• As the family of Istanbul Technical University, due to our sensitivity towards protecting the health of our students, faculty members and administrative staff, it has been decided to conduct education at undergraduate and graduate levels with the “distance learning” method in the 2020-2021 Fall semester under pandemic conditions.
• Distance education will be conducted in the fall semester using the Ninova Platform. However, the work for implementing the new alternative platform is about to be completed. An announcement about this platform will be made soon.
• You can access videos on the use of Ninova at the following web address. In addition, a pdf file explaining the use of Ninova was shared with all our students via e-mail. Ninova
• Laboratory lessons will be conducted in a synchronous or asynchronous way with distance education. Videos are prepared by our departments that will conduct asynchronous laboratory lessons.
• Studies conducted in laboratories at master's and doctoral levels will continue provided that the necessary precautions determined by the faculty and department administrations are taken.
• Internship can be carried out face to face in the fall semester upon the request of our students and the approval of the relevant companies.
• Also, with the approval of the internship committee of the department to which the student is affiliated, internship which is considered as appropriate can be conducted online “only in the fall semester due to pandemic conditions”.
• The Distance Education Procedures-Principles were updated by our Senate on 8.10.2020. You can reach the Procedures and Principles at the following address:http://www.sis.itu.edu.tr/tr/yonetmelik/uzaktanegitim.pdf
• As detailed in the Distance Education Procedures and Principles, the assessment and evaluation are aimed to be carried out throughout the term. The weight of the final exam is limited except for "Applied courses - Projects".
• The attendance requirement to be applied in the courses will be announced to our students at the beginning of the semester by the instructor assigned to teach the relevant course.
• It is stated in the Procedures and Principles that in exams, it is required to identify our students with a camera. The following statement is taken from the Distance Education Procedures and Principles announced by The Council of Higher Education (YÖK): “Based on the principle of "transparency and auditability" in exams to be held in digital environments, to the extent permitted by the legislation and the Learning Management System or the digital environments where the exam is held, exam security measures are applied” (Article 12 (4)).
• Distance Education Procedures and Principles of the Council of Higher Education can be found at the following address: Yükseköğretim Uzaktan Öğretim İlişkin Usul ve Esaslar


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