This study examines teaching presence in online
tutorials at a graduate program in a distance
teaching university. The method of the research uses
content analysis and in-depth interviews. Data will
be collected from the transcript of the discussion
activities and interactions between student and tutor
in an online tutorial of six courses of the graduate
program and interviews with tutors. The transcripts
of online tutorial activities will be analyzed by using
a message unit; meanwhile the interviews will be
analyzed with code and grouped into theme.