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Edgenuity Career and Technical Education User Guide
Contents
Corporate Introduction
Category: 1H - Content Provider Solution
Product: Edgenuity Career and Technical Education
Delivery Mechanism: The Edgenuity Student Portal
Learning Management System
Course Alignments
Curriculum Overview
Customer Support
Login Information
Edgenuity Quick Preview Guide
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Corporate Introduction
Edgenuity remains a leading provider of digital curriculum that propels success for every student, empowers
every teacher to deliver more effective instruction and enables schools and districts to meet their academic goals.
Founded in 1998, the Company is comprised of educators who recognized the opportunity to leverage technology
to improve access and academic outcomes for students. Edgenuity is built on the philosophy that no two students
learn in exactly the same way, nor at the same pace; and each student has individualized learning needs.
Edgenuity is one of the largest and most comprehensive providers of online instructional content for a variety of
online and blended implementations with implementations in all 50 states and many major school districts.
With a commitment to student achievement and preparing students for success in college and career, Edgenuity
consistently develops and updates courses to meet national and state standards and academic demands. Our
vendor hosted, comprehensive content and personalized learning system support students in a variety of virtual
and blended learning environments. Program enhancements released this past year in addition to the new
curriculum include the following:
New student experience
Updated educator interface
Enhanced reporting functionality
Additional functionality in the learning management system
Additional tools and enhancements to the student portal
At Edgenuity, we continue to work with leading educators along with our partner schools and districts to create
online and blended learning programs that help students achieve more. Our learning solutions combine media-
rich, standards-aligned content, direct-instruction videos that feature expert, on-screen teachers, and meaningful
course work to ensure students are engaged and motivated. With actionable data that is easy to access,
educators monitor student progress in real time and help students in the moment.
Edgenuity’s curriculum addresses the span of educational goals of the standards with a rigorous approach that
ensures students are prepared for success in each grade. The comprehensive courses and learning management
system engage students in meaningful learning experiences. The system is student-driven, self-paced, and
includes multiple opportunities for learning while addressing diverse learning styles. Supports and scaffolds within
online courseware let students control the pace of instruction, pausing and reviewing as needed or accelerating
through content if they have demonstrated mastery. Students also have access to translation tools, read-aloud,
captioning, and other supports to ensure all students can be successful.
Robust tools, embedded in our learning management system, provide teachers the ability to individualize the
student learning experience and make appropriate modifications and accommodations for students. Individualized
student assignment calendars let students know whether they are on track, powerful educator reports monitor
student progress and performance, and the Dashboard alert system notifies teachers of students needing
immediate attention.
In the last 16 years, Edgenuity has helped over a million students experience a new model of education, ignite a
passion for learning, become more self-directed learners, and realize their academic goals. Edgenuity has had a
resounding impact on the education and ultimately the lives of teenagers and young adults.
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Category: 1H - Content Provider Solution
Product: Edgenuity Career and Technical Education
A vital part of education today is preparing students for life beyond graduation. High schools are expected to
change the type of education available to students, but often times do not have the resources they need to equip
students with the knowledge and skills needed to determine career interests or prepare for today’s careers.
Edgenuity’s full suite of career and technical education (CTE) courses provide a way for schools to offer courses
and programs that would not otherwise be available, enabling middle-school and high-school students to explore
exciting careers through online and blended learning.
Our philosophy of engaging, interactive courses is embedded throughout the CTE curriculum. Through interactive
tasks, vocabulary-building tools and engaging assignments, students explore, plan and train for the jobs of
tomorrow. Developed with industry experts, the courses offer students essential instruction in the fastest-growing
industries and jobs.
The CTE courses:
Provide digital content for anytime, anywhere learning
Help schools and districts offer programs in a blended learning environment
Allow students to progress at their own pace
Appeal to “digital native” students via engaging, hands-on educational models
While students master the core subjects of English, math, social studies, and science, they can also prepare for
the real world by complementing their education with CTE opportunities in career electives that help students
explore a variety of careers, and career pathways that allow students to focus on a particular career of interest.
Career Electives
Aligned to iNACOL standards, the career elective courses provide students with an engaging introduction to
careers and the world of work. Understanding that students “learn by doing,” Edgenuity coupled hands-on
projects with interactive tools to help students identify and explore their interests and skills. The curriculum helps
students develop everything from pre-employment skills and a career plan to technical skills and financial literacy.
Career electives courses include the following:
3D Art I – Modeling
3D Art II – Animation
Career Explorations
Career Planning & Development
Computer Applications: Office® 2007
Computer Applications: Office® 2010
Computer Science
Digital Arts
Engineering Design
Intro to Entrepreneurship
Personal Finance
Projects in Audio Engineering
Projects in Game Design
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Career Pathways
Providing a capstone for students in grades 10-12, the Pathways courses offer in-depth engagement with specific
careers and professional training. Aligned to state CTE frameworks, our Pathways courses help students develop
technical and industry-specific employability skills while gaining essential industry knowledge.
Pathways courses offer practical and engaging career training for high-school students pursuing industry
certification in high-demand fields including Business Management and Administration, Health Science, and
Information Technology.
Career pathway courses include the following:
Health Science Concepts
Introduction to Business
Introduction to Health Sciences
Introduction to Information Technology
Medical Terminology
Microsoft® Office® Specialist
Nursing Assistant
Pharmacy Technician
Delivery Mechanism: The Edgenuity Student Portal
The Student Portal is the interface students use to interact with the curriculum. The system provides multiple
options for varying the content and presentation of information to maximize individual student achievement and
success. Key elements include the following features:
Comprehensive content including core courses in language arts, math, science, social studies, world
languages, career education, and electives
Research-supported lesson design
Online standards-aligned courseware accessible from an 24/7 via high-speed internet
Multiple elements for active learning including direct video instruction, embedded electronic note taking,
interactive web links, communication options, simulations and manipulative activities
Calendar and communication tools for students to track their schedule and communicate with
teachers/peers
A variety of instructional strategies
Pre-tests and prescriptive learning paths
Formative and summative assessments to guide student progress
Instructional scaffolding and intervention
Monitoring of student progress and academic performance
Edgenuity’s mission is to help students at all skill levels realize academic success by providing quality, rigorous
coursework that goes beyond the standards. Through the rigor of the curriculum, students successfully master
instructional content, well prepared and ready to surpass future academic challenges.
Learning Management System
The easy to use learning management system provides teachers and administrators the flexibility to manage
content, customize courses, and individualize learning paths to meet the diverse needs of students.
The learning management system provides administrators and teachers with powerful tools to:
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Monitor student progress and performance in real-time
View and/or export student data
Monitor the Dashboard tracking and notification system
Customize course settings and options to accommodate specific student needs
Differentiate learning paths
Assign prescriptive and pretesting diagnostics
Review and manage grades with the online GradeBook
View standard alignment documentation and scope and sequences
Access the eCommunity teacher resource (on-demand-training)
Utilize the system communication tools including email, threaded discussions, and family
reports/notifications
Assign Supplemental Learning Blocks for remediation
View course structures, course components, and rubrics
Course Alignments
The rigorous CTE courses are carefully aligned to CTE state and national frameworks. Instructional design
incorporates best practices, including iNACOL instructional and teaching and learning standards and Universal
Design for Learning guidelines.
Course alignments can be easily accessed through the learning management system where state standards
apply. Standards appear for students on the Course Map page, before the start of each lesson. Teachers have
several ways to access standards alignments through the teacher portal. They may view the standards covered in
each lesson in the course, or they may view the entire standards document with the lessons listed that meet each
standard.
Curriculum Overview
Edgenuity’s full suite of CTE courses offers students an educational environment that integrates core academics
with real-world applicability.
Our best-in-class technology platform and online and blended learning options can accommodate varying
academic and career objectives for middle and high school students.
The power of our CTE solutions is reflected in:
Rigorous, engaging, career-relevant coursework
Highly structured, purposeful instruction
Inspired teaching from supplemental online teachers
Empowerment for classroom teachers to enhance productivity
Collaborative student learning environment
Robust reporting tools
Embedded support for differentiated instruction
Flexible and affordable software to reach out to a critical mass of students who may be under-enrolled or
unsuccessful in traditional brick-and-mortar schools
The curriculum enables students to discover pathways, qualifications, education, and training associated with all
16 U.S. Department of Labor Career Clusters™. Available for online and blended learning environments, the
courses include hands-on software projects, plus grading rubrics and project exemplars to support teacher
evaluation of projects.
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Students complete a skills/interest inventory that identifies qualifications, education, and training needed for
career interests.
Our innovative Pathways were designed to equip students with the skills they need for careers in healthcare, IT,
and business fields. In addition, the CTE curriculum was designed to prepare students for certification exams,
giving them tangible and credible training and endorsement for their résumés.
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The courses require students to interact with content and ideas in order to summarize, clarify understanding,
explain concepts, elaborate, and/or synthesize information.
Course features include:
• Lessons contain video instruction and unit introductions and summaries by highly qualified teachers who
are field experts.
• As students work independently, each lesson contains instructor audio to guide student understanding.
• To promote inquiry and a focus on big ideas, every lesson includes a guiding lesson question that is
aligned to each lesson’s objectives.
• Interactive tasks are present throughout each lesson, and also serve as formative assessments. These
tasks give students the opportunity to check their understanding and provide immediate feedback to help
clarify understanding.
• Cumulative assignments at the end of each lesson provide students with the opportunity to relate the
information they have learned to the major lesson objectives.
• Vocabulary support is provided throughout the course to help students comprehend common acronyms,
terms, and phrases.
The following is a sample of the many ways that students interact with the curriculum as they progress through
the CTE courses.
Course and Unit Introductions
A highly qualified teacher introduces courses and units by explaining the major concepts and making real-world
connections in engaging instructional videos.
Warm-up
Each lesson begins with a warm-up activity that provokes student thinking and orients students toward the central
concepts at the heart of the lesson. The warm-up activity presents the guiding question for the lesson, the lesson
goals, key vocabulary, and a brief description of how students will answer the lesson question as they meet the
goals for the lesson.
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The warm-up is often accompanied by a short check for understanding to help students explore the new topic or
concept on their own for a deeper understanding and connection with prior knowledge.
Instruction
The courses are organized into manageable segments so students work at a pace just right for them, reviewing
lesson content as needed.
A highly qualified, certified teacher provides direct instruction, explains concepts, models strategies, and makes
real-world connections in engaging instructional videos.
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The course utilizes a variety of instructional strategies in the lessons, including the following:
Inquiry
Scaffolding
Real-world scenarios
Comparing and Contrasting
Key words for enhancing subject-specific vocabulary
Academic and domain-specific vocabulary is emphasized and studied in every lesson.
Instruction is engaging for students, employing visual graphic organizers, maps, charts, and photos to support
understanding of complex ideas and concepts. Through a mixture of these presentations and accessible tasks,
students learn new concepts and meet lesson objectives. Students can stop the lesson at any time to reflect and
record information in their eNotes, a built-in note-taking tool available throughout instruction. This tool scaffolds
the note-taking process for students, helping them to pull out the important parts of the lesson and enter them into
their notes. Students can print their notes and use them to complete assignments and study for exams. The
course glossary and lesson transcripts are also available to aid in comprehension and note-taking where
necessary.
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Reflection questions throughout instruction help students focus on big ideas. Lesson questions provide immediate
feedback, highlight key concepts, and help students develop their critical thinking skills. Throughout, students
interact with multimedia stimuli, including maps, charts, graphs, photographs, and videos.
Summary
The lessons include a summary after instruction to help students to remain focused on the objectives for the
lesson by highlighting the major concepts students will practice in the assignments and review.
Assignment
Assignments ensure students master key concepts and develop their analytical and critical thinking skills. They
include various activities that further the learning objectives and complement the instruction by supplying
additional points of view, contexts, examples, principles, and problem-solving approaches. In addition, students
may complete interactive activities that allow them to investigate topics in greater depth. Students also access
supplemental readings such as best-in-class online resources that provide additional perspectives on the topics
covered in the lesson.
In the assignment, students may complete the following activities:
Practice what they have learned through one or more tasks or focused activities
Read and analyze texts
Write a response to a prompt
Explore a topic to extend their learning and enhance their understanding
Create a product to demonstrate research skills and mastery of content learning, such as a multimedia
presentation, brochure, or poster
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Checks for Understanding
Interspersed throughout each lesson, students reflect on what they learn for deeper understanding in short
checks for understanding.
Interactive Practice
Interactives and tools allow students to practice what they learn, helping them apply concepts and skills in
different ways.
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Open-Ended Response
Throughout each course, students are required to express their knowledge and skills in open-ended prompts
presented to assess comprehension of lesson content or supplemental reading. In the following example,
students practice their skills in understanding shorthand used in a prescription.
Real-World Scenarios
Students apply their knowledge and skills to the analysis of real-world scenarios in each unit.
Performance Task
Students demonstrate understanding by applying what they have learned to performance tasks involving real-
world scenarios. In the example below, students create a budget that includes calculating their income and
managing their overall expenses. First they analyze the components of a budget, then they calculate monthly
expenses, and then they use an online family budget estimator to calculate monthly expenses.
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Independent Reading
Students extend learning by linking to extended reading assignments that help them to further explore major
concepts and new perspectives, and apply new information to real world scenarios.
When students access supplemental readings using the course’s translation and read aloud tool, they can
highlight text, insert sticky notes, and take notes as they read. As students read they can click on key words and
phrases to get the definition and/or teacher’s notes to guide comprehension and analysis.
The text is accompanied by a short application activity to deepen understanding.
Projects
Students create original products, such as multimedia presentations, self-assessments, projects, and hands-on
assignments, to demonstrate research skills and mastery of content learning. Students complete project-based
lessons that allow them to apply what they have leaned.
Below is an example of a multimedia presentation that requires students to research and express their knowledge
of the role of pharmacy technicians in a hospital environment.
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Unit Wrap-Up
Each unit ends with a summary. The on-screen teacher reviews the guiding questions for each lesson and the
major concepts to help students prepare for the unit exam.
Assessment
Formative and summative assessments test for mastery and provide immediate, actionable feedback for students
and teachers.
Teachers can modify assessments to give students more time, change the passing thresholds, allow for additional
retakes, or adjust grade weights.
Assessment questions represent an even distribution along the full spectrum of Bloom’s Revised Taxonomy and
Webb’s Depth of Knowledge. Students are assessed at the end of each lesson, unit, and semester in the
following formats:
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Quiz
At the end of each lesson, students take a ten-question quiz. Each quiz assesses the learning objectives of that
lesson.
Unit Test
Students also take summative exams at the end of each unit. These tests allow students to demonstrate their
mastery of concepts before moving forward. Prior to the exam, students complete a full review of the key
concepts contained in the unit and can return to lessons for practice where necessary. The multiple-choice format
of the exam allows students to reinforce and relate to foundational concepts and to receive immediate feedback
about which lesson content they may need to revisit for greater comprehension.
Cumulative Exam
Students take a cumulative exam midway through the course, and another at the end of the course. The exam
consists of multiple-choice questions that build on main ideas and key concepts that are presented throughout
every unit. These provide students with an opportunity to exhibit mastery and long-term comprehension of themes
within the study of English language arts.
Student Tools and Supports
Students log in to their student lobby which includes a course list, course map, communication tools, organizers,
and resources. Before students begin they watch an introductory tutorial that familiarizes them with the features
and tools available through the student portal. The video and additional user resources are available for students
to reference at any time in the student organizer section of the student portal.
The My Course Info shows the students whether they are on target, behind schedule, or ahead of schedule for
course completion. It also graphically depicts students’ performance and course completion progress and reminds
the student of any pending assignments that must be completed before moving forward in the course. If students
feel they do not fully understand a concept, they can search the lesson database on this page to find additional
activities for supplemental practice.
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Course Map
Standards alignments and lesson objectives for each lesson are provided for students on the Course Map page.
Objectives are also stated in the introduction of instruction and are restated in the conclusion of instruction.
Objectives are written in clear, student- friendly language and clearly state what students will know and be able to
do as a result of each lesson.
Toolbar
The student portal includes reference materials and tools for each course. Resources include: toolbar, translation
tool, glossary and lesson transcripts, captions, and the digital notebook.
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The toolbar allows students to look up words in their courses, highlight text, insert notes and access a variety of
tools. Additional resources include course maps, assignment calendars, progress tracking, easy email
communication, and access to teacher reviews of notes and journals.
CloseReader
Within the toolbar is the translation and read aloud tool. The translation and read aloud tool supports the close
and active reading of text with text-mark up tools and language support. Texts written in the translation and
read aloud tool environment also include teacher’s notes, audio commentary, and comprehension
questions embedded in the reading to scaffold challenging text for readers of all levels. Read-aloud and
translation functionality must be enabled for students to see these options; other tools will appear for all students.
The following tools are available:
Dictionary: students can look up any unfamiliar word.
Notes: students can attach digital sticky notes to any section of text.
Concept vocabulary: students can click on words in green to see the definitions that pertain to key lesson
concepts.
Teacher’s notes: students can click on words and phrases in blue to see instructional notes that help
them make connections.
Highlighter: students can highlight text in up to four colors.
Collect Highlights: with the touch of a button, students can view all their highlights according to color.
Video captions/transcripts.
Read Aloud: students can have text read aloud in 7 languages.
Text Translation: students can have text translated into over 17 languages including the following: Arabic,
Armenian, Chinese, Haitian Creole, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Filipino, Polish, Russian, Thai, and
Vietnamese.
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Collaboration Corner
The Collaboration Corner, an interactive online learning threaded discussion forum, promotes student to student
collaboration in critical thinking, applied learning, analysis and problem solving through a cooperative student to
student or group dynamic.
Assignment Calendar
Both a district calendar and a student assignment calendar are provided. Students access their assignment
calendars within the student portal. The assignment calendar shows daily assignments to stay on track for timely
course completions. Calendars can be based on the district calendar or the student’s specific start and target end
date.
Progress Monitoring and Reporting
Robust tools embedded in our learning management system provide multiple means for monitoring student
progress and academic performance. Formative and summative assessments guide student progress and
powerful educator reports monitor student performance. The Dashboard alert system notifies teachers, in real
time, of students needing immediate attention.
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Dashboard
Teachers use the powerful Dashboard student monitoring and alert system to stay up-to-date on student
progress. Red alerts notify teachers of students needing immediate attention.
The Dashboard helps teachers to:
Identify and help students who are prevented from progressing in their courses
Identify student who are falling behind in order to provide additional support
Monitor student progress and update student or course information
View days since last student action
Manage specific groups of students
View target completion dates
Review student grades
Reporting Tools
The detailed individual, group, school, and district reports provide the information needed for teachers and
administrators to monitor usage and progress, identify struggling students, and guide instruction. The
implementation reports provide the information to evaluate program, school, and district results. Reports can be
exported to an Excel file and can be saved or printed.
Reports include:
Individual Course Progress Report Group Progress Report
Active Enrollment by Grade Course % Complete by Time
Attendance Report Session Log
Attendance Log Courses Behind Target by Grade Level
Current Sessions Report Average Scores
Total Enrollment by Course District and School Reports
Family Portal Lesson Mastery Report
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Lesson Mastery Report
This new report helps instructors identify the lessons students are struggling with and identify which lessons and
activities are taking the most/least amount of time. The data will show how students are performing on lessons
that align to specific standards and help instructors identify clusters of students in the course for grouping.
This Lesson Mastery Report provides an at-a-glance view of how students are performing in all the lessons in a
course in order to identify and group students for re-teaching. For each lesson, educators can view how many
students are struggling with the lesson, how many are active in the lesson, and a number of other statistics. This
report can be filtered by standard, and it can be sorted by lesson difficulty or any other of the columns displayed.
Educators can drill into any lesson to view which students are struggling and/or active, with visibility into the
assessment questions and individual student responses for targeted, real-time intervention.
Customer Support
Edgenuity’s approach to the implementation and ongoing support of instructional programs includes the
development of a strong partnership to support districts in the achievement of program and student achievement
objectives. Our support model includes the following:
Client Services
The Client Services team exemplifies our company goals of focusing on student outcomes by partnering with
educators to support district objectives and student achievement gains. Client Services provides a designated
Partnership Advisor (PA) to manage the initial and ongoing implementation, project management, maintenance,
and support. The Partnership Advisor serves as the primary point of contact and is empowered to call in any
resources needed to help fulfill district requests.
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Professional Development
Edgenuity provides professional development and consulting to assist teachers and administrators in propelling
success for every student. The training is customized to meet the specific objectives of schools and districts.
Training session topics include hands-on system training, program goal setting, best practices, success
indicators, and effectiveness reporting.
Customer and Technical Support Edgenuity provides a tiered customer and
technical support model based on escalation point
levels to assist with implementation and user
support needs and to ensure prompt issue
resolution. Support and problem identification and
resolution are provided via telephone, email, and
Go to Meeting.
eCommunity
Teachers and administrators also have access to system documentation and curriculum resources in
eCommunity. The eCommunity page within the learning management system contains links to a number of online
resources, user manuals, and videos that provide system training for daily needs as well as best practices to
extend, re-teach, and supplement instruction. The resources in eCommunity include how-to guides for teachers
and administrators that range from typical daily tasks to advanced functions within the learning management
system. Teachers are also provided with best practice resources that can be useful in the classroom.
The following is just a sample of the numerous resources provided in eCommunity:
Administrator user guides:
o Manage teacher and student accounts
o Manage and customize courses
o Generate and read reports
o Create and manage the district calendar and schedules
Teacher user guides:
o Manage student accounts
o Manage and customize student courses
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o Manage gradebook
o Edit options such as assessment options, and grade weights
o Monitor student progress
Attendance
Assignment and assessment reviews
Interpreting progress data and alerts for remediation
o Communications
Student user guides:
o Edgenuity Student Manual
o Student tools user guide
o Student orientation video
Instructional resources:
o Curriculum resources including instructional best practices
o Parent resources including a progress report overview and a parent newsletter
o Course documentation including syllabi and scope and sequence files
Parent/Family Portal
In addition to customer support options, parents and guardians have 24/7 access to the Family Portal, where they
can log in to view their child’s attendance log and progress report. If desired, teachers can even set up daily,
weekly, or monthly emails for parents or guardians (or tutors, court officers, or mentors). When this feature is
enabled, parents and guardians will receive regular updates on student progress and activity.
Research Supported Results
Edgenuity courses are having a positive impact on student achievement across grade levels and student
populations. We continue to partner with school districts and third-party research organizations to conduct
evaluations that measure results and drive success for all students.
The research and efficacy section of our website provides extensive research information including the
demonstration of achievement gains and increased state and national test scores:
http://www.edgenuity.com/Curriculum-Research/Research.
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Login Information
One login provides access to both the teacher and the student portals.
Login Information: (Expires 3/19/2015)
URL: learn.edgenuity.com
Category: High School
Username Password
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Foreword
The purpose of this Quick Preview Guide is to provide support during the use of Trial Passwords from Edgenuity™.
This guide provides a high-level overview and direction on the functionality of the Virtual Classroom and Web
Administrator for the computer user who is comfortable exploring new computer applications.
If you have any questions while previewing the Edgenuity offerings, please feel free to contact us at
877-202-0338.
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The Student Experiencehttp://learn.edgenuity.com/student
Accessing a Course
To login to the Virtual Classroom to preview curriculum:
1. Enter your username and password.2. Click Login.3. The My Course List section on the left side of the screen will list all assigned courses.4. Click the title of the course you want to view from My Course List.
Accessing Activities
To navigate through and view student curriculum:
1. Click Course Map.2. Select a Unit, and click to expand.3. Click on a Lesson to view the activities available in that lesson.4. Click on an Activity to launch it.
When you have completed a review of the activity:
1. Click the Home icon at the top left of the header.2. You will be returned to the Course Map.3. Select a different Activity to view it.
Switching Between Courses
To return to My Course List and select a different course:
1. Click Return to the Lobby.2. Click the title of a different course.
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The Organizer
The Organizer provides a selection of tools and resources to help students succeed.
1. From the Student Lobby, click on the Organizer button.
2. Use the Reports, Communications, and Resources options at the bottom to view the different groups of student tools and information available.
3. From within the Organizer, view the Student Orientation video at Resources Orientation and How-to.
4. Click the Power button to return to the Lobby.
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Overview
Students: From this tab, you can add a new student or manage existing students. Use the search bar to find any student easily and jump directly to his or her course list and student summary reports.
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Courses: View course structures and activities, and access standards alignments. From the Manage Courses page, you can customize a course, assign it to a group of students, view all students already enrolled, and create a course exam with just a few clicks.
Reports: View and export data on student engagement, progress, and achievement. This menu also includes a one-stop dashboard report that shows teachers which students need their help and allows them to take action immediately.
Communication: Access Edgenuity’s in-system email, chat, and announcements features. Also, set up and monitor discussions in the Collaboration Corner—Edgenuity’s built-in online discussion board.
Administration: District, school, and program administrators can add and manage teacher accounts, customize the district calendar and manage schedules, and control district settings.
Support: From here, get connected to asynchronous training materials in the eCommunity. Or, use the links here to email Edgenuity’s dedicated customer support team—also available by phone.
Course StructureThe Course Structure page allows educators to view the structure and content of any course. To access the Course Structure page, simply click on Course Structures from the Courses tab, and then click on the name of the course.
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Managing Students
From the Students tab, access the Manage Students page to manage student courses. Select a student first to view the student’s course list.
Add Course: Enrolls selected student in courses.
Disable: Prevents a student from working in the course that is disabled. The student can log in to the Virtual Classroom and work on all courses except the disabled course. Disabled courses can be re-enabled at a future date.
Complete: Marks the selected course as complete when the student has completed all activities and the teacher does not want the student to re-enter the course.
Customize: Enables administrators to customize courses for mass distribution or allows teachers to customize a course for an individual student.
Edit Options: Allows features within a course to be individualized for the student. Some of the individual features include passing-score thresholds, grade weights, start date, target date, quiz review method, grading methods, time limits and fail attempts for assessments, pre-test mode, etc.
Retakes: Allows educators to manage retakes for quizzes, tests, and exams.
Grades: Provides a list of all completed activities within a course and the selected student’s grades on each activity. Also provides educators with the ability to change grades, reset assignments, bypass activities, assign additional retakes for assessments, etc.
Undo Bypass: A Bypass allows the teacher to advance a student through activities without requiring the student to complete the activity in his or her sequential learning path. This can be performed from the student’s gradebook. The Undo Bypass feature provides the ability to remove the Bypass from an activity.
Scores and Activity Review: Allows educators to view student work and leave feedback for all activities students have submitted. A search feature enables users to find assessment data on specific activity types.
Insert Supplemental Activity: Inserts activities from other Edgenuity courses into individual student courses for remediation or enrichment. When supplemental activities are inserted, students must complete the supplemental activities successfully before they can return to the assigned course sequence.
Additional Activities: These are assignments that a student does outside of the Virtual Classroom that will be factored into the student’s grade for the course (presuming that the grade weight for the additional category is greater than zero).
View Course Standards: Provides access to the state standards correlations for a selected course.
Assignment Calendar: Generates a weekly assignment calendar for the student based on the start and target dates of the course.
Diagnostic Test: Allows educators to manage diagnostic testing for Virtual Tutor test preparation courses.
eNotes: Allows teachers to review eNotes that students have taken.
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Placement are registered trademarks
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World LanguagesCourse Previews
where learning clicks
2x + 5 = 152x = 10 x = 10/2 x = 5
Middle School - Full Year Samples
High School - Full Year Samples
Spanish 1 http://demo.pglms.com/users/login/middleschoolspanish1d/rigid446jealousy444lately
Spanish 2 http://demo.pglms.com/users/login/middleschoolspanish2d/somewhat324protection
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Latin 2 http://demo.pglms.com/users/login/middleschoollatin2d/series798priest577extract
Chinese 1 http://demo.pglms.com/users/login/middleschoolchinese1d/introduction679colleague
Chinese 2 http://demo.pglms.com/users/login/middleschoolchinese2d/scent533association
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Spanish III http://demo.pglms.com/users/login/spanishiiid/abroad284calculation
AP® Spanish Language and Culture http://demo.pglms.com/users/login/apspanishlanguaged/yellow275appreciate
French I http://demo.pglms.com/users/login/fdemo/interference836debt
French II http://demo.pglms.com/users/login/frenchiid/stock779assemble296chapter
French III http://demo.pglms.com/users/login/frenchiiid/plant542fl ower377fi le
AP® French Language and Culture http://demo.pglms.com/users/login/apfrenchlanguaged/good468faint242invite
German I http://demo.pglms.com/users/login/gdemo/roof498understand469express
German II http://demo.pglms.com/users/login/germaniid/correspond442absence
Latin I http://demo.pglms.com/users/login/ldemo/procession295after
Latin II http://demo.pglms.com/users/login/latiniid/arbitrary266modest
Chinese I http://demo.pglms.com/users/login/cdemo/rake845powder655cotton
Chinese II http://demo.pglms.com/users/login/chineseiid/evolve754separation
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Placement are registered trademarks
of the College Board.
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World languages courses, provided by powerspeak, offer students a well-rounded view of language,
focusing on the fundamental building blocks in four key areas of foreign language study: listening
comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing.
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World LanguagesCourse Previews
where learning clicks
2x + 5 = 152x = 10 x = 10/2 x = 5
Middle School - Full Year Samples
High School - Full Year Samples
Spanish 1 http://demo.pglms.com/users/login/middleschoolspanish1d/rigid446jealousy444lately
Spanish 2 http://demo.pglms.com/users/login/middleschoolspanish2d/somewhat324protection
French 1 http://demo.pglms.com/users/login/middleschoolfrench1d/barrel666mile473omission
French 2 http://demo.pglms.com/users/login/middleschoolfrench2d/bleed996material285route
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Chinese 1 http://demo.pglms.com/users/login/middleschoolchinese1d/introduction679colleague
Chinese 2 http://demo.pglms.com/users/login/middleschoolchinese2d/scent533association
Spanish I http://demo.pglms.com/users/login/spanishid/know427spare576store
Spanish II http://demo.pglms.com/users/login/spanishiid/relative234harden649second
Spanish III http://demo.pglms.com/users/login/spanishiiid/abroad284calculation
AP® Spanish Language and Culture http://demo.pglms.com/users/login/apspanishlanguaged/yellow275appreciate
French I http://demo.pglms.com/users/login/fdemo/interference836debt
French II http://demo.pglms.com/users/login/frenchiid/stock779assemble296chapter
French III http://demo.pglms.com/users/login/frenchiiid/plant542fl ower377fi le
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Placement are registered trademarks
of the College Board.
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