Districts and Charter Schools,
Please forward this E-lert to your school-level stakeholders. We often have enrollment information for counselors, grades for data managers, tips for lab facilitators, announcements for testing coordinators, and strategies for school leaders, all of whom support your district's and school's e-learning efforts. If you are having difficulty viewing this email, you may view it as a web page here.
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NCVPS E-lert - Nov. 13, 2017 - Fall Edition XI (Next Progress Reports Nov. 16)
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Today, Nov. 13, is the last day to register for fall second-session health courses. Nov. 22 is the last day to register for fall credit recovery courses, and it is the last day to transfer into fall block courses.
We will also post progress reports in the registration system on Thursday, Nov. 16. Download the report to see how your students are progressing.
Important Information
Thank you, and have a wonderful week!
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Fall 2017 Updates |
Please remember that there is only one login per school. If your school already has access, you will need to share the login username and password.
Credit Recovery
: Credit recovery enrollment will remain open until November 22, 2017. Schools can continue to enroll in credit recovery courses that have open seats.
OCS: Schools can continue to enroll in existing OCS sections throughout the semester. We cannot open new OCS sections after Sept. 12.
1/2 Credit Health and 1/2 Credit PE Courses: Registration for our 2nd 9-week health courses will remain open until November 13, 2017.
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ransfer Students: After Sept. 12, we will begin accepting transfers for students who 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. We will have more details on this next week. We are able to accept transfer students through November 22, 2017.
Open a ticket with the Virtual Support Center here:
http://www.help.ncvps.org/
and include the following information with your transfer request:
1. Student's Name
2. Student's PowerSchool Number
3. Student's Email
4. Student's contact phone number
5. Student's School & District
6. Course transferring in to
7. Transfer Grade (and support plan if needed)
8. Does the student have an IEP? Does the Student have a 504 Plan?
9. Brief reason for transfer
Semester Success with NCVPS
We have several processes that schools should follow throughout the semester to help students have greater success in NCVPS courses.
Grade Report Updates
What Grades Are Currently Posted?
November 2: 2nd Session Health and 2nd Session PE Day 3 Status Report Posted in the NCVPS Registration System
November 2: Final Grades for 1st Session Traditional Calendar Health and 1st Session Traditional Calendar PE Posted in the Registration System
November 2: Progress Report Posted in the NCVPS Registration System
What's Next on the Schedule?
November 16: Progress Reports Posted in the NCVPS 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.
Final Grade Report
Only our final grade report is a weighted grade report.
Student Status (No-Show) Reports
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.
Additional Grade Reporting Resources
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Download the NCVPS App! |
NCVPS has a new free app developed by
School Info App, which is recognized by District Administration Magazine as one of the Top 100 school applications in 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2016. Download the app in the Google Play and iTunes stores. Search for "NCVPS" to find the app in either store.
Current app features allow users to do the following:
- Receive calendar and news notifications
- Have quick access to course catalogs, online learning tools, and important documents
- Translate messages to 30+ languages
- See NCVPS social media posts
- Follow specific teacher announcements
The app is not required for students or teachers. However, some of our teachers will be using the app as an additional way to contact students. We already have a few early adopters.
iKeepSafe has certified the app for COPPA, CSPC, and FERPA compliance; although, no account is necessary to receive announcements or notifications from teachers or the staff.
New features and additional capacity will be added throughout the year.
We hope to see you in the app and look forward to your feedback!
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NCVPS Teacher Tip: Save Your Work - A Good Backup Plan. |
NCVPS teachers have a lot of great tips to share with online students and the support crews who facilitate their learning. "They know a thing or two because they've seen a thing or two."
Save Your Work - A Good Backup Plan
Saving your work is an important step in protecting hours of hard work and the effort you've made in your NCVPS course. You may not think you will need the work later, but this type of planning is a key trait of a successful online learner. Guarding and safely storing your data is also a key part of being a responsible internet user.
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Help Desk Issues with Certain Emails
Chrome Update
- On your computer, open Chrome.
- At the top right, click More .
- Click Help
- Click About Chrome
- Relaunch
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.
Student Email Confirmations in Canvas
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.
Tech Requirements
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