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 Introduction
 Grace
– Your Instructor
Period
 Required Monthly Contact
 Parent/Guardian Account
 Pace – Your Progression Through the Course
 Academic Integrity
 Troubleshooting and Help Desk
 Communication – How to contact teacher and
DBAs (Discussion-Based Assessments)
 Course Announcement Page
 Welcome Call Response Forms
Dr. Rogers
Instructor, Brevard Virtual School (BVS)
Courses I teach: M/J U.S. History, M/J Civics,
Parenting Skills, and Career Research and Decision
and Decision Making
Available Monday-Friday
Office Phone and Text: 407-569-8376
2001 Ed.D. in Educational Leadership
from the University of Central Florida (UCF)
1994 M.Ed. In Educational Leadership from UCF
1990 B.S. in English Education from UCF
Certified in English 6-12, Social Science 6-12,
ESOL K-12, Middle Grades Math 5-9, Exceptional
Student Education K-12, Family & Consumer Science
6-12, Physical Ed K-12, and Educational Leadership
Dr. Rogers’ Hobbies:
Exercising, reading,
NHL hockey,
shopping,
decorating,
music/concerts,
watching Law &
Order (my fav!), and
spending time with
my husband and
children
 Your
Grace Period is like your “free trial”.
 From
the date that you are added to the course
you have 14 CALENDAR DAYS to reach at least
10% complete in your course.
 When
you reach 10% complete, you will be
activated.
 Once
activated, you then have 14 CALENDAR
DAYS to reach at least 20% complete.
 After
28 CALENDAR DAYS, you should be at least
20% complete with your course.
 If
you are less than 20% complete with your
course, you may be Withdrawn without penalty.
 If
you choose to drop the course within the
grace period, you will need to meet with your
counselor to select an alternate course. A
parent or counselor must verify for me that you
are permitted to drop the course.
 If
you drop after the Grace Period or do not
complete your course by the deadline, it may
result in the issue of an “F” for your final grade.
Monthly Contact is a call that is required with
a parent or guardian at minimum once per
month to discuss progress and answer
questions.
This requirement can be completed by phone
or by email. (Parent and student email
addresses must be different.)
An FLVS Guardian account allows you 24-7 online
access to submitted and/or graded assignments and
your child's grade book.
I highly encourage parents and guardians to learn
more and sign up for an account using this link (also
included in your Welcome Letter). You are an
integral part of your student’s success!
http://www.flvs.net/parents/Pages/
ParentGuardianAccount.aspx
 Pace
refers to your progress through your
course. Your Pace Chart shows you which
assignments you should be completing each
week.
 You
are expected to make progress EVERY
WEEK for each course you are taking online.
 Completing
the weekly assignments is
REQUIRED and not staying on pace can result
in your removal from the course.

Traditional Pace – 18 weeks to complete .5 credit
Segment or Course(5-6% each week)

Accelerated Pace – 9 weeks to complete .5 credit
Segment or Course (10-12% each week)
Behind Pace, Ahead of Pace, On Pace – Which am I?
In Week 4 of your enrollment, you should be 20% to
24% complete with your course to be ON Target Pace
for Traditional Pace.
If you are 12% complete in Week 4, you would be
BEHIND pace.
If you are 40% complete in Week 4, you are AHEAD of
pace.
“Academic Integrity means...
 Your work on each assignment will be
completely your own.
 Your collaboration with another classmate on
any assignment will be pre-approved by your
instructor.
 You will not practice plagiarism in any form.
 You will not allow others to copy your work.
 You will not misuse content from the Internet.”
Examples include Yahoo Answers, Wiki Answers, Ask-a-Friend,
Open Study, etc.
Source: FLVS Course Information Tab > Integrity
“Plagiarism is copying or using ideas or words (from
another person, an online classmate, or an Internet
or print source) and presenting them as your own.
(Even if they give you permission!)
Some examples of plagiarism:
 Turning in another student's work with or without
that student's knowledge.
 Copying materials from a source text, supplying
proper documentation, but leaving out quotation
marks.
 Copying a paper from a source text without proper
acknowledgment.
 Paraphrasing materials from a source text without
appropriate documentation.

Source: FLVS Course Information Tab > Integrity
 Reboot
your computer/Refresh your page
 Notify your eLearning Assistant if you are
working in a lab at school.
 Ask your eLearning Assistant to notify the
Technology Specialist at your school if there
is a software download needed (Java, Flash,
etc.)
 Contact the FLVS Help Center for problems
with the FLVS learning platform. They are
available to help 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week at 1.800.374.1430, select #2 for
technical support.
Dr. Rogers is available Monday-Friday
Office Phone and Text: 407-569-8376
You will receive a response to your email,
text, or message within 24 hours excluding
weekends, non-school days, and days when I
am out of the office.
 Sending a Voicemail/Text: Identify yourself,
the course you are enrolled in, and your
specific question or need in detail.
 Office hours change weekly. Check the
Announcement Page for my available hours
each week.
If you get sick and cannot work for a week or if
you have significant computer issues, please
contact me, so that I am aware and alternate
plans can be made.
You have the same holiday/vacation time built
into each segment of the course as all Brevard
County Schools.
Please email or call me before taking a
vacation week outside of these designated
dates.
A DBA is a graded telephone call with your
instructor where you will discuss the key
elements of a unit in your course.
This is an opportunity to show what you know!
You may schedule a time that you would like to
call me for your DBA using the Flash
Appointments Scheduler using the button on
the announcement page.
 Dr.
Rogers’ Contact Information
 Contact Information for the FLVS Help Desk
 Important Announcements and Information
specific to your course.
 Link to Dr. Rogers’ Live Classroom/Office
 Link to Dr. Rogers’ Flash Appointment
Scheduler
 Complete
both Welcome Call Response Forms
using the links included in your Welcome Letter
within 14 days of being assigned to your course.
 Write
down this password for use in your Survey
Response document: SUCCESS
 Log
in to the FLVS Educator system and click on
the blue tab titled Course Information, then
click on Educator Orientation to learn more
about how to work in your course.
 Begin
working on the first lesson in your
course/segment! Let’s have a successful
semester! 