Summer 2015 TABLE OF CONTENTS Page # 1. e-Learning Registration Process ................................................................................. 1 2. Technical Support ....................................................................................................... 1 3. Courses ........................................................................................................................ 2 4. Textbooks .................................................................................................................... 2 5. Attendance Expectation of Course Work ................................................................... 2 6. Class Participation ....................................................................................................... 2 7. Schedule ...................................................................................................................... 3 8. Assessment and Evaluation ........................................................................................ 3 9. Modifications and Accommodations .......................................................................... 4 10. Examination Policy ...................................................................................................... 4 11. Course Withdrawal ..................................................................................................... 6 12. Final Marks .................................................................................................................. 6 13. Appeal Process ............................................................................................................ 6 14. Report Cards ............................................................................................................... 6 15. Guidelines: Code of Conduct for Students & Parents ................................................ 7 STUDENT/PARENT AGREETMENT ..................................................................................... 9 Not Sure if Online Learning is Right for You ..................................................................... 10 YCDSB e-Learn Student Handbook YCDSB Continuing Education 905-713-1211 [email protected] 1. e-Learning Registration Process Summer School eLearning priority is given to YCDSB students Complete the online registration form Complete the survey on page 10 and submit to your Guidance Counsellor All course offerings are subject to sufficient enrollment and teacher availability Bring the e-Learning Handbook to your Orientation Day signed by the student registrant and Parent Registration form and completion of survey must be presented to your Guidance Counsellor for approval 2. Technical Support To help reduce technical problems when accessing your courses, please ensure that: “ycdsb.ca” is an allowed domain name in your email Junk Mail/Spam filter. “ycdsb.elearningontario.ca” is an allowed domain name in your email Junk Mail/Spam filter. you do not have a pop-up blocker enabled on your browser. you do not use a browser other than Internet Explorer 8.0 or lower. you clear your cache (delete your cookies) regularly. security settings do not have a setting preventing access to specific sites. 3. Courses Students may take only one eLearn course through Continuing Education at any one time. Students will not be permitted to register in two courses. 4. Textbooks Some courses do require the purchase of textbooks. Textbooks may be purchased directly from the publisher, online from www.alphatextbooks.com, or from any book store that carries the book. In some cases, the teacher will provide the textbooks. A cheque deposit of $100.00 payable to YCDSB will be required from every student. 1 5. Attendance Expectation of Course Work: Attendance, Class Participation Students who have not logged in to their courses are considered as NO SHOWS and will be withdrawn from their courses. Attendance is mandatory on dates selected for meetings with the course instructor. Students who do not maintain regular contact with their teacher or do not complete assignments will be withdrawn from the course. Active Students Communicate regularly with the teacher. Submit assignments in a timely manner as per due dates provided by the teacher. Interact online in a respectful manner at all times. Inactive Students Students who have logged into the course at least once; however, have not logged in for 2 consecutive days, and/or have not submitted work, and/or are not communicating with the teacher or attending face to face sessions. Inactive students will be withdrawn. Students who are withdrawn after the official cancellation date will receive a final report card. 6. Class Participation a. Students will be asked to participate in group discussions in an online chat, threaded discussion conference or in a live virtual classroom setting. Discussion and online classroom areas will be monitored by the teacher. b. Constant communication between teacher and student is essential for success in a course. Be sure to keep in contact with your teacher. Students may receive regular telephone calls or messages from their teacher and are expected to respond to emails sent by the teacher. The teacher will advise their students, by email, if the teacher is ill or absent. c. Chat and paging comments are not private…teachers have access to all chat and paging histories. Comments in all emails, chats, pages must be appropriate in content and in tone. E-learning is an extension of day school and the same policies and guidelines apply. Content that is deemed to contravene YCDSB policies will be reported and dealt with by Administration. 2 7. Schedule a) Students are required to attend 3 face to face mandatory sessions. All sessions will be held at St. Augustine CHS. Students must advise parents/guardians of meeting dates and times. MANDATORY Session 1 – Orientation Session Session 2 – Midterm Examination Session 3 – Final Examination Saturday June 13, 2015 Friday July 10, 2015 Friday July 24, 2015 9:00 am to 3:00 pm Begins at 9:00 am Begins at 9:00 am OPTIONAL DATES 2 dates set by the teacher Session 4 – Review for midterm exam Session 5 – Review for final exam Thursday July 9/15 Thursday July 17/15 9:00 am to 3:00 pm 9:00 am to 3:00 pm b. Location and Transportation All face to face meetings will take place at St. Augustine CHS. Students are responsible for their own transportation for all face to face meetings. 8. Assessment and Evaluation Overview 1. 30% will be based on a face-to-face final exam (see Culminating Activities for exceptions). 2. 10% will be based on a face-to-face mid-semester exam. 3. 60% will be based on term work which includes the four categories of achievement (Knowledge/Understanding, Thinking/Inquiry, Communication, and Application). This may include, but is not limited to, essays, assignments, quizzes, tests, projects and collaborative work. Please Note: At least half of the contents and assignments will be covered on the mid-semester exam. Mid-semester marks will be calculated as final marks for mid-semester reports. Mid-semester exams will be worth 40% of the mid-semester mark. Mid-semester exams will be worth 10% of the final mark and final exams will continue to be worth 30%. Due Dates and Assessment Practice For each major assignment, there will be a DUE DATE (date assignment to be submitted) and a DEADLINE date (final day assignment accepted for marks). These dates will be established by your teacher. “0” will be assigned for all incomplete evaluations. 3 Plagiarism Plagiarism and other forms of cheating are considered as academic dishonest and will result in a mark of zero or result in a complete withdrawal from the course Feedback Teachers will: mark assignments and tests (including the mid-semester exam) in a timely fashion, provide feedback and the mark for unit assignments before the next unit assignment is due, students will receive their mid-semester marks by personal email and a mark of “0” is to be assigned for every assignment not handed in. 9. Modifications and Accommodations Students with IEPs must provide appropriate documentation for any accommodation. A copy of the IEP is to be sent to the Continuing Education Office at least one week before the start date of the course. 10. Examination Policy All students must write face-to-face final and mid-semester exams for each course. Exams must be written at St. Augustine CHS, Markham, ON. Photo ID is required to write the exam. Exam Policy All examinations must be written on the date, time and at the location scheduled. It is the student’s responsibility to report any conflicts to their teacher and the Continuing Education office. Students cannot be exempted from examinations for family holidays, employment, school trips. Students who arrive late will be given the remaining time to complete the exam. NO CELL PHONES, HEADPHONES OR EAR PIECES. Students may leave as soon as they complete the exam. Once students have submitted their exam, they must leave the premises immediately. In the event of inclement weather or other emergency situation resulting in the cancellation of an exam, the exams for that day will be rescheduled for another day. Information regarding cancellations and school closures will be available on the Home page of Continuing Education web site in the Latest News Section. Photo ID is mandatory to write the exam. Failure to produce a photo ID will result in an automatic 0 on the exam. 4 Exams Missed – Assessment Policy Students who miss an examination due to illness, court appearance or bereavement will write a make-up examination at a future date as determined by the Subject Teacher. Failure to write the make-up exam on this date will result in a mark of “0” on the exam and a failing grade in the course. Students must present appropriate documentation supporting their absence from the original examination within 24 hours of the missed examination date to qualify for a make-up exam. A doctor’s note will be requested where appropriate. Students who miss an examination for other reasons will receive a mark of “0”. Students who receive a “0” on the mid-semester exam may be withdrawn from the course. Students who receive a “0” on the final exam but still obtain a final mark of 50% or greater will be given “45” as a final grade. Exam Results Students who receive an exam mark that is significantly less than the term mark will not be granted a credit until the teacher has contacted the student to formally discuss the exam mark and term mark. A face to face meeting will take place with the teacher, student, and parent/guardian. A final mark is at the discretion of the Principal of Continuing Education. Exam Feedback All students will receive their term mark prior to the exam. All students will receive their exam mark along with their term mark in an email. 11. Course Withdrawal To withdraw from a course, the student must send an email to the teacher the teacher then forwards your intention to withdraw to the Continuing Education Office. the office then sends an official cancellation email to the student and teacher Failure to officially withdraw from a course by the withdrawal date, will result in a mark being posted on the final report card. the final mark will be the average of all work, including zeros for all work not submitted, up to and including the final exam. 5 Note: If you have not received this formal cancellation email from the Continuing Education Office within a week of emailing your request to withdraw, please contact the office immediately to follow-up. 12. Final Marks Final Marks will be assigned for all students who do not cancel by the official cancellation date. Final marks, showing term mark/60, mid-semester exam/10 and final exam/30, will be sent to students by the date posted. Zero will be assigned for all work not submitted. 13. Appeal Process Any appeal is first to be referred to the course teacher. Thereafter, any appeal must be in writing to the Principal of Continuing Education with a copy to the course teacher. The appeal mark given by the Principal of Continuing Education will be considered the final mark. 14. Report Cards 1. No midterm report cards are issued to students. Students will receive their mid-term mark electronically. 2. Students will receive a Final Report Card as well an electronic notification from their course teacher. Final report cards are mailed to the student, AND the home school OR the last school attended. 15. Guidelines: Code of Conduct for Students & Parents The YCDSB places excellence, equity, community and relationships at the heart of student success: We are a Catholic Learning community of collaborative partners, called to serve one another by being committed to and accountable for quality learning by all with Jesus as our inspiration. Expected Behaviour It is the expectation of the YCDSB that students will: Demonstrate honesty and integrity Respect differences in people, their ideas and opinions Treat one another with dignity and respect, especially when there is disagreement Respect and treat others fairly Respect the rights of others Take appropriate measures to help those in need Seek assistance from their teachers to resolve conflict peacefully Demonstrate respect for people in positions of responsibility 6 Respect the need of others to work in an environment that is conducive to learning and teaching Be courteous and polite at all times In particular, students taking e-courses will: Respect the integrity of all on-line systems and networks Respect all copyright laws Respect the personal information and privacy of others Be frequent, active and engaged participants in the learning program Be accountable for off-school internet services which may have a negative impact on the school program teachers or students Obey directions from teaching and administrative staff Complete all assignments in a timely and thorough manner Unacceptable Behaviour It is the expectation of the YCDSB that students will not: Engage in bullying or threatening behaviour Engage in hate propaganda and other forms of behaviour motivated by hate or bias In particular, students taking e-courses will not: Share log-in credentials with anyone else Knowingly upload any file or program that contains a virus, malware other malicious code Reproduce course content including assessments, electronic mail correspondences, digital capture, discussion or chat threads in any fashion and to any other server Use anyone else’s log-in account Write, use, send download or display any information that is hostile, insulting to others, obscene, threatening, or otherwise offensive Discuss in any open forum (e.g., discussion forum or chat thread) information that is critical of another individual Engage in any of the following acts of academic misconduct: Cheating – the act or attempted act of deception in which a student falsely represents that he/she has learned information in an academic exercise, including unauthorized collaboration with others. Plagiarism – Representing the words, data or ideas of another as one’ own in any academic exercise. Collusion – Intentionally or knowingly helping or attempting to help another student commit academic misconduct such as substituting for a test or completing an assignment for someone else. 7 When Board and school rules are violated, whether in traditional face-to-face classes or ecourses, students can expect that appropriate and progressive discipline will result. This may include but not limited to any of the following: 1. 2. 3. 4. Complete withdrawal from course. Possible police involvement Suspension/Expulsion A Final Mark entry of zero 8 STUDENT / PARENT AGREEMENT I have read the guidelines as found in the Student Handbook for e-Learning in Continuing Education. I understand and agree to abide by the guidelines. I understand that any decision about any matter in the course rests at the discretion of the Subject Teacher with any final decision to be made at the discretion of the Principal of Continuing Education. Expect to spend up to six (6) hours per day on the course. Bring this Handbook together with your completed Student/Parent Agreement and survey to your Orientation class. Students who do not submit a completed Agreement or survey will be demitted from the course. Parent’s Signature Print Parent Name Date Student Signature Print Student Name Date Home School 9
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