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NCVPS E-lert - March 16, 2018 - Spring Edition VII (Progress Reports Posted)
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Spring 2018 Dates

Start: Jan. 29, 2018
Drop/Add: Feb. 9, 2018
Last Day: June 1, 2018

See our calendar for progress report dates. We post updates every two weeks throughout the semester. 
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Greetings!
We posted progress reports in our registration system yesterday, March 15. Please download the report and check on your students' progress. 

Registration opens March 29! Your 2018-2019 allotment totals are now posted in the registration system. See the details below.

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Thank you, and have a wonderful week!
RegOpenRegistration for 2018-2019 Opens March 29
NCVPS  registration for the 2018-2019 academic year will  open on Thursday, March 29. This includes Summer 2018, Fall Block 2018, Yearlong 2018-2019, and Spring Block 2019, and the early start calendars for both fall and spring.


We sent the 2018-2019 Projected Allotments from DPI's Financial and Business Services to district e-learning coordinators this week.

Your 2018-2019 updated allotment totals are now posted in the registration system.

When registration opens for March 29, all enrollments will be counted in your new allotment. 


Our 2018-2019 Course Catalog is now posted online.  

We have made a few adjustments. We now have additional offerings for early calendar. 

We hope to add two new CTE courses (Employment and  Microsoft Introduction to Computer Science).

We also have a few courses that are undergoing revisions, and they will not be offered next year.  
APTestNCVPS AP Test Code
We would like to request that ELAs contact their school's  AP testing coordinator to remind them about the NCVPS school code when students take their AP tests.

Please have students input the NCVPS code (045) into the 'Online Provider Code' found on Page 1, Item G, of the student's  AP answer sheet during administration of the exam. This will allow NCVPS to receive a copy of their May 2018 test scores for our records. These scores are needed as part of the accountability piece for NCVPS. 
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Browser cache is stored data that helps our browsers load web pages more quickly. However, that data often becomes outdated, and it can prevent users from seeing updated content immediately.

It's a good practice for students to frequently clear the cache in their web browsers. This helps them quickly see  adjustments made to content placed on the NCVPS server or updated in Canvas, our learning management system.

This Clearing Cache page can you help with details on clearing cache in various browsers. 
SpringUpdatesSpring 2018 Updates

Remember to give students their usernames and passwords. NCVPS does not send login details to students. You can access login details for students by running an enrollment report in our registration system.  


Jan. 29 - Classes Begin
Feb. 1 - Day-3 Student Status Report Posted in the Registration System
Feb. 7 - Day-7 Student Status Report Posted in the Registration System
Feb. 9 - Last Day to Drop or Add Students


We will still have a number of options for schools; however, please remember our funding limitations this spring.  We can only accept late adds for seniors in credit recovery, transfer requests, and Flex Learning.

Credit Recovery: Credit recovery enrollment will remain open for seniors only until March 29, 2018. Please open a help desk ticket to seek enrollment.  

OCS: Schools can continue to enroll in existing OCS sections throughout the semester. We cannot open new OCS sections after Feb. 9. 

1/2 Credit Health and 1/2 Credit PE Courses: Registration for our 2nd 9-week health courses will remain open until April 13, 2018.   See funding limitations .  

Transfer Students: After Feb. 9, we will begin accepting transfers for seniors who need a course to graduate in spring. They must meet our transfer criteria. Transfer students must already be enrolled in a traditional course at the school with an instructor AND have a grade to transfer in with. Open a help desk ticket to start the transfer process.    

Flex Learning: Our Flex Learning courses help students who have a special or hardship situation. If any of the above options work for a student, you will need to use those options, but when you are out of options,  check out our  Flex Learning page  for enrollment information. For Spring 2018, we can only accept seniors who need a course to graduate.  Open a help desk ticket to start the transfer process.  
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  CurrentPostedGrades What Grades Are Currently Posted?

March 15 - Progress Reports Posted in Registration System


March 29 -  Progress Reports Posted in Registration System

Reporting Overview

 
See how your students are progressing! We post progress reports every two weeks in the registration system. These are unweighted grades.



Only our final grade report is a weighted grade report. 



NCVPS posts student status reports after the third and seventh days of class. These reports indicate if students have logged in or not to their NCVPS courses. These reports are early warning indicators for schools.


NewCalendar2018-2019 Dates Set
We have our calendar dates set for next year. 

We are restarting our  Early  Calendar program to meet the needs of the growing number of North Carolina schools that have an early start to the school year.   We are rebranding the calendar as " Early   Start " to eliminate the "EC" confusion with the Exceptional Children's program. We will survey early start schools in the coming weeks to determine what courses they most need. Be on the lookout for that survey in a future e-lert.  

Key Dates

Semester
Summer 2018
Early Start Fall 2018
Traditional Fall 2018
Early Start Spring 2019
Traditional Spring 2019
Start
June 18
Aug. 13
Aug. 27
Jan. 7
Jan. 28
Drop/Add
June 29
Aug. 24
Sept. 10
Jan. 18
Feb. 8
End
Aug. 10
Dec. 14
Jan. 11
May 10
May 31


See our Calendar Page on the web.  
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March 2018 Dates

Hanami: Japanese Cherry Blossom Viewing
When: March 19th
Time: 9:00 PM
Presenter: Logan Lampkins

Are We Engineering Away our Natural Defenses Along the NC Coast?
When: March 29th
Time: 6:00 PM
Presenter: Rachel Gittman

Indigenous Peoples: Nahua
When: March 29th
Time: 9:00 PM
Presenter:  SeƱora Odom 

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Password Reset

If you have had your password reset through the Virtual Support Center, the new password will not expire unless you have reset it again. Occasionally, multiple people will request a student's password to be reset (i.e. the student, ELA, lab facilitator, and/or parent), so the password is reset multiple times. This, of course, causes confusion.  It's always best if only one person requests a password reset for a student. 

If you have forgotten what your password was reset to, you can look up the help desk ticket to access the new password or click on "Forgot Password" on the course login page.

Students should make sure that NCVPS teachers have their correct email addresses, and those email addresses should be confirmed in our Canvas learning management system. This will allow students to receive messages from their teachers and peers in the course forum.

Here's how to confirm student email addresses in Canvas:

Click on "settings" on your name in the upper right side of your course.
Click on "Add Email Address" under Ways to Contact on the right of screen.
Add your correct email if Canvas is not displaying your correct email.  
Click on "Register email."
Click the star next to your correct email address. 
 
 
For additional information, please see our Tech Requirements:
http://ncvps.org/technology-requirements 
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