How UNITE Works
UNITE offers 35-45 graduate and undergraduate level engineering and science courses each Fall and Spring semester. These courses utilize streaming video supported by a mix of supplementary tools tailored to each course’s needs. For each course, UNITE "piggybacks" on an on-campus section of the course taught in a UNITE-enhanced classroom.

Streaming Video

UNITE-registered students access course lectures as live streaming video and as streaming video archives. The archived streaming presentations are available within an hour after each course session. Students pick up every detail of the professor’s notes and visual aids via cameras mounted around the on-campus classroom and directly over the lecture desk. 

Delivery of this material is supported by state-of-the-art streaming video server software and hardware technology. Viewing of courses utilizes free client software on the learner’s personal computer.

Course Materials and Exams

UNITE-enrolled students typically submit homework through the Univeristy of Minnesota online Learning Management System course site in Canvas (opens in new window).  Some instructors and TAs use email for homework submission.

Exams are taken synchronously with the on-campus section offering with a UNITE-approved live proctor when the instructor is holding in-class exams. This program is designed to afford any-time, any-play delivery of courses to on-campus and distance learners across the country.

For UNITE courses requiring student class presentations, we work with faculty for no-cost solutions for UNITE students such as University-based video conferencing for live presentations and other strategies for recorded presentations.