ACCESS

ACCESS is an Alabama state-wide program built to help high schools offer more to their students. Some Alabama schools are unable to offer either the remedial course levels and/or the advanced and AP course levels. ACCESS is designed to remedy this problem by giving these high schools and their students access to these classes. ACCESS allows for high school students with out access to classes that they need to connect with other schools that have these classes. It helps them to be able to complete their high school graduation programs.
ACCESS works by connecting teachers and students in different areas. They may be connected at the same time or at different times. There are also many ways of being connected. They can be connected through video-conferencing or web-based modes of delivery. Video-conferencing is usually synchronous, streaming, and has specific office hours. It is a virtual face-to-face. The web-based modes are normally asynchronous, accessed by a web portal, have multi-media content, and also hold office hours. This method is the similar to going to a web site. ACCESS also can blend these modes to create a more balanced feel to the program.