belle vernon area school district online summer school orientation meeting july 2, 2014 1
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Belle Vernon AreaSchool District
Online Summer SchoolOrientation MeetingJuly 2, 2014
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Please login to your ComputerUsername: bva-eacademy Password: bvasd(bvasd\bva-eacademy)
Today’s Agenda
• Overview of the Summer School Program
• Student Responsibilities
• Working in the Moodle Environment
• Computer Lab Availability at BVAHS
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Online Summer School
• Purpose• Provide students with an opportunity to:
• earn credits toward graduation• work in a 21st century learning environment• have flexibility in the summer schedule
• Summer Course Dates• All courses begin on July 7, 2014 and end on August 8,
2014
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Online Summer School
• Grading and Monitoring Progress• The teacher’s syllabus will outline specific grading
procedures for the course.• In the Moodle environment, you have access to
view grades you received for assignments that you submitted.
• End of course grades will be sent to respective guidance counselors upon completion of the course.
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Online Summer School • Internet Safety Guidelines
• You received this document upon entering the building.
• It explains your responsibility in working in an online environment.
• YOU MUST READ THE DOCUMENT.• Please read and submit to Mr. Grice before you
leave this afternoon.
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Student Responsibilities • Students work at their own pace and must be
responsible for submitting work to the teacher on time.
• Teachers will be available via E-mail and Moodle. Students must be proactive in contacting the teacher if they have questions or need help either during office hours or through email.
• Some teachers have made themselves available during face-to-face meeting times or during outlined office hours. Students who need help may take advantage of this.
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Student Responsibilities • Some courses will require students to take a midterm and
final exam at the school. Students from schools other than Belle Vernon Area may be permitted to take the exams at their home district under the supervision of their principal or guidance counselor. The student is responsible for making the arrangements to take exams at their home districts. Send to: 425 Crest Ave.; Belle Vernon, PA 15012
• Students need to READ each course syllabus for information about teacher office hours, face-to-face meetings, grade procedures, assignment procedures, etc.
• All work submitted in the online environment is date and time-stamped. Teachers can see when and for how long students are logged into the Moodle site, and how many times documents/assignments are viewed.
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Student Responsibilities • Create a folder on your home computer’s desktop to save all
course assignments. • Save your course assignments to a flash drive when coming to
BVAHS (or E-mail documents to yourself) to work on assignments.
• The online learning environment is challenging. You must be a motivated individual.
• You will have many more distractions than you would if in a traditional classroom. You need to manage your time wisely.
• Suggestion: create a Google Account to save everything to the Cloud.
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Parent Responsibilities
• Course, Assignment or Grading Questions: Contact Teacher
• Technical Questions: WIU Help Desk1-888-836-2269
[email protected] text requests to (724) 804-8102
Place this number in your cell phone at this time!
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Assignments and Grades
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Will list date and time
submitted and grade
received for each
assignment
Belle Vernon Area H.S.Computer Lab Availability• Can be scheduled as needed.• Email Mr. Grice at:
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Orientation Work Session
• During this session, you will:• Learn about course requirements • Log onto the Moodle site using the username: firstname.lastnamePassword: changeme• Review the Moodle course setup• View the Moodle Tutorials provided at BVA eAcademy
Summer School Resource Page• Ask questions
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Moodle Online Learning
•Access to the Moodle site:http://summerschool.
wiueacademy.org
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Let’s Take a Tour of Moodle• Please read the Internet Safety and Acceptable Use Policy• Please take this opportunity to enter the Moodle environment and
become familiar.Please work through the Orientation Course:
http://summerschool.wiueacademy.org
Search BVA OrientationEnrollment Key: BVA
• You are released to login and work
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Thank You for Coming This
Morning!
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