CAUTION: SETTINGS NOT RIGHT FOR STUDENTS WHO WORKED ON COURSES IN PAST YEARS AND WANT TO FINISH THEM NOW

Teachers,

For students who have started courses in the past but not finished them, but want to finish them this year, you HAVE TO go back into the settings and block quizzes and test.  If you don't, the students will be able to retake tests and quizzes over and over and move on to the next lesson even if they fail the assessment.

Find the student, go to Course Enrollment, scroll down and find the course.  Click on Edit and put a check on in Block Quizzes AND Block Tests.



ODYSSEYWARE ON DEMAND TUTORIALS

Struggling with the software?

Get more help with http://www.odysseyware.com/resources/on-demand-tutorials/

FAQ: I CAN'T FIND THE COURSE

I found the student in the system, but when I go to enroll them in a course, the course is not in the list.

This happens when the student has already been enrolled in the course.  The system doesn't show any courses in the course list that the student has already been enrolled in. You can find out what courses a student is enrolled in by clicking on the Student tab, and then Go To Course Enrollment.   All the courses will be listed at the bottom of the page.  You can also see the courses by clicking the Course Enrollment tab and then find the student. 

FAQ: I CAN'T FIND A STUDENT IN THE SYSTEM!!!!

Problem:  I can't find a student in the system, but when I try to add them in, it says the account already exists.  How can I fix this?

This means the student is in the system, but is inactive.  When you are searching for students, if you will change the status to ALL instead of ACTIVE, you can see all the students in the system.  When you edit the student, you need to make them ACTIVE. 

GRADE AVERAGING

The question has come up about grade averaging and I wanted to make sure we were all on the same page. 

If a student is only doing a 6 week recovery, he had to get a 70 or above in his online credit recovery course to get credit.

If a student has to complete a whole semester, in other words he/she has to complete 3 - 6 weeks, does the student have to pass every 6 weeks individually?

The answer is no.  As long as the average of the 3 - 6 weeks is passing, the student will get credit for the course.

WHAT DO I DO IF I HAVE A SUB?

This is always a difficult situation for teachers that facilitate an OCR lab during the school day.  There is no ideal situation, but security has to be our number one priority.

First, make a copy of the Teacher User Manual that is linked in an early post.  Keep it available for your sub so he/she can work in the program.

If you have another teacher on your campus that you trust with your password, you can have them come down and login for the sub.  If not, you will have to give the sub your password.  As soon as you can after the school day is over, change your password. Your password MUST be change within a 24 hour period from when you were absent.

Keep in mind that if your password gets out, the students can login and see all the answers and change their grade. 

INSTRUCTIONAL VIDEO TO SHOW STUDENTS ON THE FIRST DAY

Odysseyware has developed a short video that you can show your students on the first day of class to show them how to use the software.

The link is http://www.odysseyware.com/resources/video/11

COURSES ARE READY

All the courses are now ready for you to assign to students.  Login in under high, middle, or intermediate school login.  The courses that you can enroll in your students in are darkened. 

If you have any questions, refer to the MISD Teacher's User Manual in a previous post.

ENGLISH BOOKS

The English courses for OCR have required reading.  The books can be found online at http://www.gutenberg.org/

CLARIFICATIONS OF LOGINS

Just wanted to add a blog about logins.  There are three logins for adding students. One for high, middle, and intermediate school.  If you will be adding students to the system or reassigning students to a new teacher or campus, you will have to use one of these logins depending on the grade of the student.  To get the username and password, please email the principal or AP on your campus that is responsible for OCR.  By adding all the students under these logins, we have the ability to see every student at every level in one place. 

After the students have been inputted, you can login with your individual teacher login and only see the students that will be in your OCR class.  It is a lot easier to manage when you can only see your students.  You have the rights to assign courses to them.  All courses that will be taking for credit will end in "for course credit".  If the courses are designed for enrichment, they will be labeled as such.  We have had a lot better success if students are assigned one course at a time.  As soon as they finish one, you can sign them up for the next one.  The courses will be ready for you to start assigning on, Monday, August 20th.

If you don't have a teacher login yet, please email your principal and we will get it set up for you.

I hope this clears up some misunderstandings.

QUICK START GUIDES FOR TEACHERS AND STUDENTS

Below are links to the Teacher and Student Quick Start Guides.  These are from Odysseyware and are a great tool along with the 2012 MISD Manual included in a earlier blog.

TEACHER QUICK START GUIDE

STUDENT QUICK START GUIDE

NEW MISD POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR 2012-2013

Principals, Counselors, and OCR Teachers,

It is IMPERATIVE that you read the Policy and Procedures for the 2012.  We have worked hard to create a plan so that all schools will be consistent and award credit in the same manner.  The attached Policies and Procedures will cover the responsibilities of principals, counselors, and OCR teachers.  There is also a Powerpoint so that you can share the 2012 plan with your staff.

In the back of the Policies and Procedures document, there is a MISD OCR Form for students signing up for classes and an MISD Student Contract.  Both of these documents have been approved by central office and must be used.  Again, the goal is to be consistent.

If you have any questions or concerns, please post comments on the Blog or email at catherinehudgins@misdmail.org

MISD POLICIES & PROCEDURES 2012
MISD POLICIES & PROCEDURES 2012 POWERPOINT