EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT MS. CONNALLY’S SC VIRTUAL SCHOOL PROGRAM CLASS……. Welcome to Class!

About this presentation This presentation is designed to help you understand how this class works. You should have a parent watch this presentation with you. Both of you will call me and leave a scripted message letting me know that you have viewed this presentation. At the end of the presentation, I will give you a password which is the answer to the Welcome Call Quiz.

Important Reminders This is a REAL class  This class WILL affect your high school GPA.  You will take the final exam at your regular school.  Exam dates are on the Pacing Guide – no one exempts  Verify in your Virtual School Account (VSA) that I have the correct phone number, and school guidance counselor for you (if not please change it) Read messages from me in VSA every day

How to I get to class? Go to **** The class works best using Mozilla Firefox as your browser Click the green “Log in here” button on the right

Log into your Virtual School Account (VSA) Type your user name and password (you got this when you registered for the class)

Before Class Begins Login to VSA ( Click on Student Records >> Student Profile

Check your Student Profile Confirm for accuracy: SUNS ID Name Birthday address(es) Phone Number(s) Mailing Address Save any changes.

Your student dashboard Make sure you log in every day to check for important messages from me. Messages

Messages from me in VSA If you haven’t already, please log into your Virtual School Account (VSA) and read the following messages from me:  Welcome to Class  About Ms. Connally  Link to class syllabus  Pacing Guide – make sure you print this one  Link to Student Orientation

Parent/Guardian Assignment Create a Guardian account in VSA  To receive bi-weekly progress reports  To receive/send messages to me through VSA Directions for creating a guardian account can be found at the parents tab on

OK – I’ve read my messages, now what? Scroll down below messages to click the link for your class. Click the link for your class and a new window will open

I clicked the link and nothing happened. If you click the link for your class and a new window does not open, this means that you have pop-up blockers turned on. There are “how to” videos on the scvspconnect webpage to show how to turn off pop- up blockers. To go around the pop-up blockers, hold down the control (CTRL) key on your keyboard at the same time that you click the link. Do NOT release the control key until the new window begins to open.

Choose the class When the new window opens, click on the class link on the left hand side under My Courses or in the center of the page Links for your classes are here and here

Main Class Page

Student Orientation You should complete the Student Orientation course BEFORE class officially begins. I will send out a message with the link to access it. The course has a lot of good information that will help this semester go more smoothly for you and me.

Time to call and leave a message Now that you and your parent have viewed this presentation, please call me at (864) and leave the following message (please speak clearly and say your first and last name): Student: Hello my name is ____ in your Keyboarding class and I have viewed the presentation with a parent and I understand everything in the presentation. Parent: Hello I am ____’s parent and we have viewed presentation and my student is ready to begin the class.

Answer to Welcome Call Quiz Once you get into the class you will take a Welcome Call Quiz. The quiz has 1 question and the answer is  verify