By The Numbers

DELTA uses its budget to support Online and Distance Education (Online and DE) and student success broadly, both through a comprehensive suite of services and by directly supporting college and department efforts to provide Online and DE courses and programs.

All numbers and percentages are from the 2016-17 fiscal year. The segments about DELTA services encompass the operating and personnel expenses for individuals and units that provide those services.


79% Beginning Budget

Each year’s budget begins with continuing funding to keep DELTA running. Ninety-eight percent of DELTA’s base budget is appropriations with the remaining two percent student Education Technology Fees.

7% Enrollment Growth

DELTA receives funding based on the projected growth of enrollments in Online and DE programs. We ensure that 80% of these funds are reallocated to the colleges, departments, programs and faculty who deliver the courses.

14% Other

DELTA also receives funding through receipts, the campus-initiated tuition increase (CITI), for legislative salary increases and bonuses, from the university benefits pool and one-time allocations.

Next: Enrollment Growth

Online and Distance Education Enrollment Growth

6% of total budget

Each program’s budget is adjusted based on projected growth or decline in enrollments.

DELTA provides advising to Online and DE students.

19,582
Unique Online and Distance Education Students

44,431
Enrollments in Online and Distance Education Courses

5.07%
Average Yearly
Credit Hour Growth

Next: Program Planning Funds

Online and Distance Education Program Planning Funds

2% of total budget

DELTA supports program planning and development efforts so that faculty and departments can develop programs that provide learning opportunities for students unable to come to campus.

Next: DELTA Grants

DELTA Grants

1% of total budget

The DELTA Grants program provides funding and personnel support for the development or improvement of an online course, the redesign of a critical-path or large-enrollment course, or the exploration of technologies and techniques for online teaching and learning.

Next: Flexible Access

Support for Flexible Access Courses

25% of total budget

DELTA provides funding for each open enrollment (flexible access) course.

FY 2016-2017 Support for Flexible Access Courses Amount
Faculty Support 3,571,246
Department Support 1,251,620
Teaching Assistants 825,000
Laboratory Support 3,750
College Administrative Support 511,225
Total $6,162,841

Next: Education Budgets

Online and Distance Education Program Budgets

9% of total budget

Each program receives continuing funding that is adjusted up or down at the beginning of each fiscal year in accordance with the aggregate budgeted enrollment change for all Online and DE programs housed in the college at a level of 80 percent of the academic (101) portion of the formula, proportionately adjusted for any budgetary changes occurring at the system or university level.

Funding for Online and DE programs with non-resident enrollments is set at 80 percent of the academic portion of non-resident, non-resident projections using the same ratios as for fundable projections to determine the academic budget.

Next: Facilities

Facilities

6% of total budget

DELTA moved our main offices to the Center for Technology and Innovation on Centennial Campus in December 2016. DELTA also has office clusters in Ricks Hall Annex, Park Shops, Cox Hall and the Venture IV building.

Next: DE Classrooms

Distance Education Classrooms

6% of total budget

DELTA maintains 12 Distance Education classrooms where classes can be recorded for Online and DE students to watch at their convenience.

4,902
Hours of Classroom Recordings

Next: Technology

Enterprise Academic Technology Systems

15% of total budget

With WolfWare, Moodle, Mediasite, Collaborate, WordPress and Top Hat, DELTA provides a set of enterprise learning systems that can benefit any course. The WolfWare Outreach service allows DELTA to provide this academic technology platform support for non-credit, fee-based outreach, extension and engagement offerings.
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1,603,598
Live Stream and Recording Views

WolfWare Outreach Courses and Enrollments

Next: Course Development

Online Course Development, Instructional Media, Large-Course Redesign

9% of total budget

DELTA instructional designers and media developers work with faculty to develop and improve online courses, explore innovative instructional media solutions and redesign large, critical-path courses.

DELTA supported more than 75 courses with 10,998 hours of instructional production.

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176
Instructional Videos Produced

Next: Helpdesk

Help Desk and Training

6% of total budget

DELTA provides a learning technology help desk with live assistance 66 hours per week and a full suite of learning technology and pedagogy workshops.

364 faculty and staff benefitted from 108 workshops in 2016-17

4,859
Help Desk Calls

176
Consultations

Next: Services

Online and Distance Education Services, Testing and Advising

6% of total budget

DELTA Testing Services provides student authentication and a monitored environment for students to take exams and quizzes for Online and DE courses.

DELTA provides advising to Online and DE students.

62,067 Exams Proctored for 15,285 students

      Courses proctored

      717

      Local Exams

      56,886

      Remote Exams

      5,181

      Local Students

      13,876

      Remote Students

      1,409

      DSO exams proctored

      1,471

      Next: Student Recruitment

      Student Recruitment

      5% of total budget

      DELTA builds the brand of NC State Online and Distance Education overall and also provides marketing for individual Online and DE programs.

      Next: DELTA Administration

      DELTA Administration

      4% of total budget

      The DELTA Business Office and Senior Management provide support and leadership for all DELTA activities.

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