Centers for Independent Learning
College of DuPage

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Orientation
- FAQs
> Getting Started
- Programs and Services

Course Offerings
- Descriptions
- Online Registration
- Skills Development
- Delivery Formats

Locations
- Bloomingdale
- Glen Ellyn
- Naperville
- Westmont


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Getting Started

Flexible Learning courses provide the same college-level content that is covered in their classroom counterparts. In fact, your transcript will list the course and grade you earned just as if you were enrolled in a classroom-based course.

To enroll
• Log into myACCESS
• Search for “Credit Classes” in myACCESS
• On the Search for Credit Classes page, select “Flexible Learning” as the course type

You may gain additional general information about Admissions and Registration, including the registration calendar, through the college’s web site. Following registration but prior to the first day of classes, students enrolling in an appointment-based course must call the center where they are registered to establish an appointment time. Most independent-learning courses allow students to register after the term begins with the permission of the instructor.

Course materials
Textbooks may be purchased from the college bookstore on campus, at a local off-campus bookstore or online at www.cod.bkstr.com. You can conveniently arrange for UPS shipping by calling the COD bookstore at (630) 942-3883. Course materials, such as syllabi, course handbooks and student guides may be available in Blackboard a week before the start of the term. Audio and video lessons may be conveniently checked out at the off-campus centers. The Library, located in the Student Resource Center, Room 2600, (630) 942-2350, will also rent the full set of audio and video lessons. Audio CDs for Flex courses may be purchased at the COD Bookstore.

After registering for a Flex course, students have access to a faculty member to facilitate learning. Instructors are available to assist and interact with students in person during regularly scheduled hours in the centers, as well as by phone, voice mail, e-mail and fax links. During a short orientation, students learn about the course and the instructor’s expectations. Instructors can offer flexible time frames for starting and finishing courses and provide coaching on how to study for an independent-learning course.

Taking tests
Tests are taken in a testing lab conveniently located at the Glen Ellyn Testing Lab and at the Learning Commons in Bloomingdale, Naperville and Westmont.