Q:  Do students have to log in during at the same time their scheduled class meets? 

A: Yes.  While students are required to log in daily and maintain an appropriate course progression on all assignments, quizzes, discussion board posts, and/or tests, Remote Learners are required to log in during their scheduled class time. 

Q: Will students be allowed on campus during the school day?

A: While there is no requirement to come to campus, students may be invited on campus to participate in certain class labs, state testing, student functions, and to participate in clubs, organizations and athletics. For example, if a student is part of one of our athletic teams, they will be invited on campus during 8th period to participate in their athletic course and to stay after school for practice.

Q: How will students get the required textbooks and course materials?

A: Teachers will upload digital resources for student's use as appropriate for each lesson. 

Q: What is the attendance policy for Remote Learners?

A: The attendance requirements for Remote Learners is as follows:

Remote learner attendance will be monitored based upon appropriate course progression as measured by the completion of weekly assignments, quizzes, and/or tests as outlined in the student’s learning plan. Students are required to remain on-pace and complete all assignments to be considered present and attending. Simply logging into the learning management system (LMS) or course is not considered attending for purposes of Alabama’s Compulsory School Attendance Law.

Students who fall an entire unit behind in at least half of their courses assigned as part of their learning plan will be considered to have accrued the equivalent of 10 unexcused absences and will be referred to Early Warning.

Q: When can a student return to school as an On-Campus learner?

A: Students can choose to return as an On-Campus Learners at the end of each nine week grading periods.  

Q: Will On-Campus students use Schoology?

A: Yes, On-Campus students and their parents will have access to Schoology.  While On-Campus students will not be bound to the login requirements outlined in the attendance policy for Remote Learners, students and parents can access school work, communicate with teachers, access digital content and more by simply logging into Schoology.

Q: What will learning look like in the event of a statewide safer-at-home order?

A: Our school would transition all students to Remote Learners.  All students would continue to receive their instructions from their teacher on their schedule via Schoology.

Q: Why am I seeing another family member's 365 account information?

A: As parents are assisting their students at home, we are noticing that some parents that are working from home also have their own personal or work-related O365 accounts.  Any user, including households where multiple students are using the same device, should make sure they are completely logged out of any instances of Office 365, school, personal or business accounts. From inside Schoology that is a two-step process. They must log out of Schoology first.  They will get a redirect to Office 365, and then must logout of that account as well. If they are closing browsers when they are finished with assignments, the browser cache has the accounts still open, and the other siblings will have login issues.

Q: What internet browser works best?

A: We encourage Chrome or Firefox. We are beginning to notice issues with differing browsers, and especially Microsoft Edge, Internet Explorer and Safari.  Teams, microphone and camera issues are popping up with other browser issues.