Preparing for Opening Day through Week 2

Jenni Keith

Spring Semester Timeline • Monday, January 15• Courses Begin, Ck email addresses• Boston College Participant Pre Survey Registration and Completion

• Friday, January 19• Send private email to no shows, inviting in, requesting contact & notifying of drop policy

• Monday, January 22• PHONE no shows inviting in & notifying of drop policy

• Tuesday, January 23, 7-8P EST• Wimba eConference: Building a Learning Community – Liz Farmer, Presenter

• Wednesday, January 24• Notify no shows to contact you NOW or be dropped on Thursday, Jan 25

• Thursday, January 25• Final Drop Date

• Monday, January 29• Boston College Pre Survey Closes – Participants who miss the pre survey window, may still register and should still take the post survey at the end of the course.• Official enrollment reported on Boston College Class Manager site

• Tuesday, February 6, 7-8P EST• Wimba eConference: Participant Progress and Assessment

First Contacts

• Welcome Email – Posting, Email signature

• Undeliverables– Be a detective!

• Districts Map

• Orientation Forum

• Course Expectations

Participant Data You Will Receive

• eCollege – Confirmations, demographic info, usernames & passwords

• BB - List of Credentials from Anne

Participant Data Collection

• Collect demographic data– Registration confirmation– BB Personal Info Entry, Orientation forum

• Record reasons for drops• Update throughout semester• Post in PD Provider Community when

requested

Boston College Surveys

• Participants Register First• Then complete Pre-Survey• Ck completion on Class Manager Site• Entry in Gradebook• Public & Private Emails• Phone Calls if necessary• Support

Online PD Course Drop Policy• Because KDE, KVHS, and e-Learning Kentucky want to be good stewards of

state general funds and grant money and do not want to pay for virtual services, which educators do not use, the following is the procedure to drop a course.

• Participants are encouraged to drop a course if:– the registrant determines this course is not appropriate or will be more work than

previously thought or– a registrant’s professional or personal situation has changed since course registration.

• After 10 days (January 25) from the course start date, participants who do not complete the activities required in the first unit of the course will be asked by their facilitators if they intend to complete the course. Participants not responding to this inquiry will be dropped from the course.