By The Numbers 2019-2020 – DELTA Annual Report

DELTA uses its budget to support online and distance education and student success broadly, both through a comprehensive suite of services, and by directly supporting college and department efforts to provide online and distance education courses and programs.

All numbers and percentages are from the 2019-2020 fiscal year. The segments about DELTA services encompass the operating and personnel expenses for individuals and units that provide those services.

86% 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.

0% Enrollment Growth

Special note: FY19/20 is the first year of arrears funding. No enrollment growth received.

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: Flexible Access

Support for Flexible Access Courses

26% of total budget

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

FY 2019-2020 Support for Flexible Access Courses	Amount
Faculty Support	$3,726,402
Department Support	$1,350,140
Teaching Assistants	$911,000
Laboratory Support	$9,700
College Administrative Support	$537,775
Total	$6,535,017

Next: Online and Distance Education Programs

Online and Distance Education Programs

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 enrollment change for all online and distance education programs housed in the college at a level of 80% of the academic (101) portion of the formula, proportionately adjusted for any budgetary or allocation changes occurring at the system or university level.

Funding for online and distance education programs with non-resident enrollments is set at 80% of the academic portion of non-resident budgets using the same ratios as for fundable aggregates to determine the academic budget.

21,798

Unique Online and
DE Students

50,274

Enrollments in Online
and DE Courses

Semester Credit Hours Growth

4.06%

Average Yearly

Credit Hour Growth

Next: Program Development Funds

Online and Distance Education Program Development Funds

1% 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: Course Improvement Initiatives

Course Improvement Initiatives

1% of total budget

DELTA’s course improvement initiatives include the DELTA Grants, the Course Quality program, Faculty Fellows and other programs and initiatives providing funding and personnel support to faculty to support the development or improvement of online and blended courses, the redesign of critical-path or large-enrollment courses, or the exploration of technologies and techniques for teaching and learning.

Next: Technology

Enterprise Academic Technology Systems

15% of total budget

With WolfWare, Moodle, Mediasite, Zoom, 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.

1,959,819

Live Stream and
Recording Views

WolfWare Outreach Courses and Enrollments

Next: DE Classrooms

Distance Education Classrooms

10% of total budget

DELTA maintains 10 Distance Education classrooms where classes can be recorded for online and distance education students to watch at their convenience.

4,310

Hours of Classroom Recordings

Next: Course Development

Online Course Development, Instructional Media, Large-Course Redesign

10% 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 61 courses with 15,947 hours of instructional production.

233

Instructional Videos Produced

Next: Help Desk and Training

Help Desk and Training

8% 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.

1,151 faculty and staff benefited from 115 workshops

6,758

Help Desk Calls

160

Consultations

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 and student recruitment for individual online and distance education programs.

Next: Services

DELTA Testing Services

5% of total budget

DELTA Testing Services provides student authentication and a monitored environment for students to take exams and quizzes for online and distance education courses.

75,202 Exams Proctored for 23,056 students

Courses proctored

1,263

Local Exams

69,734*

Remote Exams

5,468

Local Students

21,299

Remote Students

1,757

DRO exams proctored

1,293

Next: DELTA Administration

DELTA Administration

5% of total budget

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

Next: Facilities

Facilities

4% of total budget

DELTA has several facilities to maintain including office clusters in the Center for Technology and Innovation, Cox Hall, Park Shops, Ricks Hall Annex and the Venture IV Building.

Next: Planning and Assessment

Planning and Assessment

1% of total budget

Planning and Assessment investigates the impact of new teaching methods and innovative pedagogy, evaluates the services DELTA provides for supporting faculty and students, and carries out research and resources for DELTA’s data-informed decisions for promoting student success.

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