Today's topics:Thursday, January 28, 2010
German with OSU Is Currently Full [E-lert for Jan. 28, 2010]
NCVPS has maxed out its German enrollment with Oklahoma State University. We are trying to see if that limit can be raised, but at this moment any students on a German waitlist will not likely secure a seat in the course.
We apologize for this inconvenience!
Virtual Teacher Information Numbers for Your SAR Report [E-lert for Jan. 28, 2010]
You may use the Fall 09 VTIN list for your NCWISE SAR report. We have about 15 new teachers who will be added to the list, but that will not happen until the registration period is over. The other 350+ teachers are on the fall list.The VTIN list can be found under the NCWISE Teacher Information tab in the DLA Spa.
NCVPS Introduces Blended Modular Learning to North Carolina [E-lert for Jan. 28, 2010]
Typically when a students fails a unit in a course, the student has to advance to the next unit when the rest of the class does, regardless if he or she is ready to advance. Modular learning takes the best of what online and traditional classroom resources have to offer and helps the failing student master the concepts of a unit and advance with the necessary skills.NCVPS and three districts are piloting modular learning this spring on a small scale. Specific modules in Algebra I, Algebra II, English I, and Physical Science have been developed. This blended learning approach allows the face-to-face (f2f) teacher to use NCVPS modules with NCVPS teachers to reteach material a student may be struggling with in the f2f environment. The NCVPS teacher works with the f2f teacher as the student moves through the online material.
Our plan is to finish development of these four courses this spring and have them available for the state in the fall 2010. Further courses will become "modularized" as we are able to develop them. Training modules will be created for the participating districts.
Credit Recovery Enrollment Extended [E-lert for Jan. 28, 2010]
Registration for NCVPS courses will close at on January 29.Credit Recovery, though, will extend its registration until Feb. 19.
After January 29, DLAs should email Michelle Lourcey at mlourcey@dpi.state.nc.us for directions on registration.
After January 29, DLAs should email Michelle Lourcey at mlourcey@dpi.state.nc.us for directions on registration.
Credit Recovery Update - Day One [E-lert for Jan. 28, 2010]
The NCVPS Credit Recovery staff works closely with the schools providing bi-weekly updates on Credit Recovery students to help keep you informed of their progress. To better serve you, we need some information on the Credit Recovery implementation at your school. We've created a survey to help gather the information. On this survey, you will be able to provide information about the lab facilitators that are working directly with the Credit Recovery students and which school personnel should receive the mastery charts and Credit Recovery updates. If you could take a few moments of your time to complete this survey, we would greatly appreciate it. Link to survey: http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=dERSZVRnVk5QWEwwREVDRTkwQU5ETnc6MA
Updates for January 25, 2010
1. Teacher contact
You will be receiving emails from our Credit Recovery teachers introducing themselves and thanking you for your support of these students this semester. If you are not the person the teacher should contact or if there is another person the teacher should include in the weekly emails, please let the teacher know. If you have completed the survey mentioned above, we have provided the information to our teachers so they will know the best person to contact.
The majority of our teachers work in the f2f classroom during the school day so they will not be available to students one-on-one until the evening times. Every Credit Recovery teacher will be available to work with students at least once a week via Pronto, our secured instant messaging system, for those students who have computer access at home. For those students with no computer access at home, teachers will call students at least once a week to work one-on-one.
2. Incorrect Contact Information for StudentsSome teachers will ask for your help with a new contact number for a student. Our teachers are required to call the student and have come across some disconnected or incorrect numbers. It will be helpful to update this information in the registration system as well. Please let the teacher know if you update the registration system with a quick email so the teachers can check back and get the correct number.
3. Please provide the id and password to your students.
The Blackboard username and password for each student can be found in the registration system. You will need to provide that information to the student. Our teachers can not provide ids and passwords to students. Also, please make sure you have the students logon at http://ncvps.blackboard.com and complete the Getting Started Unit (mentioned below) right away.
LEO Hot Topics [E-lert for Jan. 28, 2010]
Remind students taking LEO courses of the high school's drop/add period. iSchool and Community Colleges have a much longer drop/add (well into the semester). A student could end up with a failing grade or unable to add another high school course.Each high school can require each student to follow the high school drop/add policies and not those of iSchool or the Community College.
If there are questions please contact Deborah Pedersen at deborahp@dpi.state.nc.us
Friday, January 22, 2010
E-lert for Jan. 21, 2010
Today's topics:Be sure to subscribe to the DLA E-lert by entering your email address in the box in the upper right of the sidebar!
Good luck this semester and thank you for the record enrollment!
Opening Spring Semester 2010 [E-lert for Jan. 21]
Barriers
LEO Quick Start [E-lert for Jan. 21]
Follow this link to a Quick Start LEO document for those who have not registered students for online college courses.
Monday, January 18, 2010
Early Access to Select Courses
Due to the dramatic growth in spring 2010 enrollments, the NCVPS Technology Team will be offering early access to a select few spring 2010 courses. By offering this option, we hope to improve our user support capacity.
Please note that student participation in this early access is completely voluntary. No deadlines will be advanced for any tests, homework, or any course activity. This is a voluntary opportunity for students to log in and verify their userid and password work appropriately. If they are enrolled in a course with an early start, they will be able to access it from their "My NCVPS" tab. They can feel free to navigate through the course content early, but will not be held to any early deadlines.
Access to these courses will be available Tuesday, January 19th. The courses that will be made available on that date are as follows:
Arabic - all levels
Art 1
Chinese - all levels
Computer Applications
Computer Programming
Computerized Accounting
Digital Communications
Digital Photography
e Commerce 1
e Commerce 2
French - all levels
Music Appreciation
Principles of Business
Russian - all levels
Small Business
Spanish - all levels
Success 101
Any NCVPS courses not listed above will open on January 25th, 2010, as planned. Please do not expect any course not listed above to be available to students prior to the formal start of the semester on January 25th. If the student logs into one of these courses prior to the 25th, they will not see the course listed in their "My NCVPS" tab or have any access whatsoever.
NOTE AGAIN: This early access will not affect any deadlines or semester calendar timelines. Students are not required to log in early; this is merely an early access option being offered for schools and students to take advantage of at their discretion.
If you have questions or concerns, please contact your Virtual Learning Consultant (VLC). Contact information for your VLC can be found at http://ncvps.org/lea/studentsupport/
Please note that student participation in this early access is completely voluntary. No deadlines will be advanced for any tests, homework, or any course activity. This is a voluntary opportunity for students to log in and verify their userid and password work appropriately. If they are enrolled in a course with an early start, they will be able to access it from their "My NCVPS" tab. They can feel free to navigate through the course content early, but will not be held to any early deadlines.
Access to these courses will be available Tuesday, January 19th. The courses that will be made available on that date are as follows:
Arabic - all levels
Art 1
Chinese - all levels
Computer Applications
Computer Programming
Computerized Accounting
Digital Communications
Digital Photography
e Commerce 1
e Commerce 2
French - all levels
Music Appreciation
Principles of Business
Russian - all levels
Small Business
Spanish - all levels
Success 101
Any NCVPS courses not listed above will open on January 25th, 2010, as planned. Please do not expect any course not listed above to be available to students prior to the formal start of the semester on January 25th. If the student logs into one of these courses prior to the 25th, they will not see the course listed in their "My NCVPS" tab or have any access whatsoever.
NOTE AGAIN: This early access will not affect any deadlines or semester calendar timelines. Students are not required to log in early; this is merely an early access option being offered for schools and students to take advantage of at their discretion.
If you have questions or concerns, please contact your Virtual Learning Consultant (VLC). Contact information for your VLC can be found at http://ncvps.org/lea/studentsupport/
Dropping Students BEFORE Day 5 of a Course [E-lert for Jan. 13]
You may drop students from a course before the course begins and up to Day 10 of a course without any academic penalty for the student. The process changes after Day 5. Here's the process to drop students before classes begin and up to Day 5:1. Click on the Enrollments button.
2. Click the "enroll" button next to the course title.
3. You will now see the enrollment pages, as if you were enrolling a student.
4. Look at the enrolled students on the left column. Check the box next to the name of the student(s) whom you want to drop.
5. Click the "remove" button above the list of students' names.
6. The student's name will now appear in the right "not enrolled" column.
Any students on the roster after the 10th day will receive a grade for the course. Only medical/504 drops will be processed after the 10th day of class.
Here's a detailed view of the drop process.
Any students on the roster after the 10th day will receive a grade for the course. Only medical/504 drops will be processed after the 10th day of class.
Here's a detailed view of the drop process.
Dropping Students on Day 6 through 10 [E-lert for Jan. 13]
After the enrollment period has ended for a course (Day 5 of a course), you will need to click on the "view" button to drop students. Here's how that process works:1. Click on the Enrollments button.
2. Click the "view" button instead of the "enroll" button.
3. Above the students' names, click "Enroll students in this semester"
4. The enrollment view will come back up, but you won't be able to enroll, just remove.
5. Look at the column on the left of enrolled students.
6. Click the box next to the name of the student whom you want to drop.
7. Click the remove button. The student's name will now appear in the right column of "not enrolled "students.
You can continue to drop students by this method through the 10th day of class. Any students on the roster after the 10th day will receive a grade for the course. Only medical/504 drops will be processed after the 10th day of class.
You can continue to drop students by this method through the 10th day of class. Any students on the roster after the 10th day will receive a grade for the course. Only medical/504 drops will be processed after the 10th day of class.
Finding Teacher Contact Information [E-lert for Jan. 13]
You can find teacher contact information when you run your registration roster.Here is how that process works:
1) Log in to the registration system.
2) Click on the Enrollments button (not the Students button).
3) Above the list of courses, you will see an option to "export registrations to excel for" and a drop down menu.
4) On the drop down menu, select the semester that you want to run. If you have students in yearlong and block courses, you will need to run the Academic Year 2009-2010 and Spring 2010.
5) This will export an Excel spreadsheet. On the far right, you will see a column for the teachers' names and another column for their email and phone.
LEO Hot Topics! [E-lert for Jan. 13]
1. Lots of questions about LEO textbooks - contact your local LEA finance officer. They will have information from Paul LeSieur, DPI Finance Officer, concerning textbook reimbursement. Textbooks belong to the school. Parents should not have to purchase textbooks. Work with a Community College that will ship and invoice the school system for textbooks.2. Contact potential Community Colleges about LEO courses, if the CC requires any visit to the campus move on to another CC. Cleveland CC does not require any trips to the campus, everything is handled online (we do call it Learn & Earn ONLINE). Don't give your business to a CC that will not work with you, there are many CC from which to choose.
3. Encourage students to set up accounts at CFNC.org. It is free and allows students to apply online to any college/university in NC (including all CC) as well as send transcripts, via NC WISE, electronically. The "Student Transfer Navigator" will allow students to check which UNC campuses will accept which CC courses. Also on the CFNC site student can fill out all Federal loan and grant documents (FASFA) Lots of value for students on this site.
LEO Questions? Contact Deborah Pedersen, dpedersen@dpi.state.nc.us
Credit Recovery Update [E-lert for Jan. 13]
1. Mastery Charts and Status Reports
Mastery charts were messaged to the students within Blackboard and emailed to parents and DLAs by 5pm on Monday,Decemeber 14th. The Status Reports will be available in the registration system (REPORTS section) on Tuesday, December 15th. Mastery Charts and Status Reports will be provided bi-weekly during the fall semester for all Credit Recovery students. If you are new to this program and this is your first time receiving Mastery charts, you may wish to view this presentation detailing how students are assessed in Credit Recovery and how to "read" Mastery charts and status reports. http://content.flypaper.net/0a56d50a-f6dd-45c1-9032-633cecea4985/preview.aspx For the Mastery Chart schedule, click the following link: http://www.scribd.com/doc/18170808/Mastery-Chart-Schedule
2. Students unable to move forward in course
If you have a Credit Recovery student that states he or she is unable to move forward in a course for any reason, please contact Jeff Page at jnpage@dpi.state.nc.us. Jeff can help the DLA and/or lab facilitator to determine where or what the student can do next. Students should never be sitting with nothing to work on at any time!
3. Last Day To Submit Work
The end of the semester is quickly approaching. The last day for students to submit work in Credit Recovery courses is Thursday, January 14th. Please remind students they can work in their course over the winter break if they have computer access at home. Teachers will be available a day or two over the winter break to grade work and provide feedback. This is a great time for students to get caught up!
NC Distance Learning Association Conference [E-lert for Jan. 13]
Mark your calendars and come join NCVPS and other e-learning leaders in the state online and face-to-face!The 2010 NCDLA Blended Conference begins with two days of web-based sessions that can be attended from anywhere you access the Internet. You must be a member to participate in the Virtual Pre-conference sessions.
The following week, we'll convene in historic New Bern where we will extend the experience with all the elements of a traditional conference. The idea is that we'll get to know one another through online sessions, and then deepen our conversations and acquaintances by meeting face-to-face.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
E-lert for Jan. 6, 2010
Today’s topics include the following:
2) New Instructor Email Addresses
3) LEO Award
Student Contact Information [E-lert for Jan. 6]
It is imperative that you enter student contact information into the registration system. Check that you have entered each student’s email address and phone number. This is the first means of contact that instructors use to communicate with students.
New Instructor Email Addresses [E-lert for Jan. 6]
NCVPS instructors will have new email addresses beginning Dec 16th, 2009! The email addresses will be simliar to the old ones, but at a new domain. So, if the teacher's email was jane.doe@ncmail.net, then it will now be jane.doe@ncpublicschools.gov.
Their old email address will continue to be valid for a few months, however, please make note in your email contact list of the changes ASAP.
Also, please make sure your school allows emails to the ncpublicschools.gov domain by contacting your local IT support.
Outstanding LEO Campus [E-lert Jan. 6]
Cleveland Community College wins the LEO award (if there were such a thing) for outstanding campus. Emily Arey, areye@clevelandcommunitycollege.edu , is working with high schools across NC to enroll students in online college courses.
Cleveland CC will have several high school students graduate with Associate degrees in May and their high school diplomas in June. Want to know how to meet the needs of your high school students who are ready for college courses? Contact Cleveland CC, doesn't matter where you are located in NC.
LEO Questions? Contact Deborah Pedersen, dpedersen@dpi.state.nc.us
Healthful Living Permission Form [E-lert Jan. 6]
Healthful Living/Health and PE Permission Form
Use the new form in the DLA Spa.
The next Healthful Living and Health and PE course will begin on January 25th. If you have students registered in NCVPS's Healthful Living 9 week course or the Health and PE Course, you need to have their parent's permission as the course contains "Human Sexual Content." Completing this form is a requirement of DPI. Although you have registered your student(s) for the course, students can not be enrolled into the course until a signed Health and PE/Healthful Living Parental Form is received by NCVPS.
You can fax this signed form to 919-513-2557, scan a copy of the form and email it to Tammy Pearson at tpearson@dpi.state.nc.us, or you can mail the form to Tammy Pearson, NCVPS, 1017 Main Campus Drive Partners I Building -Room #1610, Raleigh, NC 27606.
If you need help in registering students for the Healthful Living and Health and PE course, please contact your VLC who will be able to assist you.
Credit Recovery Updates [E-lert Jan. 6]
CR Updates for Jan. 6, 2010.
1. Mastery Charts and Status Reports: Final mastery charts will be messaged to the students within Blackboard and emailed to parents and DLAs by 5pm on Monday, January 11th. The Status Reports will be available in the registration system (REPORTS section) on Tuesday, January 12th. Teachers sent out updates to DLAs and students this week.
2. Last Day To Submit Work: The end of the semester is quickly approaching. The last day for students to submit work in Credit Recovery courses is Thursday, January 14th. Please remind students to communicate with their teacher to determine their status in the course and what they need to do to finish the course by Thursday, January 14th.
3. Information about final grades/NonMastery reporting: To recap previously stated information, only students who master the entire course will receive a final grade. NCVPS does not provide grades for students who do not master the entire course. We are a mastery learning model, and while we provide a final course grade to schools for students who master the course material, we cannot provide grades for students who do not finish the course. Since the course is self-paced, we do not have an accurate grade to provide unless the entire course is mastered. One assignment could equal a 100 while the student has done no more work. This would be misleading and inaccurate to all. This is why we will provide a NonMastery for those students who do not finish the course on the final grade report.
All final grades and NonMasteries will come out on the final grade report on January 20. This is the final grade report for all NCVPS courses, and it will appear in the REPORTS section in the NCVPS registration system.
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