How do I contact my teacher if I have a question?

You will be provided with the LISD email address of your teacher. You must also provide a valid email address to eSchool for the purpose of communication. You may also communicate with your teacher via the message system within eSchool.

How do I take tests?

Assignments must be completed and submitted prior to being taking a test. All chapter and unit quizzes and tests will be taken online. Students must achieve a 70% or greater on a test to proceed to the next unit.. If a passing grade (70%) is not obtained on the first attempt, students may re-attempt for a maximum grade of 70%. The final exam, which will be taken electronically in the presence of a designated administrator, must be passed to pass and receive credit for the course.

Practice tests have been provided for you to take as many times as you wish to help you review the content and see where you need additional study.  If you take these practice tests enough times, you will have seen almost any question you will encounter on the unit tests.  The practice tests will give you a grade, but that grade is not recorded.

Final Exam consists of 2 parts:

• Performance Assessment (project) which is 40% of the final exam grade, and the performance assessment must have been submitted before you will be given the password to the objective portion.
• Objective Assessment which is 60% of the final exam grade.
  

You MUST PASS THE FINAL exam to receive credit for the course. Because the final exam is so important you are given one opportunity for a retake of the objective portion only.  That re-attempt must be 24 hours following the first attempt.

 It is not possible for you to pass the final exam if you do not do the performance assessment and the objective portion.

How do I submit course assignments?

Assignments are to be submitted as stated in the course schedule and may be submitted electronically. The assignments documents are posted in the assignment window. Students will save the document to their computer, complete it and again save it to their computer, then upload the completed assignment to the site. It will then be accessed and graded by the teacher. See the Upload Assignment tutorial. See directions.

What if I want to withdraw from an LISD Online course?

Carefully consider whether the online learning environment is a good learning style for you. Keep in mind that if you take one of the limited seats you are preventing another student from being able to participate. You will have 15 days from the beginning of the term to withdraw. If you wish to withdraw within this time period, you must see your counselor. After that, you can not withdraw and will receive a grade. If there has been no participation in the class for the first 15 days, you will automatically be dropped.

Assignment Due dates - What if I want to work ahead?

You may work ahead as much as you wish. It is imperative, however, that you submit all assigned work and complete all tests as indicated on the course schedule you have selected.

I do not have Microsoft Office

If you do not have Microsoft Office on your home computer, you can download and install the free OpenOffice, http://download.openoffice.org/2.2.0/index.html In this program you can open any Microsoft Office documents and save them in the same format.

MS Office 2007 is REQUIRED for BCIS Part A and B.

You can also download a free 60 day trial of Office 2007 from the Microsoft web site.

Reporting student access to course and course work

Teachers and administrators can actively track all student activity. This includes but is not limited to:

• when the student logged on,
• how long they were on,
• when they accessed an assignment, quiz, test, forum, or dialogue,
• when they uploaded assignments,
• the grades on each assignment for each attempt, and
• what date and time each action occurred.

Disable any popup blockers.

Some of the activities contained within the eSchool courses are presented in a popup window. It is important that you disable popup blockers for the http://eschool.lisd.net site.

Who can take an online course?

Any LISD student is eligible to enroll in an online course at the beginning of their 8th grade year. For example, a student who completes the 7th grade in June of 2009 can enroll in an online course for the fall of the 2009-2010 school year.

Technical Support

1. If you are having technical problems run the hardware check to see if your computer has all required software.
2. Check the list of Frequently Asked Questions to see if you can find the answer
3. Email eschoolhelp@lisd.net
4. Call 972-350-1800

Course Content Questions

You need to contact your teacher. If you contact eSchool, you will lose time, because your question will then be sent to your teacher.

Discussion Forums - Student Expectations

Discussion forums are required - you will receive a grade. See the rubric to know how your forum post will be graded. Read the instructions for each forum carefully.

You will be expected to:

• Respond within 24 hours with a post that is relevant to the topic and clearly and concisely expresses your ideas or opinions.
• Respond using correct grammar, spelling, and complete sentences. (Compose your post in a word processing program and check it for grammar and spelling, then copy and paste it to the discussion forum.)
• Post to other students using the same criteria: 
  • keep your response relevant to the discussion,
  • be specific in your response, and
  • provide a full explanation of your opinions and ideas. (Just saying "good work" will not be sufficient.)