There are five steps to complete in order to become eligible for the eDegree program at GTCC.

1. Complete all steps to become a student at GTCC. These steps can be found here.

Step Four in this process requires all new students to complete SOAR (Student Orientation, Advising, and Registration).  After you submit your eLearning Orientation certificate (step #4 below) and your application is reviewed, you will be registered for the eDegree version of online SOAR.

2. Complete our online Questionnaire.

This questionnaire, which serves as the eDegree Program application, allows you to explore the requirements of the eDegree program while testing your computer skills.  Online students need the ability to download software, attach documents to emails and post messages on discussion boards.

3.  Complete eLearning Orientation.

To get started in eLearning Orientation, go to http://online.gtcc.edu and log in using your Titan Live ID and password.

If you have not activated your Titan Live account, you must do that first by completing the process at https://myaccount.gtcc.edu/showLogin.cc

All students are automatically loaded into the eLearning Orientation course, which contains a series of graded lessons and quizzes you need to complete with a score of 80 or better to be issued the certificate at the end.

4. Email eDegree@gtcc.edu.  Attach your eLearning Orientation certificate of completion.

Completing eLearning Orientation indicates that you are familiar with GTCC systems and have the basic skills necessary to succeed in an online class.  When you submit your eLearning Orientation certificate, you will be enrolled in online SOAR if you are a new student.

5. If you are a new student, complete the eDegree version of online SOAR.

After you have completed these steps, you will be registered for ACA-112, the entrance requirement for all eDegree associate's degree programs.  You may take other classes before you start ACA-112 and while you are enrolled in ACA-112, but you will not have priority registration for online classes until you complete ACA-112 with a grade of C or higher.

Introduction to Distance Learning (ACA-112), a one-credit online minimester course, is an entrance requirement for all eDegree associate's degree programs.   Students planning to join an eDegree program in the summer or fall of 2012 must have taken ACA-112 in the Spring 2012 term.  ACA-112 will next be offered in the summer of 2012.  Students who complete ACA-112 in the summer or first minimester of the fall of 2012 will have the opportunity to build a schedule entirely composed of online classes for the spring of 2013.

New eDegree Student Checklist:

• GTCC application
  
  
• High school transcript
  
  
• College transcript (if applicable)
  
  
• FAFSA (to apply for financial aid)
  
  
• Placement test/SAT (if no prior college)
  
  
• eDegree Questionnaire
  
  
• eLearning Orientation
  
  
• Email eDegree
  
  
• Online SOAR
  
  
• Register
  
  
• Pay bill
  
  
• Buy books (if needed)
  
  
• Complete ACA 112 successfully