VIRTUAL COLLEGE OF TEXAS

FACT SHEET and REGISTRATION PROCESS

The Virtual College of Texas (VCT) is a collaboration of Texas community colleges that offer online courses to students who are unable to find needed courses at their home college. VCT operates on a Host-Provider arrangement. The Host is your local community college (TVCC). The Provider is the community college providing the instruction. If you are attending TVCC and the course you need for your degree is not offered online by TVCC, you may be able to reserve a space in that class at another VCT college (Provider).

 
Course requests must be submitted

at least five weekdays prior to the

start of the course.  Click here to submit.

 Note: We will NOT process requests for online VCT courses if Trinity Valley Community College is offering the same course online and space is available.

Reservation requests may be submitted for online courses offered through the Virtual College of Texas (VCT) by following these instructions.

  1. Check the Trinity Valley Community College course schedule for available courses at http://www.vct.org. to determine if Trinity Valley Community College is offering the course you need.
  2. If Trinity Valley Community College is not currently offering the course online or it is offered but is full, then you may request a reservation in a course offered through the Virtual College of Texas.
  3.  
    • Select a course from the approved Virtual College of Texas course schedule at http://www.vct.org. Because these courses are already approved, requests for courses from this list can be processed quickly.
    • Or, select a course from the VCT statewide schedule found at http://www.vct.org. Requests for courses from this schedule are subject to approval, which may take several days to obtain. Students will be notified via email when the reservation is made or in the event the course is not approved.
  4. Verify that you have met all of the course prerequisites and make note of textbook information, orientation dates or requirements to contact the instructor.
  5. Submit a reservation request.
    • For VCT reservations, students will receive several email messages
          • Trinity Valley Community College unique course number to use when registering for the course
          • A message stating that a VCT reservation has been made
  6. Register before the deadline by contacting the Distance Education office at ecourseshelp@tvcc.edu or calling 903-675-6324

VCT Reservation Process

 Once a class is approved for registration, the student's information is entered into the VCT database and an e-mail is generated and sent to the student:

The following is an example to show how the e-mail will look like after the reservation process has been completed.

To: test student <jdoe@doeenterprise.com>

From: Karen  McGrew <kmcgrew@tvcc.edu>

Subject: VCT Reservation, _ (SEMESTER) __, GOVT 2301, Sec. _ (0000) _, test student

A space for you has been reserved in the course shown below for the _________________ semester.  This reservation does not constitute registration and enrollment.  You still must follow your host college's registration / enrollment procedure.  If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the college where you registered at 903-675-6324.

COURSE INFORMATION

  Course No.  : GOVT 2301

  Course Title: American and Texas Constitutions

  Type        : Credit

  Format      : Internet

  Section     : 0000

  Start Date: _______________

  End Date    : ______________

INSTRUCTOR INFORMATION

  Instructor: Jane Doe

  Phone     : 000.000.0000

  Fax       : 123.456.7890

  Email     : doej@college.edu

COLLEGE INFORMATION

  Host College (where you registered): Trinity Valley Community College

  Provider College (the instructor's college): Trinity Valley Community College (example only, another college will appear here).

TEXTBOOK INFORMATION (You must give the bookstore the correct information shown below)

  1. Title    : Practicing Texas Politics, 8th Ed. (Brief)

     Author   : Brown, et.al.

     Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

     ISBN     : 0-618-43743-6

  2. Title    : Challenge of Democracy, 8th Ed.

     Author   : Janda, Berry, Goldman

     Publisher: Houghton Mifflin

     ISBN     : 0-618-37244-X

This is a Blackboard based course. Go to ecourseshelp@tvcc.edu. Login as last name, first initial, and the last four digits of your social security number (doej1234). Use all lower case letters with no spaces. Password is the last four digits of your social security number. If you cannot login, contact Karen McGrew at kmcgrew@tvcc.edu or "ecourseshelp@tvcc.edu". The textbook is available for purchase using a credit card from the Trinity Valley Community College Bookstore.  TVCC Bookstore at: bookstore@tvcc.edu or call # 903-675-6223.