Distance Education

California Virtual Campus Exchange Resources

What is the California Virtual Campus?

The California Virtual Campus (CVC) is a collaborative effort among California Community Colleges to ensure that more students can complete their educational goals by increasing access and success in high-quality online courses. CVC is a digital resource that provides easy access for students to enroll in fully online courses across all 115 brick-and-mortar California Community Colleges.

What is the CVC Exchange?

The CVC Exchange is a system by which participating college students can take fully online courses at another college without completing multiple admissions applications.

    • A student must be enrolled in a Home College (a college from which students enter the CVC Exchange to take courses through other colleges) to participate.
    • Courses at a Teaching College (a college that offers courses via the CVC Exchange to students from other participating colleges) are available for cross-enrollment.

CVC Information for Students

Finish Faster with the CVC Exchange

Ready to complete a certificate, transfer, or graduate but the last course you need isn’t available or is full? Explore hundreds of available online courses offered at community colleges across California. Enrolling in courses is quick and easy!

What is the CVC Exchange?

The CVC (California Virtual College) Exchange is an innovative, student-centered tool that allows students currently enrolled in a California Community College to instantly enroll in online courses offered at eligible colleges without filling out a separate application. You can enroll in courses to complete a certificate, degree, or transfer requirements!

Eligibility Requirements

Students must be enrolled in at least one credit course at FC (or another participating California Community College) to be eligible to cross-enroll.

Students must also meet the following requirements:

  • Have at least a 2.0 GPA or a not yet established GPA at their Home College
  • Have no outstanding fees at their Home College
  • Not have an out-of-state address on file at their Home College

Enrolling in an Exchange Class

  1. Sign in to the CVC Exchange and identify your Home College (Fullerton College)
  2. Search for classes sorted by category (CSU, IGETC, or topic)
  3. Select the desired course for enrollment
  4. Classes marked Add Class are eligible for instant enrollment
  5. Classes marked Apply Now are not eligible for instant enrollment, but you can still enroll by filling out an application via CCC Apply

Canvas Access and the CVC

Any classes you take via the CVC Exchange will appear on your Fullerton College Canvas dashboard. You will log into Canvas using your Fullerton College credentials and all of your Exchange courses will appear once your instructor has made the course available.

Financial Aid and the CVC

All participating colleges have signed a Federal Financial Aid Consortium Agreement, so students enrolled in two different colleges may be able to receive federal and state financial aid funds based on combined units taken at both colleges. To check your status, please contact your Home College’s Financial Aid Office.

Disability Support Services and the CVC

If you have cross-enrolled to a Teaching College with instant enrollment, you will also need to contact the Teaching College Disability Support Services office to obtain accommodations for your class(es) at the Teaching College. The Teaching College Disability Support Services office may connect with your Home College to coordinate accommodations.

Priority Registration and the CVC

Instant enrollment is only available during the participating colleges’ open registration period; therefore, all eligible students regardless of priority status have equal access and opportunity to register for courses.

CVC Student Support

CVC Student Frequently Asked Questions

For all CVC student questions or issues, email cvcsupport@quottlyinc.com.

CVC Information for Faculty

What is the CVC Exchange?

The CVC (California Virtual College) Exchange is an innovative, student-centered tool that allows students currently enrolled in a California Community College to instantly enroll in online courses offered at eligible colleges without filling out a separate application.

  • A student must be enrolled in a Home College (the college from which students enter the CVC Exchange to take courses through other CCCs) to participate
  • Courses at a Teaching College (the college that offers courses via the CVC Exchange to students from other CCCs) are available for cross-enrollment

How can I participate in the CVC Exchange?

As an FC instructor, your fully online course will automatically be made available through the exchange for cross-enrollment (enrollment between two colleges). Your online course can be asynchronous or synchronous, as long as it is fully online. It cannot have any required on-campus meetings.

How do CVC Exchange students enroll in my class?

  1. The student signs into the CVC Exchange and identifies their Home College (Fullerton College)
  2. The student searches for classes sorted by category (CSU, IGETC, or topic)
  3. The student selects the desired course for enrollment

Available courses are displayed to students in the following order:

  1. Available Home College courses
  2. Available Teaching College Courses
  3. Any other available courses offered through other CCCs participating in the CVC Exchange