Am I ready for Online Learning at Eastview High School?
Students should become informed consumers, learning as much as they can ahead of time regarding the online
course and its requirements. Students will need to prepare themselves to take on the additional responsibilities
required to be successful in the new environment of online coursework.
Parents and guardians may be uncomfortable or confused when first considering online courses for their
children. The same principles should apply in terms of their oversight of their children's education as in a face-toface teaching environment, but in online learning there are additional questions to ask the school, their child, and
themselves. Parents and guardians should learn as much as possible about the course, teacher, requirements, and
supports so they can ensure that the courses provide quality learning experiences for their children.
Questions for Students
* Do I know as much about this course as I would know about the one offered in my school, for example, the
teacher's background, prerequisites, syllabus, workload, credit, and transferability options?
* Is there an evaluation of this course and teacher that I can review?
* Do I have ready access to computers, Internet connections, and other resources necessary for taking a course
online? Will the school provide me adequate access and support?
* Do I have the maturity, time, workload management slills, and other skills needed to take on an online course?
Do I first need to be trained technologically? Is this part of the course? Will I be able to devote the extra
effort needed to ensure my success. For example, will I have computer time at home or after school for
work on online activities, even if this conflicts with sports or extracurricular activities?
* Do I know how to access the counseling, guidance, and technical support services I may need as a participant in
an online course?
* Do I know how to contact the teacher with my concerns and questions?
* Is there a student rights and responsibilities statement pertaining to online courses?
* Do I have sufficient support, both in staff and resources, from my on-site school?
Questions for Parents/Guardians
* Do I know as much about this course as I would know about the one offered in my child's school, for example,
teacher's background, prerequisites, syllabus, workload, credit, and transferability options?
* Is there an evaluation of this course and teacher that I can review?
* Does my child have ready access to computers, Internet connections, and other resources necessary for taking a
course online? Will the school provide adequate access and support?
* Does my child have the maturity, time, workload management, and technology skills required to take on an
online course? Will I be able to give him/her the support needed to ensure success, for example, computer
time at home or after school for work on online activities, oversight, encouragement, and support beyond
that which is normally required?
* Do I know how to access the counseling, guidance, and technical support services my child may need as a
participant in an online course?
* Do I know how to contact the online teacher with my concerns and questions?
* Is there a parental rights and responsibilities statement pertaining to online courses?
Eastview Basic Computer/Internet
Competency Checklist
Check All Items That Apply to Your Technology Knowledge Level
Computer Operation
You should be able to:
start up and shut down computer system and peripherals
identify and use icons, windows, menus
start an application and create a document
name save, retrieve, revise a document
use printing options
copy documents from hard disk to portable media such as floppy disks or CD’s
save documents to electronic places such as network server folders
Setup, Maintenance and Troubleshooting
You should be able to:
protect and care for disks, CD’s, etc.
make backup copies of key applications and documents
use self-help resources to diagnose and correct hardware an printing problems
install and upgrade an application
maintain proper operating environment for computer and peripherals
protect against computer viruses
obtain technical assistance from your internet service provider
Using Applications
You should be able to:
perform operations of a word processing: copy & paste, change text format and style
check spelling, grammar and word usage
perform basic operations of a presentation program such as create slides or insert a graphic image
use online help provided by the application
Internet and Network
You should be able to:
connect to the internet
use e-mail to compose, send, retrieve, read, respond and forward messages, and attach files
create and use group addresses for electronic mail
access and use resources on the internet
access and use internet resources provided by EHS
connect your computer to a dialup or broadband connection
ISD 196
Online Learning (OLL)
Student Application
Student: Fill out the top part of the form, secure a parent/guardian signature and give to
a teacher who is IN THE SAME DEPARTMENT OF THE ONLINE COURSE FOR
WHICH YOU ARE REGISTERING. Filling out this application does not automatically
ensure you will be in the online course.
Student Name:
Online Course requested:
Grade (2006-07):
Student Email Address:
Parent/Guardian Name:
Parent/Guardian Email Address:
Current overall GPA:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Parent Permission
My child
has my permission to register for an online course for 2006-07 school year. I
have taken the online survey and visited the ISD 196 webpage for information.
_____________________________________________________________
Typed Electronic or Written Signature
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------To: OLL Instructor:
The student listed above is applying to take an online course during the 2005-06 school year.
Please note that to be a successful online participant, the student should have strong workload
management skills, work well independently, exhibit good time management, meet deadlines,
be willing to ask for help and show some adeptness in technology. Please choose one of the
following recommendations for this student.
I, ______________________________________________________________________
highly recommend
recommend
do not recommend
the above student for an online course in for the listed above.
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