NCVPS is extending its summer session to Tuesday, August 7, for its four Moodle courses - Medieval Studies, Anatomy Honors, Art 1, and Music Appreciation.  Students and teachers had limited access to their courses on Thursday, August 2.  The hosting service had unexpected server issues on August 2 and August 3.

Teachers in the four Moodle courses are contacting their students about the extensions, and we will accommodate those students as best we can.  

Classes for the four Moodle courses will be extended to Tuesday, August 7th.  Students may finish before that date.

Access

The last day of class is Friday, August 3.  Students will lose access to their courses at midnight.  Students will not be able to submit work after that time.  We will look at requests for extensions due to medical reasons on a case-by-case basis.  Those requests must come from the school principal, and not all requests will be able to be accommodated. 

Grades

Final grades will be posted in the registration system on Wednesday, August 8.  If you have graduating seniors and need an earlier grade, please make those requests directly to the teachers.  We will only be able to accommodate requests for summer graduates.

Here are the reporting fields for the final grade report:

Standard Non-EOC/CTE Courses

Final Exam:  Numeric grade for all students

Final Grade:  Numeric grade for all students

EOC Achievement:  Null

Comment:  For all students  

CTE Final Assessment: Null

EOC/CTE Courses

Final Exam:  Null.  Districts will administer all EOC/CTE exams

Final Grade: Numeric grade.  This is be 75% of final grade. 

                     Districts will calculate in the 25% portion from the

                     EOC/CTE exams.

EOC Achievement: Completed by our EOC instructors.

Comment: For all students  

CTE Final Assessment: Completed by our CTE instructors.

Credit Recovery Courses

Final Exam:  Null

Final Grade:  Null

EOC Achievement: Null

Comment: Instructors leave a final grade designation for every 

                  credit recovery student.  

FAIL = Student did not master the course

PASS = Mastered the course

CTE Final Assessment: Null

This link shows how to access the grade reports.

Here is a checklist for all of your Fall 2012 informational needs. Contact your VLC if you have any questions!

Contact Information

Be sure each school has accurate e-learning advisor (ELA) contact information in the registration system.  It is essential that our teachers have contact information for an advisor at the school. 

This link shows how to update your contact information. 

Budget

Summer 2012 enrollments are included in the fiscal year for 2012-2013.  When you are looking at your budget totals in the registration system, be aware that your Summer 2012, Fall 2012, and Spring 2013 enrollments are included in the top 2012-2013 budget line. 

Early Calendar Course Closings

Some early calendar courses may be closed due to low enrollment.  We will accommodate any students enrolled in those closed courses in our traditional calendar courses that being on August 27.  All early calendar students in traditional calendar courses will be given the opportunity to complete their courses before the winter break.

Checklists

We have checklists for the district-level and school-level advisors and for students.  Be sure enrolled students have the links to their checklists. 

District and School Checklists are at this URL: http://goo.gl/VF1Lg  

The Getting Started Checklist for NCVPS Students (for Blackboard courses) is at this URL:  http://goo.gl/CPSfj  

The Getting Started Checklist for NCVPS Students Using Moodle  is at this URL: http://goo.gl/mVfQO  

Important Links

Blackboard Login 
http://ncvps.blackboard.com/webapps/login/  

Moodle Login

http://moodle.ncvps.org/   

Moodle Pre-Registration Orientation
http://moodle.ncvps.org/course/view.php?id=168    

E-learning Advisor's Portal

http://www.ncvpselaportal.org/   

Student Password Issues

Passwords will not work until the first day of our Meet the Teacher program. That date is August 8 for early calendar courses and August 22 for traditional calendar courses. Please remember that students will not gain access to their courses for up to one business day after their enrollment.

If the student's password does not work on the first day of Meet the Teacher, go through the following steps:   

Important Dates

Early Calendar Classes Starts: August 13

Early Calendar Last Day to Add: August 17

Early Calendar Admin Drops Posted in Registration System: August 22

Early Calendar Admin Drop Corrections Due by 4pm on August 23

Early Calendar Last Day to Drop: August 24

Traditional Calendar Classes Start: August 27

Traditional Calendar Last Day to Add: August 31

Traditional Calendar Admin Drops Posted in the Registration System: September 6

Traditional Calendar Admin Drop Corrections Due by 4pm on September 7

Traditional Calendar Last Day to Drop: September 10

Full Calendar: http://goo.gl/EISfg