Resources for Success

Student LMS Guide

How to check your feedback in the LMS

Checking on your mobile device? (not recommended but possible) View how here!

More on how to view your grades (this is a short video, give it a watch BEFORE beginning your course!)

Submitting via the dropbox feature in the LMS

Locating Past Grades

Instructions for converting Apple files

Instructions for MS Word files to Google Docs (even if you don't have MS Word!)

NEW LINK: 👀VIDEO: In preparation for final exams--scores, overrides, etc (read the video description for a summary) 

TurnItIn

• TurnItIn Full Student Instructions 

Lab Documentation Requirements (assignments 01.04, 03.04, 04.02, 05.01) 

• Lab Documentation Requirements

• Lab Documentation Requirements Flow Chart and Checklist

Support for graph creation

• National Center for Education Statistics: Create a Graph

• NEW LINK:  👀 VIDEO: How to pick a graph

• NEW LINK:  📎 ONE PAGER: How to pick a graph

Pacing Input Sheet (calculate how many assignments you should be completing for each course weekly and how many you should be submitting to the LMS daily!)

Video support, How to use the Pacing Input Sheet

Create Your Own Pacing Calendar

Customizing your school calendar 

2024-2025 Academic Calendar (includes LSS school closures, professional development and teacher workdays)

NEW LINK! 2025-2026 Academic Calendar (includes LSS school closures, professional development and teacher workdays)

Reach out to your teachers for support: Email Etiquette for Teens (a script) from Ms. Louisa Porzel

Student/Parent Handbook updated 10/2025

Laurel Springs Honor Code updated 10/2024

Laurel Springs Portal updated 10/2022

Laurel Springs Portal Guide updated 10/2022 

Reading text for evidence and support

👀 WATCH Text Markings: How to read different types of text for evidence and support 

Paraphrasing support video Learn how to paraphrase!

NEW LINK: Evaluating Resources: How to evaluate and determine the reliability of your resources
Sources within the video: CARS Checklist and Finding Reliable Resources

Create a citation easily with Citation Machine APA Citation Generator!
Be sure to select the right source type, e.g. website, journal, etc. 

Owl Purdue APA Style Poster and Information

Support for academic research

Artificial Intelligence
Watch: Thinking about using AI?

• Letter for the appropriate use of AI in Human A&P

• Prompt Framework for Students (how to use ChatGPT/chatbots/AI)

• Should I Use AI? (flowchart to help you decide if you should use AI)

The importance of handwriting vs. typing notes for memory retention in science

Quick summary: “A closer look at the students’ text products in the typing modality reveals that students, while typing, seem to be cognitively overloaded. One of the consequences of this is a lower level of cognitive achievement in their typed text: students show less knowledge, less terminological accuracy, and, above all, a lesser understanding of the interconnection between the items of information provided.”

How to view your student’s feedback and status in the LMS

Student/Parent Handbook updated 10/2024

Laurel Springs Honor Code updated 10/2024

Laurel Springs Portal updated 10/2022

Laurel Springs Portal Guide updated 10/2022

Counseling Virtual Resource Center (Maintained by the LSS Counseling Department)