Contra Costa College
Addendum for Distance Education in
Emergency Situations
During a college/facility emergency closure, as mutually agreed upon between the CCC
Academic Senate and college president, this course may be offered via distance education. When
taught online during college/facility closure emergencies the course shall include regular and
effective contact as required by Title 5 and adhere to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
and section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act. Course outcomes will be met by providing
synchronous or asynchronous material using the learning management system, including
readings, simulations, videos, etc. Assessments may be administered, and assignments and
projects may be collected and evaluated via the learning management system.
To teach this course online outside of a college/facilities emergency closure, regular distance
education curriculum approval must be granted separately from this college/facility emergency
closure addendum.
Relevant Title 5 Sections
§ 55202. Course Quality Standards
“The same standards of course quality shall be applied to any portion of a course conducted
through distance education as are applied to traditional classroom courses, in regard to the course
quality judgment made pursuant to the requirements of section 55002, and in regard to any local
course quality determination or review process. Determinations and judgments about the quality
of distance education under the course quality standards shall be made with the full involvement
of faculty in accordance with the provisions of subchapter 2 (commencing with section 53200) of
chapter 2” (Title 5, section 55202).
§ 55206. Separate Course Approval
“If any portion of the instruction in a new or existing course is to be provided through distance
education, an addendum to the official course outline of record shall be required. In addition to
addressing how course outcomes will be achieved in a distance education mode, the addendum
shall at a minimum specify how the portion of instruction delivered via distance education meets:
“(a) Regular and effective contact between instructors and students and among students as
referenced in title 5, section 55204(a), and
“(b) Requirements of the Americans with Disabilities Act (42 U.S.C. § 12100 et seq.) and
section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended, (29 U.S.C. § 749d)
The addendum shall be separately approved according to the district's adopted curriculum
approval procedures” (Title 5, section 55206).