How It Works
The course is designed to allow each staff member to complete the training at their
own pace. The course contains lessons that address specific topics. Teachers
who are already experienced and knowledgeable in certain areas can move through
the lessons in any order – quickly accessing the exact information they need the
most.
An important system concept to understand is that each user's login is
completely secure and separate from other users. Each individual or member of a
group (described below) that is registered receives their own unique login and
password and the information they enter is stored for them and can only be
retrieved by them.
The Course
The online course on the site employs the concept of lessons. Each lesson has a “Home Page” that serves as the
central point of information for that lesson. It is from the lesson “Home Page”
that you can select the video to watch, access links to course handouts,
resources, and answer reflections questions for your use later. The reflection
questions are intended to allow you to relate your own personal observations and
experiences as they relate to the subject matter of the video. The lesson
specific reflections can be retrieved, viewed and printed at any time.
When you have completed the course, there will be an online quiz that will ask
questions about the course material. This quiz can only be taken after the
course is complete.
Upon completion of the quiz, the course is complete. You will be issued a Course
Completion Certificate.
The quiz results, reflections questions, and completion certificate can each be
retrieved, viewed, and printed. They can also be emailed as an attachment to any
email address you enter into the system.
A “Course Completion Packet” can also be generated that contains all of the
course materials and certificate of completion in one document
Individual Registration
Upon completing the registration process, you will be supplied with an
instruction sheet that explains how to login and use the system.
After a successful login, you will be presented with a page called “My Home
Page”. This will be your central point of information while logged in. On this
page you can select course and lessons you want to take, change your login
information, edit your contact information, retrieve your invoice, as well as
several other operations. The structure of the courses is described in the
“Courses” section.
To see a sample screen of a logged in user,
click here
When logged in, an individual may register for additional courses and will not
have to reenter their information.
Group Registration
If you are registering a group of people, you will be registered as the Group
Administrator. You will then designate the size of the group you are
registering. The group size is the only information you need to supply about the
group during registration. You do not need to enter group members’ names or any
other information about them. They will enter their own information the first
time they login.
To see a sample screen of a logged in Group Administrator,
click here
A PDF document (one page per group member) will be generated that contains
temporary usernames and passwords along with login instructions for each member
of the group. The Group Administrator will then distribute the instruction
sheets to the individual group members. This document will be emailed to you
during the registration process and you will also have the option to print and
view it. It can also be retrieved at any time when you are logged into your
Group Admin account.
As the Group Administrator, you will have access to an additional screen that is
not available to other types of users. This screen will summarize the progress
of the other members of the group. A color coded grid is available to
graphically and quickly identify the progress of each of the members of your
group. When the group member has completed the course, their completion date as
well as their final course quiz score is shown.
An important concept for the Group Administrator is that they can be an
administrator of many groups. For example, a principal of a school may wish to
sign up the math department faculty as one group and the science department
faculty as another group. When the Group Administrator is on their
administration page, they simply select the desired group from a drop down list
and the status of that group is displayed.
The Group Administrator is also a regular member of the group. As such, they can
participate in the course in an identical manner as the group members and
individuals.
A Group Administrator is not counted as part of the group for billing purposes.
When logged in, a Group Administrator can sign up for additional courses. During
this process, the Group Admin will have the option of signing up an existing
group for the course or they may choose to create a new group at that time. If a
new group is chosen, the group size must be designated and new temporary
usernames and passwords will be generated.