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Belle Vernon AreaSchool District

Online Summer School

Orientation Meeting

June 19, 2013

Please login to your ComputerUsername: bva-eacademy (bvasd\bva-eacademy )

Password: bvasd

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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 June 24, 2013 and end on July

26, 2013

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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

• In the online environment, 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 the Moodle. Students need to 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 Desk

1-888-836-2269

helpdesk@wiueacademy.org

Or text requests to (724) 804-8102

Place this number in your

cell phone at this time!

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www.bellevernonarea.netBVA eAcademy

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Assignments and Grades

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Will list date and time

submitted and grade

received for each

assignment

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Belle Vernon Area H.S.Computer Lab Availability

• Tuesday and Thursday• 8:00 a.m. 11:00 a.m.• Belle Vernon Area High School • Sign-in in the Art Annex Entrance to

BVAHS. The Mobile Lab will be set up in the Art Room.

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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.LastName

Password: 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!