Welcome Presentation for Sarasota Virtual Academy Geometry Course by Instructor Brian McCombie

1. Welcome to
Geometry
(1 Credit Math)
Mr. Brian McCombie
SVA Geometry Instructor
941.888.4515
sva-mccombie.lattiss.com

2. Agenda
1. How to Login
2. The Homepage
3. The Main Menu
4. Lessons
5. Submitting Assignments
6. Checking your Grades and Feedback
7. Pacing Expectations and the Grace Period
8. Contacting Me
9. Discussion Based Assessments
10. What to Do Next

3. How to Login to the Course
• Visit
http://www.flvs.net
• Click on Login
• Enter your Username
and Password

4. How to Login to the Course
• Find your course from
the Student Dashboard
and click Enter Course
• Make sure your Pop-Up
blocker is turned off

5. The Homepage
• This is the landing page
whenever you enter the
course.
• Notice the 3 buttons at the
top of the screen.
• Home
• Main Menu
• Email
• You can find my contact info
my using the link

6. The Main Menu
• By clicking on the Main Menu,
you see a list of options
• For this class, you will only
need:
• Lessons
• Assessments
• Gradebook
• Email
• None of the other sections
are needed for this course

7. Lessons
• Once you click on Lessons, you
will see this page, which looks
like a graphic novel
• This course has 9 Modules
spread across two segments.
• Each Module has a variety of
lessons for you to read through
*Note*
If you use Internet Explorer, you may experience
problems with this page. For best results, please
try Chrome or Firefox

8. Lessons
• Use the arrow buttons to
navigate through each lesson
• Make sure you read all of the
information on each page
• Some of it may be needed for
the assignments

9. Lessons
• Many of the lessons have
content that can be clicked
• By clicking on certain
features, you can uncover
hidden information

10. Lessons
• At the end of each lesson is a blue box that has a graded assignment
• Information from the lesson is necessary for most of the assignments
• Once you complete an
assignment and submit
it for grading, you can
move to the next lesson
• Please work through the
course in order and
don’t skip around

11. Submitting Assignments
• If the assignment requires
you to write or make a
project, first use a
program like Microsoft
Word or PowerPoint and
save it to your computer
or flashdrive

12. Submitting Assignments
• When you’re ready to
submit your finished
assignment, go to the Main
Menu and click on
Assessments

13. Submitting Assignments
• From the list, choose the
assignment you want to submit for
grading
• This list will only show assignments
that you still need to complete

14. Submitting Assignments
• Notice how many points the
assignment is worth
• You upload your assignment as
an attachment by using the blue
folder icon
• Make sure you click the checkbox
to submit for grading

15. Checking Your Grades
• To check your grades, go to the
Main Menu and click on
Gradebook

16. Checking Your Grades
• You can see your current
progress as well as your current
grade in the class and how
many more assignments you
need to complete

17. Checking Your Grades
• You can see a list of all the
assignments that have been
graded
• Please click on each assignment
to read the feedback that I leave
for you
• In many cases, you may be able
to resubmit assignments for a
better grade

18. Feedback
• Since there are only a few times
that you and I will actually speak
one on one with each other, it’s
very important that you read my
feedback
• It’s the best way for me to
communicate to you about the
quality of your assignments and
your understanding of the material

19. Pacing Expectations and the Grace Period
• It’s expected that you complete at
least 3-5 assignments each week in
order to be “on pace” in the course
• At this pace, you will be able to finish
the course in 32-36 weeks.

20. Pacing Expectations and the Grace Period
• Students need to complete at
least 20% of the course within the
first 28 calendar days of being
active in the course
• Students may lose their seat in
the class if they don’t meet this
progress mark

21. Contacting Me
• You can email me through
the course email
• You can call or text me at:
941.888.4515
• I will try to respond as quickly
as possible, but I teach
regular classes during the
school year.
• Please leave your full name
with each message to enable
me to respond efficiently.

22. Discussion Based Assessments
• DBAs are where you and I speak over
the phone and discuss topics from the
class
• DBAs last approximately 5-10 minutes
• Schedule a time for your DBA by using
my online scheduler:
sva-mccombie.lattiss.com
**Please call me at your scheduled time**

23. What to Do Next
1. View this entire presentation (hopefully you did this already)
2. Visit sva-mccombie.lattiss.com and schedule a time for you to
complete your Welcome Call
• The Welcome Call should last for less than 10 minutes
• I need to speak to your parent/guardian on this call as well.

24. (Not me)