Career Prep B – Online Course (WPHS) Student Manual

The Career Preparedness course focuses on three integrated areas of instruction

– academic planning and career development, financial literacy, and technology.

Mastery of the content standards provides a strong foundation for student

acquisition of the skills, attitudes, and knowledge that enables them to achieve

success in school, at work, and across the life span. As part of preparing

students to be college- and career-ready, this course also equips them with the

skills needed for business and industry, continuing education, and lifelong

learning. Acquisition of theses skills is achieved by incorporating content and

strategies that can easily allow students to meet the required 20-hour online

experience as defined in the Alabama State Department of Education’s High

School Distance Learning: Online/Technology Enhanced Course or Experience

Guidance document. This 20-hour experience is gained in Career Prep B and is

a requirement for an Alabama High School Diploma. The Career Prep B course

itself is also required for graduation. Career Prep A is a prerequisite for this

course.

Table of Contents

Course of Study Objectives...................................................................................2

Communication......................................................................................................3

Submitting Assignments in Edmodo......................................................................4

Uploading an Assignment to Edmodo...................................................................5

Printed assignments (not electronically submitted)...............................................5

Blendspace............................................................................................................6

Google Drive..........................................................................................................7

Online Discussions................................................................................................7

Grades...................................................................................................................7

Cheating and Plagiarism.......................................................................................9

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What’s Covered in Career Prep B? (in order by course of study objectives)

Academic Planning and Career DevelopmentInappropriate Workplace BehaviorDiversityCareer Explorations

GoalsBenefitsIncomeDatabase to Examine Career Choice

Investigation of Postsecondary processAdmissionsFinancial aidFAFSA

Electronic PortfolioAdvanced Word ProcessingBasic Multimedia Presentation

Technology Skill ApplicationUtilization of Online Learning Management System for collaborative learning.

EdmodoOnline discussions

Identity Theft preventionManaging Finances

Develop plans for earning, spending, savingUse of spreadsheetsCreate a budgetOther income sourcesMethods for making major purchases

Evaluate consumer personal preferences and spending habits

Saving and InvestingDifference in Saving and InvestingCompound Interest and the Rule of 72Buying and Selling Investments

Banking and Financial Institutions Analyze various types of financial institutionsDemonstrate how to managing checking and saving accounts

Credit and DebtDetermine advantages and disadvantages of using creditAnalyze credit card offersExamine why credit ratings and credit reports are important

Maintaining a good credit scoreDetermine importance of contractsDescribe legal and illegal types of creditAssess the implications of bankruptcy

Risk Management and InsuranceInsurance associated with types of risksAnalyze facts that reduce the cost of insurance

Identify perils that are insurableDevelop a plan for financial security in the event of disaster

Determine best value of consumer purchasesExplore different payment methods

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Communication:

Best practice: Email me at wphscareer@gmail.com.

My school email address is lburgess.wp@calhoun.k12.al.us, but your message will more than likely get caught in spam. To avoid this problem, you should use the gmail address above to communicate with me about this course. The objectives of this course require that you use email to communicate. This becomes especially important in the summer session since I will only see you seven times during the session. In fact, one of your first assignments is to email me with your career goal. You should check your email daily for messages from me. You can use your school account or a gmail account. This will be discussed during orientation.

My web page (#167) is an excellent way for me to disseminate general info and messages that apply to everyone. I will sometimes use it alert you of due dates for assignments are approaching, helpful tips, and general “need to know” information. It will serve as a news page for us. You need to get in the habit of checking it and your email daily. The last Career Prep link labeled as Other is yours. There is also a link on my webpage for email, but it will go to my lburgess school address.

You will also need an Everfi account and an Edmodo account. If you already have a user name and password, the codes to join are as follows:

Everfi – 50508673Edmodo – wbk94u

If you do not have an account, one will be created at orientation.

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How to Submit Assignments in Edmodo.Follow the steps below: 1.Log in into your Edmodo Account.2.Select the Group from the left side panel and the find the Assignment in the

Group Post Stream, or you can view the Assignment from your Latest Posts area in the Post Stream of their Homepage.

3.Click the “Turn in” button located next to the due date to submit the Assignment.

4.Attach the work (if required) and provide a comment/message if necessary.5.Click on the “Turn in Assignment” button.6.Click on the reaction to the Assignment (the student must choose a reaction

and cannot change the reaction after submitting the Assignment).

Note: If you need to resubmit an Assignment, you must contact me first if I have already graded.

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Submitting an assignment which requires you to upload a file:

1. You still choose turn in as illustrated above.2. You still respond in the box and add a reaction, but you also have to

upload the file. See illustration below.

Printed Assignments: Occasionally, there will be printed assignments that you will turn in outside of Edmodo. When this occurs, your inbox is located next to the printer in my room. Just drop by and place your assignment in the inbox for grading. Make sure you label appropriately (Name, Date, and Assignment title).

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Blendspace: Occasionally a lesson will be included that has multiple parts, links or powerpoints. When that occurs you will access Blendspace. You do not need a login to see my lessons, only a link which I will provide. Blendspace is organized into panels which are numbered (looks much like Pinterest). To complete the lesson, you will need to follow the blocks in order (or if there are specific instructions, I will provide.) Work assigned from a blendspace page would still need to be uploaded to Edmodo for grading.

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Google Drive: If you have a Google account, a good way to complete your assignments is to use Google drive. Just type drive.google.com in your browser address bar. You can upload word, spreadsheet and powerpoint presentations that you create in Microsoft Office to your Google drive OR you can create also these documents using Google’s software in Google drive (works just like Office) and save them. Using Google Drive allows you to use any computer that has Internet access to retrieve your documents and work on them without having to worry about carrying them around on a flash drive. You can also submit documents to me by clicking the Share button and submitting to wphscareer@gmail.com.

Online discussions: From time to time, and as part of the requirements of your 20-hour online experience, you will be asked to participate in online class discussions in Edmodo. Post your response to questions in complete sentences, unless otherwise directed. Use correct grammar, not texting language, including always capitalizing the first-person pronoun “I”. Avoid informal language – you are not texting your friends; you are participating in an academic discussion. When responding to someone else’s discussion post, make sure that you use the same standards as mentioned above for original posts, that you treat the other person’s post/answer/opinion with respect, and include no rude or offense comments regarding other students’ postings. Always proof your work before posting.

To reply to a required post, you simply click the reply button/speech bubble beneath the discussion or the other students’ or my post.

Grades: Grades are assigned based on quality and completeness of assignments. While due dates are assigned in Edmodo because the structure of this course is almost totally online and students can work at their own pace, they are adhered to very loosely. However, because this session of the course is

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designed to be completed in four weeks, you need to make sure you do not get behind and use the calendar pacing guide to stay current. This online course requires dedication and self-discipline to complete. Consequently, it is imperative that students not fall behind in assignment submissions and communicate clearly and often with the instructor, both by email and face-to-face.

Grades are composed of assignments, quizzes, and online class discussions. Point values vary. Scale is as follows:90-100 A89-80 B79-70 C69-60 D59 and below F

INOW is not available during the summer, so I will use Edmodo to post grades.

Edmodo has an excellent help section for students. If you have a question and don’t want to wait for my answer, you can use the Edmodo help section (support.edmodo.com).

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Honor Code and Academic Conduct: All acts of dishonesty in work are considered academic misconduct. This includes, but is not limited to

cheating plagiarism fabrication of information abetting any of the above

Plagiarism involves copying the words of any work published by another person, including text on the internet, and presenting that work as your own. Any assignment committing plagiarism or other academic misconduct will be assigned a grade of zero with no opportunity to repeat the assignment. Repeated violations will require that the student be withdrawn from this online class and take this course in a face-to-face environment with an instructor.

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