Important note on communication: 

You will communicate extensively with your instructor using a system which relies on web-based forms and your access page.  You will be introduced (or are in the process of being introduced) to this simple and efficient system in the Orientation. 

Email is less efficient and less reliable, and once your access page is working email will not be used for routine back-and-forth communication between student and instructor.

However, while email is not used for routine assignments, emails will occasionally be used by the instructor to communicate general  information to students, and you are expected to check your VCCS email regularly.   Regarding email:

• Once you have registered for the course, any further email communications from your instructor will be through your VCCS email address.  Once that address is active (as it should be within 24 hours of your registration) you should use it for all email communications with the instructor. 

• The exclusive use of VCCS email is dictated by privacy laws.