1. VirtualSC Mrs. Bell This is our virtual open house! Enjoy this video; listen carefully.

2.  Skype: Meredith.Holcombe.Bell  Message in your dashboard  803-250-5794  Office hours posted in skype and course

3.  Check your student dashboard daily  Check the Announcements and news forums in course

4.  Login to your student dashboard at virtualsc.org  Please be sure that you update all of your contact information in your student dashboard. The Welcome Survey/Welcome Poll Link will be sent via your dashboard And is located on my website.

5. Confirm for accuracy: SUNS ID Name Birthday Email address(es) Phone Number(s) Mailing Address Save any changes.

6.  Create a Guardian/Parent account  To have access to grades and progress reports  To receive/send messages to me through your parent dashboard  Directions for creating a guardian/parent account can be found at the parents tab on at https://virtualsc.org/

7.  Review the student checklist at the VirtualSC website and review those suggested activities!  The student checklist is located here: https://virtualsc.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/Fall-2014-Student-Checklist.pdf

8.  Complete Student Orientation Course  This is a great resource!  You have access to this in your student dashboard.  Please be sure to complete this new orientation even if you are an experienced VirtualSC student. There have been several updates.

9.  Welcome Call/WecomePoll Survey  Check dashboard for a message titled something like: “WELCOME/Welcome SURVEY/Google Form”  Click on the link in that message and complete the survey.  At the end of the survey, you will be sent an email to your personal email account (that you verified in the survey) with the answer to the Welcome Poll Profile Quiz– WRITE IT DOWN. Don’t forget there is the Open House/Welcome answer. Write this one down too!! Watch for it.  On the first day of class, you’ll be asked to submit those answers for a GRADE.  Easy grades of 100 to start the class! Yay you!

10. REMEMBER: You can complete the orientation now. It contains a great deal of helpful videos and exercises. You can find the assignments under the “topics” or sometimes in the Course Menu. Be sure to watch the videos in the Student Orientation or the ones you can see from Student Services. Topic Assignment Instructions

11.  Communicate with me!  Read Everything and Read Carefully!  Meet all due dates…  20-day drop: If you decided you do not want to take this course anymore, send me a message in your dashboard. If you drop before the 20 day period is over, there is no grade penalty. If you drop or if you are administratively withdrawn for lack of work after the 20 day grace, you will receive a WF on transcript.

12.  Watch this video  Guardian—create guardian account  Student and Guardian– Verify information in Student Profile for accuracy  Student-- Complete the Student Orientation Course  Student– Complete the Welcome/Welcome Poll Survey (Google Form) through link in your dashboard

13.  I look forward to working with you this session…

14. That Open House/Welcome Call password was the word: ONLINE