ONLINE COURSES
Credit may be granted for courses taken through a school, including an online learning program, that has been accredited by a regional accrediting association and approved by Fulton County Schools. Before enrolling in such a course, the student must have approval from the local school. This process begins with your child’s School Counselor.
When local school approval is granted for students to enroll in online courses, the following preferences should be applied:
- First preference should be given to a Fulton County Schools (FCS) Virtual Campus course.
- If no FCS Virtual Campus course is offered, second preference should be given to a Georgia Virtual School (GAVS) course.
- If the student requires a class that cannot be taken from his local school, the FCS Virtual Campus, or GAVS; he may request approval to register for a course offered by an alternative accredited source.
FULTON VIRTUAL REGISTRATION
Website: http://www.fultonschools.org/en/divisions/acd/learnteach/InstrTech/Pages/FultonVirtual.aspx
Tuition
Course are free if taken as part of the six classes and part of the school day. Any class taken beyond full time enrollment or taken over the summer requires tuition.
½ Credit = $225 ($180 with free / reduced meal status) per course
1 Credit = $450 ($360 with free / reduced meal status) per course
All course selection questions should be directed to your home school counselor
FVS Registration Steps
Parents and students request courses and create an account through the Registration page available during the registration window. Once a course request has been created, an email is sent to the student’s home school for review. The request is reviewed by the counseling staff at the home school. If it is accepted, a follow up email is sent to the parent/student requesting that they log back in to fulton.geniussis.com to pay for their courses if tuition is due. Students are only charged tuition if they are taking a course beyond their normal course load at their school, or if they are taking a course during the summer term.
GEORGIA VIRTUAL (GAVS) REGISTRATION
Georgia Virtual School (GAVS) is a program of the Georgia Department of Education designed to serve public, private and home schooled students throughout the state. The program is fully accredited by SACS. GAVS courses are rigorous and are taught by highly qualified Georgia certified teachers. All courses are available on the Internet around the clock.
Website: www.gavirtualschool.org
Requirements
Students wishing to take an online course should be aware GAVS courses are rigorous, college preparatory level classes. A one unit class will take 10 to 15 hours per week to complete. Assignments will be due biweekly with very little allowance for late work. These courses are for self-disciplined, strong students. During summer session assignments are due daily.
Tuition
Students are only charged tuition if they are taking a course beyond their normal course load at their school, or if they are taking a course during the summer term.
High school A (semester 1) or B (semester 2) course: $250 tuition
High school AB (1.0 credit/yearlong) course: $500 tuition
GAVS Registration Steps
STEP 1: STUDENT CREATES ACCOUNT
- To create a new account, please visit Create My Account
- If you have already created an account, please login.
- If you have forgotten your account username and password, please look it up
- If you are still unable to login, please contact us here.
Next, create your parent account. The student account must be created FIRST.
Within 24-hours after you create your account, you will have access to your D2L email account. All e-mail communication will be sent to this account. Be sure to check this email account regularly.
STEP 2: STUDENT APPLIES FOR COURSES
- Once your account is created, you can login and apply for classes.
- Carefully select the correct term (semester) and course.
- The school will then approve or deny the application.
- If approved, you will see a message in red after you login. The message will tell you that there are one or more classes requiring payment. Use VISA or M/C to pay online through the student account.
- Once payment has been received, student is eligible to be enrolled by the school (1-2 school days turnaround time)
STEP 3: STUDENT ORIENTATION CLASS.
- Within 24 hours of being enrolled, student clicks either ‘MyClasses’ or ‘Going to Orientation’.
- At the GA Virtual Course homepage, student clicks on Student Orientation over to the right side of the page.
- At the Orientation class homepage, student reads everything carefully, and then clicks Content to see the units to be completed.
- Student should print Checklist from top menu bar, or from the Welcome unit to use as a To-do list.
- Student works through each unit; each are tied to each other so no skipping around!
- Although students may opt out of the Orientation, if students find themselves having difficulty navigating the online format, they should complete the orientation.
- Within 24 hours of successfully completing Student Orientation, the student will be able to login and click “Going to class”. Click the name of the class to get to the class homepage.
STEP 4: TAKING THE CLASS
- Again, read the class NEWS ITEMS on the course homepage carefully, jotting down the instructor’s contact information, and seeing how to let the instructor know which weeks schedule you want to be on.
- Print the checklist
- Start with Content and work carefully through the units
- COMMUNICATE if there are any problems:
- information@gavirtualschool.org–for registration issues
- orientation@gavirtualschool.org–for orientation problems
- Contact the instructor for questions about the course!
PARENT INFORMATION
You will be able to log in to your child’s online gradebook to monitor progress throughout the course. Teachers keep in constant contact with you via email and phone calls.
So, be sure to create your parent account. The Student Account must be created FIRST.
GRADES
Georgia Virtual School course grades are updated weekly and are posted to transcripts at the end of the semester. Both students and parents have access to the course online gradebook at all times. An automated message system will notify parents by email or phone weekly about a student’s progress.