You will find courses completely online and partially online, of these, some classes will meet once or twice throughout the term and some five or six times. Online Course Content and Grading Criteria - You will find a wide variety here also with some courses having online lectures and some utilize the text more than others. You will find a mixture of weekly assignments, term projects, group discussions, group presentations, online quizzes, in-class exams, etc. Each instructor will set criteria for participation. You will find most courses require weekly involvement, usually two to three types of involvement each week.
Some instructors make use of group discussions, entire class discussions, weekly assignments, etc.
Your syllabus will provide you with the information you need about participation requirements. This is not the case for Communication Studies online courses. Most of the online courses are like any other communication course, you are presented with a base of knowledge about communication behavior within a variety of contexts, and just as in the in-class experience, you have the opportunity to apply this knowledge to your life. Some in-class meetings have nothing to do with performing skills, but are designed to encourage contact between all members of the class, to clarify assignments, to take exams, etc. Each course as an email system which can only be accessed by those in the class.