Answer: CT Virtual Learning offers online supplemental courses to CT high schools and home-schooled students as a complement as well as an alternative to traditional schools. Curriculm will engage student by connecting real work application to learning through problem solving and/or project-based learning assignments.

Courses

• High School Courses are fully interactive with the same rigor and expectations as face to face courses and contain all of the activities, lessons, assignments and assessments to align with state, national and College Board requirements and standards. The Courses are semester based and most of them contain 16 weeks of covered material. A full year course contains 32 weeks of covered material. These courses are offered on a flexible schedule, and students may complete them as quickly as they are able - but are given up to 20 weeks per semester based course.


• Advanced Placement course for students that may not have access to such opportunities as a part of their regular High School schedules. These will be available as full year or half year courses. Because Advanced Placement courses should be completed prior to the exam dates, these courses have strict beginning and end dates. Students will be expected to begin working on the first week of class and to be actively working weekly in order to finish the course. Prerequisites must be strictly adhered to.


• World Languages. These are full-year 32 week curriculums with strict beginning and ending dates. Students will be expected to begin working on the first week of class and to be actively working weekly in order to finish the course. Prerequisites must be strictly adhered to. Assessments are available for student wishing to enter year 2 that did not take year one online with CT Virtual Learning.


• Credit Recovery Courses are aligned with state standards and have been designed for students that did not pass a course initially but learned enough to make a complete repetition of the course unnecessary. In these courses, students can test out of material they have already learned and focus on what they need to demonstrate achievement of essential content standards. The courses operate on a diagnostic driven model to validate comprehension, assess strengths and weakness and allow students to repeat or proceed through lessons as needed. Screen readers to reinforce concepts with audio and video and well as English Language Learner supports have been added. Offered on a flexible schedule, students may complete them as quickly as they are able - but are given up to 10 weeks per semester based course.

Answer: Costs for High School courses are $320 per semester based course for public school students ($350 for private and home schooled students) and $640 per full year course for public school students ($690 for private and home schooled students).

Costs for Credit Recovery Courses are $199 per 10 week course for public school students ($220 for private and home schooled students).

After a district or school administrator allocates a spending level in the CT Virtual Learning system, their school's Online Learning Coordinator will be granted access to enroll students. Schools also have the option of paying by credit card.

Answer: CT Virtual learning courses are semester based. Parts A and B are available to students that need a full year course. Credits earned will be compatible with those earned in your High School for each completed semester-based course. AP Exam Prep courses are not for credit.

Answer: Submit questions online to Gretchen Hayden, ghayden@ctdlc.org; or call 860-515-3728.

Answer: For technical support, please contact Support Center http://esupport.ctdlc.org/support/
Call Support: 860-515-3711
Fax Support: 860-666-5828 Help Desk Hours of Operation:

• Mon-Thurs: 8AM-10PM EST
• Fri: 8AM-8PM EST
• Sat: 8AM-5PM EST
• Sun: 10AM-8PM EST

Answer: High School and Credit Recovery courses are offered on a flexible enrollment basis year round. World Language and AP courses are offered during the school year. Check the website for enrollment dates and deadlines for these courses.

Answer: Similar to a face to face class, students should plan on spending 6 - 10 hours a week across 16 weeks for each semester based course. While students have the flexibility of logging into their courses any time, from any Internet-connected computer, for best results they should be prepared to do their work weekly.

It may take longer for students that are just getting acclimated to the online course environment.

Answer: A wide-range of courses are available from CT Virtual Learning. For a complete list of courses, click here.

Answer: Yes
Online Learning Orientation Tool � This tool is a complete overview of online learning and is highly recommended as a prerequisite for all students taking online courses. It may take 2-3 hours for completion. It is helpful for online learning coordinators and mentors to review this material as well.

Blackboard Users Guide � This documents will show you how to use your Blackboard course and is essential reading for all online students. You can get to different sections by clicking on the page in the Table of Contents.

Answer:: Credit Recovery courses are designed for students who are failing or failed a course but learned enough to make a complete repetition of the course unnecessary. These courses operate on a diagnostic driven model to validate comprehension, assess strengths and weakness and allow students to repeat or proceed through only the lesions they need. They include a variety of audio and video segments designed to reinforce concepts, and include supports for ESL students. Offered on a flexible schedule, students may complete them as quickly as they are able - but are given up to 10 weeks per semester based course.

Answer: Once the Online Learning Coordinator at your school enrolls you in your course, your username and password will be sent to you via email. Please know that if you do not receive this email, and do not know how to log into your course that the Online Learning Coordinator at your school can look up your username and password for you in the CT Virtual Learning system under Manage Students.

Once you have logged in, your homepage will open providing a series of links to follow to enter your course/s. The first thing to do once you've logged into your course is to send your teacher a message through the Message tool of the course. Introduce yourself and offer additional contact information for the best way the teacher can reach you when needed.

For best results in an online course you must begin by opening and reading the course Lessons. The Lessons will point you at the corresponding Assignments. If you begin with the Assignments without working through the lessons, you will have a very difficult time understanding the material and the work expected of you in each of the assignments. Skipping around in the course can also lead to confusion and difficulty. For best results, follow each lesson and assignment, in sequence.

Answer: Yes, a highly qualified, Connecticut certified teacher will be your instructor for the course(s). You will communicate with him or her via the course messaging system and telephone. Good communication with your teacher is needed for you to be a successful online learner.

Answer: Yes. Each high school participating in the program will have an Online Learning Coordinator enrolling students and filing your results. Contact your guidance office for help if you are not sure who this is. Each student will also be assigned a Mentor to oversee that student's progress in the online course.

Answer: Local schools or districts will decide the attendance policy for students enrolled in CT Virtual Learning courses. Check with your Online Learning Coordinator and/or guidance counselor to see if you are required to be present at your school for any part of your online coursework.

Answer: Students will be expected to keep up with their course pace weekly, however, time is available in your pace charts to accommodate for vacations. Students following their pace charts will not be required to work during vacations unless they have chosen to complete their work in less than 16 weeks. In this event, as long as students have access to an Internet-connected computer each day, they can have access to their coursework.

Answer: CT Virtual Learning defaults to the discretion of your high school or school district. They have the authority to require that exams be taken in a supervised school environment.

Answer: The student will be granted a 30 day drop period for High School courses and a 10 day drop period for Credit Recovery courses, beginning on the student's course start date. Schools may drop a student for any reason during that time period. After the drop period ends schools will be invoiced for that student enrollment. CT Virtual Learning staff will no longer drop or withdraw students from the system. This must be done by the Online Learning Coordinator or guidance counselors at the participating schools.

Extension Policy: Semester-long rolling enrollment and semester-long AP courses are designed to be completed in 16 weeks. If a student does not complete their course within 20 weeks of their start date, schools may choose to let the student have an extra 8 weeks of teacher lead course time, for an additional charge of $90 per student per course.

Credit Recovery courses are designed to be completed within 8-10 weeks. If a student does not complete their course within 10 weeks of their start date, schools may choose to let the student have an extra 4 weeks of teacher lead course time, for an additional charge of $75 per student per course.

Answer: Online Learning Coordinators can look up students' user names and passwords, by logging into the CT Virtual Learning system from our website. Click on Main Menu, then click on Manage Students. Click on the grey search bar toward the bottom of your page, this will bring up a listing of all your students including their user names and passwords.

Answer: If you forgot your username or password, you can click on "Forgot My Username/Password?" under the login area (bottom left-hand corner) of the CT Virtual Learning website www.ctvirtuallearning.org. Your Online Learning Coordinator has the ability to look up your username and password.

Only YOU will be allowed to change your password, and this MUST be done by logging into the CT Virtual Learning website: www.ctvirtuallearning.org, not in the Blackboard System. To do so, log into the site using your username and password. Under Student Tools, select Edit Account Information. This is where you can change your PASSWORD.
If you change your password in the Blackboard system (where your course lives), it will revert to you old password within the next 6 hours.

Answer:
If you have a dual role of OLC and Mentor, follow the Mentor instructions.

If you are an OLC:
Log into the site (www.ctvirtuallearning.org)
Under Course Management, click Progress Reports.
This will bring up a search screen.
Either selects the term (to see progress reports for one term) or leave the search area empty (and all progress reports will come up), then click the gray search key.
This will bring up your students, click on the Icon under Action to view their Progress Reports.

If you are a Mentor:
Log into the site (www.ctvirtuallearning.org)
The courses you have students in will be listed on your homepage under My Course Activities. Under ACTION, click on the Icon next to View Progress Report.
This will bring up a search screen. Either selects the term (to see progress reports for one term) or leave the search area empty (and all progress reports will come up), then click the gray search key.
This will bring up your students, click on the Icon under Action to view their Progress Reports.

If you are a Student:
Log into the site (www.ctvirtuallearning.org)
The courses that you are in will be listed on your homepage under My Course Activities.
Under ACTION, click on the Icon next to the progress report you'd like to see. If you are in more than one course, you can only view one course at a time.
This will bring up a screen listing all of your progress reports in that course.
Under ACTION, click on the Icon to download the report.

Answer:
High School Courses are fully interactive with the same rigor and expectations as face to face courses and contain all of the activities, lessons, assignments and assessments to align with state, national and College Board requirements and standards. The Courses are semester based and most of them contain 16 weeks of covered material. A full year course contains 32 weeks of covered material. These courses are offered on a flexible schedule, and students may complete them as quickly as they are able - but are given up to 20 weeks per semester based course.

Credit Recovery Courses are aligned with state standards and have been designed for students that did not pass a course initially but learned enough to make a complete repetition of the course unnecessary. In these courses, students can test out of material they have already learned and focus on what they need to demonstrate achievement of essential content standards. The courses operate on a diagnostic driven model to validate comprehension, assess strengths and weakness and allow students to repeat or proceed through lessons as needed. Screen readers to reinforce concepts with audio and video and well as English Language Learner supports have been added. Offered on a flexible schedule, students may complete them as quickly as they are able - but are given up to 10 weeks per semester based course.

Advanced Placement courses for students that may not have access to such opportunities as a part of their regular High School schedules. These will be available as full year or half year courses. Because Advanced Placement courses should be completed prior to the exam dates, these courses have strict beginning and ending dates. Students will be expected to begin working on the first week of class and to be actively working weekly or they will be considered inactive and risk failing the course. Prerequisites must be strictly adhered to.

World Languages These are full-year 32 week curriculums with strict beginning and ending dates. Students will be expected to begin working on the first week of class and to be actively working weekly or they will be considered inactive and risk failing the course. Prerequisites must be strictly adhered to.