instructions, e-mail the department at oldp@coe.drexel.edu for help.
If you have picked up your accounts in the past, but have forgotten your login and password:
You should check your Drexel E-mail often, which is made easier by the DrexelOne portal. Once logged into DrexelOne, there is a link for e-mail, which brings you to a page with instructions on how to set up DrexelOne access to your Drexel e-mail account. If you prefer to have your e-mail accessible by the account that you use everyday, you can set up your Drexel e-mail account to automatically forward all messages to that account. To access that option, go back to Computer Accounts and click on "Manage My Accounts." Once you long in, you will see the option to forward your account. Follow the directions.
Distance Learning at Drexel University and the OLDP program
A Brief Student Overview of Distance Learning
One of the most common questions about "online" courses is "How do they work?" This brief overview will address some of the basics to orient you to our distance teaching methods. Drexel University currently uses a shell called WebCT/ BBVista for the delivery of web-based courses. Currently, across Drexel more than 130 courses utilize BBVista. The Engineering Management courses are also supported via BBVista for web-based delivery. Courses consist of Lecture, Class Material, Textbook Readings, Discussions, Homework, Quizzes, Midterm, Final Examination, Projects, Presentations, and Chats. For distance learning, each class element is supported by a technology. The Professor for the class prepares a detailed syllabus that shows the assignments and deliverables required for successful completion of the class. As a student, it is important to thoroughly understand the requirements set forth in the syllabus. Courses are not self-paced. All assignments are due when scheduled. Business travel is not an excuse for "absence" from a distance e-learning class.
How typical Course Elements are handled
Lectures are either pre-built in slides with audio voiceover, or the lecture is captured via A/V server in the classroom and streamed real-time to desktop and/or archived for later review. There is typically one lecture per week for the 10 eeks that encompass a Drexel Term.
Class Questions - are posted by the student in the WebCT/ Bb Vista shell. The professor answers the questions for all students to see the answers.
Class Discussions - The Professor will post discussion questions for the students and Professor to discuss during the course of the week.
Homework - Homework assignments are set forth in the Assignments section of Bb Vista with due dates. The students upload their work to the Bb Vista server. Graded homework is returned to the students with comments or a model answer.
Synchronous Chat - Some Professors schedule a synchronous chat where students are required to participate. Synchronous chat is also available to student groups who are working on joint assignments.
Examinations and quizzes - Some Professors utilize timed quizzes for assessment of student progress. Other examinations are like "take-home" exams with a longer time window. Quizzes and examinations are uploaded to the WebCT/ Bb Vista server in the assignments area.
Classes proceed week-by-week according to the syllabus with the grades in homework, quizzes, examinations, projects nd class participation all weighted to produce the final course grade. The grade weightings are shown in the syllabus.
The class syllabus lists the class requirements. The Professor specifies the evaluation and assessment methods for the class. Please review the syllabus thoroughly to understand the requirements prior to beginning the class.
Bb Vista like any other shell requires some "getting used to." You may do this by clicking the link for the Bb Vista Demo and then using Demo/Demo (case sensitive) for userid/password.
If you have further questions you may send them to oldp@coe.drexel.edu.
Welcome to your WebCT Page
WebCT Vista/ Bb Vista is the course content delivery system that is used by the Engineering Management Program at Drexel University. You can access Bb Vista through the DrexelOne Portal. There is information on how to use Bb Vista, as well as an online tutorial available at the Bb Vista site accessed through DrexelOne or you may visit the IRT homepage. Feel free to address your questions to olt@drexel.edu for any issues with WebCT or using the system. Other questions regarding course content, or contacting the professor can be sent to oldp@coe.drexel.edu
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