saskatoon catholic cyber school. inception 1999 24 staff members 48 online courses student...
TRANSCRIPT
MOODLE MODIFICATIONS AND IN-HOUSE ENHANCEMENTS
Saskatoon Catholic Cyber School
CYBER SCHOOL
Inception 1999
24 staff members
48 online courses
Student enrollment
Saskatoon CatholicCyber School
CYBER SCHOOL
We have a very high degree of customization across the board in our asynchronous Moodle LMS. Move from WebCT to Moodle in 2011-2012.
All of these adaptations were developed in division by our programmers and integrated to assist our teachers in their day-to-day Moodle responsibilities, as well as improve the communication between home and school.
These enhancements have created a better learning experience for our online students.
CYBER SCHOOL
Automatic Bi-Weekly Grade Reporting
Sends a snapshot every two weeks to students, parents, teachers
Midterms – at day 75 – get sent to our in-division schools for their records
CYBER SCHOOL
Inactivity Notifications
• Happens at day five, ten, and 15 of INACTIVITY – not just not logging in.
Subject: Cyber School Alert: You have been absent from Information Processing 20 Hi Brett, This is an automated email, please do not reply to this email, but directly contact your teacher instead if you have questions or concerns. You still have not been attending your Cyber School class Information Processing 20. I am concerned that you will not be able to complete the course in the time you have left. Please contact me as soon as you are able. If you have discussed this with me already, please disregard this email, otherwise, please contact me immediately if there is a problem that you need help with. Please note that these notices are sent out based solely on days of inactivity and do not take into account the course work you have completed, or are working on offline to date or any previous conversations you may have had with your course instructor regarding your inactivity. Lisa Choquette
CYBER SCHOOL
Final Report Card Processing
• Teachers receive a notification via e-mail upon day 150 OR when all the cells in the grade book are filled.
• No semester system at Cyber School. Continuous intake and outgoing students.
• The final gets sent to the Cyber Office, student, teacher, parents
CYBER SCHOOL
CYBER SCHOOL
CYBER SCHOOL
Course Page Setup
2 columns
CYBER SCHOOL
Automatic Course-Specific SMS Messages
CYBER SCHOOL
Calendar App
The LINK
CYBER SCHOOL
Monthly CIF’s (Continuous Improvement Framework)
• It is easy for us / our teachers to become complacent in our LMS, so we introduce a new CIF about every month, which is set up to incorporate better learning practices into our courses.
• It also helps us challenge our teachers and keep them ‘on their toes’ so to speak. It’s good to get them out of their comfort zone.
• These skills carry over into their face-to-face schools.
CYBER SCHOOL
What we offer:
•Hybrid Courses•The courses can support or be used as the actual course in a face to face classroom. www.scs.sk.ca/cyber/hybrid
•Credit Recovery• a program to allow students on the bubble to get the marks they need in the specific unit(s) of a class to get a credit for the overall class. http://www.scs.sk.ca/cyber/creditrecov/
•Summer School•We can offer any of our classes for students anywhere in the province during July and August. No need to be tied to a face-to-face school. Students can still vacation at the cottage, or keep that summer job! http://www.scs.sk.ca/cyber/summer/
CYBER SCHOOL
Saskatoon Catholic Cyber School2701 Porter Street
Saskatoon SK., S7J 3K7 Telephone: (306) 659-7700
http://www.scs.sk.ca/cyber/