Getting Ready for Your Tele- or Audio Course

Note your course orientation date.

All students should attend the course orientation held on NSCC campuses. At this meeting, you will not only meet the instructor and your classmates, but you will also review the class procedures, requirements, and expectations. You can find the orientation schedule here.

Get your books and materials at the NSCC Bookstore.

You need to pick up your books and materials at the Lynn or Danvers Bookstore. You can also arrange to have books shipped to you by calling 978-762-4046.

If you are taking a telecourse, make sure you have access to the videos you will need.

With an NSCC library card, you can check out a DVD from the front desk of the Lynn or Danvers Library for the semester, or you can check out DVDs overnight. You can also rent a set of videotapes for the semester from ACT by calling 800-745-5480. (The cost for rental is approximately $50.00.)

Audiocourses and Fast-Track Courses: These courses include a series of DVDs, which are purchased at the Bookstore. Fast Track Courses are either audiocourses or online courses that are scheduled in six-week cycles, including Intersession (between semesters) and Summer Session (mid-May through mid-August).

Activate and learn to use your NSCC Campus Pipeline email account.

Your instructor may contact you only through your NSCC Campus Pipeline email account, so it's important that you learn how to use it and that you check it daily.
If you registered for classes on the Web, you've already used Campus Pipeline. In addition to email and registration, you can also use Campus Pipeline to get grades, print transcripts and class schedules, check financial aid status, read campus announcements, and learn more about what's going at NSCC.

Attend your orientation.

Let us know if you have questions.

If you have questions, call us at 781-477-2172 or email elearning@northshore.edu.