• Blackboard Learning Management System Updates Completed with transition to the 2016 Learn 9.1 Theme – with potential change to Blackboard Ultra in Summer of 2020
  • Established Office Distance Education Mission, Vision, and Purpose Statements.
  • Revitalized the Quality Matters Standards for Online Learning in Higher Education.
  • Implementation of the Blackboard 24-hour Support Center
  • Professional Learning Sessions for faculty
  • Met with Deans and Chairs to establish online programming expectations
  • Enrollment data over the past four years show a steady decline.
  • Increased number of registered faculty from 15 to 50 July 2019
  • Of the 50 registered members at KSU 30 faculty members received initial training.
  • Call KSU Support Center Launch June 22, 2019
  • 138 calls submitted between June 22 and August 26, 2019 – 98% successful responses
  • 35 calls submitted between September 1 and September 20, 2019 – 94.29% successful responses
  • Beginning with Blackboard regular Tuesday and Thursday training sessions
  • Setting up your gradebook
  • Attendance Module
  • Online Grading Reestablished
  • SafeAssign - Academic Honesty & Anti Plagiarism
  • Reestablished Free Online Tutoring for all KSU Students
  • New Online degree programs scheduled to launch in January 2020. The new masters programs and certifications will change to 8 week sessions allowing for two entry points per semester (Sextant Partnership)
  • ■ Masters in Business Administration
  • ■ Masters in Public Administration
  • ■ Masters in Gerontology
  • ■ Masters in Environmental Studies (16 weeks)
  • ■ Masters in Psychology (proposed for Fall 2020)
  • Expand the Masters in Special Education (16 weeks)
  • Expand the Doctor of Nursing (Fall 2020)
  • Expand the RN – BSN program (Fall 2020)
  • ■ Completer Degree (2 + 2) – Online Criminal Justice
  • New Online Certification Programs

Cyber Security Entrepreneurship

Network Associate Environmental Policy

  • For the fully online graduate programs, the average student enrollment was 12.4 students.
  • Current enrollment in online and hybrid courses for the Fall of 2019 is 892