June 22, 2022
NCVirtual E-lert for June 21, 2022 (Summer Classes Begin June 28!)
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2022-2023 Guide
Grade Reporting
Summer 2022
June 21, 2022
Greetings, everyone!
Summer classes begin on June 28. We are in full summer preparation mode!
We have a few last-minute notes for you and resources to share with parents and summer facilitators.
Please forward this e-lert to any stakeholders who may need it. They can subscribe to the e-lert here.
Summer Session News
Quick Tips for NCVirtual’s Summer Start
- School and district advisors, be sure you’ve submitted your summer contact list.
- Be sure you send your students their usernames and passwords. NCVirtual does not send that to students. You can find student usernames and passwords on an enrollment report.
- Students will be able to log in on the first day of class (June 28), but not before then. We have troubleshooting steps on the course login page.
- If students are registered on or after the first day of class, it takes about 24 hours to get access.
- Send your students to our Getting Started for Students page and ensure they have our recommended printable guides.
Please share the next two resources below with parents and summer facilitators.
NCVirtual Has An App! NCVirtual has an app! The app is a great companion piece for parents and educators who want NCVirtual alerts for important dates, announcements, and news. See our NCVirtual App page for details.
Parents should also download the Parent Canvas App to see course grades and communicate with their child’s teachers.
Supporting Online Students Is your student taking a course with NC Virtual this summer? Do you want to learn how to best support them in their efforts? The NCVirtual Supporting Online Students (SOS) video mini-course is just what you need! The SOS course is designed to help you help your students! See exactly how we operate and what you can do to support your students enrolled with us. The course is free!
Summer Contact Information NCVirtual must know who the summer e-learning advisor is for each school that registers students. You may elect to have just one contact for the entire district over the summer. Please complete our NCVirtual Summer 2022 ELA Contact Information form if you are registering students for summer with NCVirtual.
Presently, you may not have any students enrolled in NCVirtual summer courses, but if your district or charter does enroll students in the coming weeks for Summer 2022, we will need this information.
If you have your school-level ELA contact information in an Excel document, you can copy and paste that into the contact box below.
Preparing for the NCVirtual Summer Session
The state has a mandatory 31-day break for our teachers. Our teachers will not begin contacting students and schools until June 28. However, you can take a few steps to prepare for the start of our summer session.
Direct students to our Getting Started as a Student webpage.
Be sure students and parents have the following printable guides:
- Getting Started Checklist for NCVPS Students
- NCVPS Student Start-Up Guide
- NCVPS Student Success Guide
- Student Help Guide
- Supporting Students – A Guide for Parents and Mentors
We have guides for schools, too:
Partnership Course Program
Let us provide the technology, content, training, and support to help your district develop its own virtual program! This program allows districts to expand their online course options while using their local teachers. See our Partnership Course Program page for details.
Current Reporting
What Grades Are Currently Posted?
May 26 – Final Grades for Standard Start Classes Posted in the NCVirtual Registration System
What’s Next on the Schedule?
July 5 – Final Grades for Standard Start Classes Posted in the NCVirtual Registration System
Progress Report Action Steps
What should your action steps be with our progress reports? We’re glad you asked! Visit our Progress Report Action Steps page for all the details.
A Snapshot of NCVirtual Grading Guidelines
We recently published a Snapshot of NCVirtual Grading Guidelines. Please note that NCVirtual teachers must adhere to the NCVirtual grading guidelines, practices, and procedures which can be found in our Grading and Testing Quick Reference Guide. NCVirtual teachers cannot adjust their NCVirtual grading guidelines, practices, and procedures based on a local school’s or district’s policy.
Reporting Overview
See our Grades and Testing Quick Reference Guide for an overview of our reporting. We have details on our Student Status (No-Show) Reports, Progress Reports, Final Grade Reports, and how we calculate grades.
2022-2023 Registration Tips
Registration for the 2022-2023 school year is open. Here are a few tips as you register:
- Make sure you’re enrolling in the correct semester. We have summer, fall, spring, yearlong, early standard, and standard start options.
- Use the search feature in our registration system to find the courses you are looking for. Similar to PowerSchool, Math is 1-4. World Languages and English are I-IV. Our OCS courses have “blended” in the course title, and our co-taught intervention courses have “co-teaching” in the course title.
- Download an enrollment report when you’re done registering for the day. Check to see if they’re enrolled or waitlisted.
- Understand our waitlist. Our instructional directors use the waitlist to determine if they need to open a new section of the course or increase the capacity of an already opened section.
- We will likely have a few courses end up on our course capacity list. Popular demand and teacher limitations drive this list. Students waitlisted for those courses may have a difficult time getting a seat in the course.
- Download an enrollment report each day that you register to keep up to date on enrollment status and to have students’ usernames and passwords ready.
2022-2023 Academic Year
Session Start-End Dates Summer: June 28 – August 5
Early Start Fall: August 15 – December 9
Standard Start Fall: August 29 – January 11
Early Start Spring: January 4 – May 5
Standard Start Spring: January 18 – May 12
Registration Details
The 2022-2023 academic year registration is open.
Note that summer enrollment is included in the new 22-23 allotment projections.
Early Start vs. Standard Start
Our Early Start calendars for our fall and spring semesters begin and end about two weeks earlier than our Standard Start calendars. Which calendar should you choose? Here’s what you should do:
Determine when you need final grades and register students for that calendar (Early Start or Standard Start). In the past, we’ve had schools request early final grades late in the semester. We are moving away from that practice. Students need time to complete all the modules and objectives in their courses. Please guard that teaching and learning time for your online students. Work with your data managers and curriculum directors to help ensure this best practice.
Note that our Standard Start calendar has a more extensive selection of courses than Early Start. It’s easier for us to staff the Standard Start calendar. You may have students enrolled in both our Early Start and Standard Start calendars. That’s not unusual. However, if you must have a course on the Early Start schedule, you can make that request through our Virtual Support Center. We will try to accommodate that request.
One final note: The last day to register for Early Start classes has been extended to the last day to register for Standard Start classes. The last day to drop is still on the tenth day (you can withdraw throughout the semester).
2022-2023 Calendar
We have our 2022-2023 calendar ready to share. See the key dates posted on our Calendar page, along with a spreadsheet of all dates.
2022-2023 Catalog
Our 22-23 Catalog has been posted. We have one new course at this time—AP Chemistry. We have several courses nearing completion that we hope to add to the catalog soon.
2022-2023 Academic Year Guide
See our full 22-23 Academic Year Guide for all the details to have a successful school year with NCVirtual.
Permalinks
District and School Outreach
Looking for online professional development? We have you covered! Check out our new subscription option for joining our professional development mailing list. The subscription button is found on both our Digital Transition page and the Teacher Online Training page.
Digital Transition
In our Digital Transition webinar series, we share best practices for supporting students in learning online. You will leave with a toolkit of resources to bring to your face-to-face classroom into the virtual world!
Online Training
Our Teacher Online Training course is a free professional development program for NC public and charter school teachers designed to prepare and support educators as they work in online and remote learning environments.
ELA Orientation
Our E-learning Advisor Orientation course will help support you in the role of E-Learning Advisor to NC Virtual students. Learn about the funding formula, the registration process, our grading policy, our valuable resources, and how to best support your online students.
Office Hours
The NCVirtual Office Hours meets each weekday, M-F from 12:00-12:30 p.m. Teachers, administrators, parents, and students are welcome to drop in and have their questions answered.
Connecting with Students & Parents
As virtual learning has become a part of everyday learning for most families across North Carolina, many parents, guardians, and mentors continue to struggle with how to support their online learners in blended and online classes. To provide resources and strategies for how to support not only our NCVirtual students, but all online learners in North Carolina, NCVirtual has created two Supporting Online Students (SOS) video courses in Canvas. Both courses are free, open to the public, and do not require login credentials. Please share both links with your educational communities and parent networks.
Supporting Students – All NC
The first course, Supporting Online Students – All NC, is general in nature and is designed for parents, guardians, and mentors of any student who is participating in a blended or online course or is enrolled in a fully online program regardless of school or grade level.
Supporting Students – NCVPS
The second course, Supporting Online Students – NCVirtual, is specific to NC Virtual and includes specific examples, demonstrations, and resources for NC Virtual parents, guardians, and mentors.
Iwork
The IworkNCVirtual speaker series includes presentations about career paths by those working in the field. We are now providing a platform for our students to gain insight and exposure to potential career paths. Sessions focus on Prerequisites & Education, Getting the Job, Daily Responsibilities (Micro), Industry Environment (Macro)
Culture Cafe
The Culture Café Café hosts hour-long lectures on various cultural topics in Spanish, French, Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Latin, and Arabic to broaden our students’ cultural and world views. Topics include cultural, culinary, historical, geographic and, architectural themes. See the Culture Cafe calendar for upcoming events!
Japanese Honors
For students who have completed the first term of his/her second-year Japanese language course in middle/junior high or a senior high school and has maintained a 3.5 GPA in Japanese courses and an overall GPA of 3.0. For more information, contact Ellen Hart or Revae Bostwick.
Stock Market Club
An online simulation of the global capital markets that engages students in the world of economics, investing and personal finance and that has prepared nearly 20 million students for financially independent futures. The team will have virtual money to invest in the stock market game that is offered by SIFMA Foundation. For more information, contact Ellen Hart.
Research Alliance
The Student Research Alliance is a unique opportunity for students to conduct original research on topics of interest. The goal is to provide a platform for innovation and to create resources for students to deepen their understanding of specific course content. For more information, contact Tiffany Grant.
Coding Club
The NCVirtual Coding Club is open to any NC high school students who would like to join. Complete this Google Form if you would like to join. For questions about the Coding Club, contact
NCVirtual has a mobile app, and Canvas has two mobile apps and a web portal. What does each one do? We’re glad you asked! Here you go: NCVirtual App: Stay connected with what’s happening at NCVirtual. Think of these as “front office” notifications.
Canvas Apps and Web Portal: Connect with a student’s course, see grades, due dates, pacing guides, and message the teacher.
Check out the guide on our Mobile Apps page to see when and where it’s best to use each app or portal.
Mobile Apps
Thank you, everyone!
Your North Carolina students appreciate your dedication and hard work!
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