Many Catholic colleges offer online and remote learning options. To support students choosing these options, they implement systems and services to make their education as convenient and accessible as possible.
Most colleges, Catholic or other, use some sort of education system, like Canvas or Blackboard. These systems make all the course content, assignments, and readings/lectures available to students from anywhere (so long as they have internet). Students are also able to communicate with professors, check their grades, and submit assignments or take assessments through these platforms. These systems bring the classroom to students, putting everything they need within their reach. Whether the class is fully online or hybrid, students are able to access and complete everything from their laptop.
Many Catholic colleges also offer online/remote students services that are typically available on-campus. This could be things like online tutoring or essay-writing assistance, telehealth/counseling, virtual advising, and possibly even virtual chapel/mass services. This ensures that remote students are taken care of to the same degree (or as close as possible) as on-campus students and receive the same level of academic, spiritual, or health support. Online or remote students may also have access to IT services through their Catholic college. Many Catholic colleges also offer online libraries accessible through the library or college website, to provide online students with all the resources and study materials they need for classes.
There are many different ways that colleges go about supporting online and remote learning. Not every Catholic college will implement the same strategies and services for online and remote learners. To find out the specific support offered by a Catholic college for remote or online learning, inquire with an admissions officer or check the website of the college(s) you are interested in.