Canyon's administration insisted the Online Government class follow the same course content as the traditional Government class. The course content addresses all the state content standards and frameworks for 12 th grade Government. The Online Government teacher also teaches the traditional classes and ensures that the students do the same chapters, field trips, projects, weekly current events, keep and maintain a stock portfolio, and graph statistics. The difference is the online class maximizes on technology and the Internet with all assignments being technology rich. In the online class discussions are substituted with a discussion board.
Homework is done on a web page format incorporating graphics as well as written word.
Assignments in the online class require more research because students have access to the Internet and can incorporate it.