APEX

To sign in, students should go to the sign-in page and use the username and password that was in their welcome email. If you ever have trouble signing in, check if you are going to the correct web address, which is the one you received with your login credentials.

Once signed in, there are two things students should do before starting on their course.

1. Just like it suggested in the Getting Started Guide, you should go to your Profile and set up email notifications so that they will know when they’ve received messages from me and when I have graded assignments. See how in the tutorial below.

2. Print out the report that lists all the assignments in your course as well as the due dates. From your Dashboard, students should go to Actions, then View Progress Report. Click “View” to open the report, which is a great tool to help you plan out your weeks and stay on track. See how in the tutorial below.

You are not penalized for late submissions, but you should stick to those due dates as closely as possible to finish the course on time. Using the report, you can determine how many assignments you should aim to complete each week.

Attendance

Even though APEX allows students to work on your subjects individually, I will still need to take attendance for online courses. Students should be prepared to spend 5-8 hours each week on their online course, which is roughly the same amount of time students would spend on a course taken in a traditional classroom. I will be taking attendance everyday students are scheduled for my class period at 1PM; therefore, you must log in to APEX and show progress on your assignments for me to mark you as present.

Participation

Beyond just showing up, students need to engage in the course and do the work. Students should:

• Take notes on Study sheets as they go through Study activities.

• Move through the course sequentially

• Complete Study activities before the corresponding assignments

• Complete everything in a unit before attempting the end-of-unit test

There is a setting that prevents students from accessing their tests more than three days before a test’s due date. However, if a student is truly ready to take a test early, the student should email me, and I will move the due date to allow the student to access the test.

Grading

Assignments submitted correctly will take approximately 3-5 school days to grade.

Now is time to go over the process for completing and submitting teacher-scored assignments. I linked each of these topics to written directions. Just click on the underlined topic to access the instructions.

• How to Save & Edit Assignments as PDF

• How to Complete Written Activities Digitally (Copy & Paste)

• How to Print a Worksheet

  • Students can only print individual activities that are not proctored.

    1. Dashboard > open course

    2. Navigate to activity

    3. Click worksheet icon

    4. Click print button (upper right hand corner)

• How to Type Special Characters & Exponents

• How to View Answers for Checkups and Study Sheets

• How to scan or record assignments to a computer

• How to Submit Paper-Based Assignments

  • Note: Work must be submitted digitally while Distance Learning is still in effect due to state mandates.

• How to name an assignment file correctly (so I can grade it accordingly- I mentor MANY courses!)

  • Format: Course Name_ Assignment Number

    1. Example: French1_1.1.1.

    2. Example 2: English 9 Sem 1_ 2.1.1.

    3. Example3: Spanish 2_ 3.4.1.

• How to Submit Assignments