| Possible Reason |
How to Verify |
Solutions |
| Student is not aware of what is required for being on track for course completion. |
Observe the student and then conference with them regarding their progress. |
- Encourage use of the Assignment Calendar.
- Help set daily/weekly student goals and provide incentives and consequences for completion rates.
- Establish course completion expectations both for the class as well as for individual students.
- Make sure there is a Start Date and Target Date for the student’s course(s).
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| Student is not passing their end of lesson quizzes and is retaking them numerous times. |
Look in the Gradebook for the number of quiz attempts and the time spent on each attempt. |
- Establish a retake policy with a maximum number of retakes.
- Remediate lesson content: insert a lower level Supplemental Learning Activity in-between assessment attempts.
- Change the Quiz Review Method in the Edit Options page to Questions and Student Answers or Questions and Correct Answers.
- Use the Change Assignment Grade override option in the Gradebook after working with student to correct answers.
- Use the Pass with Grade option in the Gradebook to assign the highest assessment grade or to average multiple attempts.
- Review the Gradebook for student effort on other assignments. Reset Practice/Homework, Vocabulary and/or Lecture activities.
- Work with the student or pair them with another student who is competent in course material to help better prepare them for their assessments.
- Encourage the use of eNotes and/or written notes for vocabulary/lecture and check often to verify that the student is taking notes. Reset lectures as needed to redirect efforts.
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| Students must wait to take assessments while the teacher reviews class work. |
Observe the student and then conference with them regarding their progress. |
- Develop a procedure for students to communicate with the teacher when ready for an assessment.
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| Gradebook records contain long time spans between assignments. |
- Encourage students to review, improve and summarize their eNotes while they wait.
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| Time allotted to complete the course is not realistic. |
Check student’s Edit Options page for assigned Start/Target dates. |
- Ensure Start and Target Dates are correctly assigned; adjust if necessary.
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| Check the Attendance log for student logon time and effort. |
- Compare estimated time to complete the course against the time available for students to work in the Virtual Classroom.
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| Student is not logging in and working on courses. |
Review their Attendance Log for log in times, duration and completion effort. |
- Set reasonable goals for student’s time on task and provide incentives and/or consequences.
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| Student is not on-task during class time. |
Observe the student and then conference with them regarding their progress. |
- Redirect students to the task at hand.
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- Establish guidelines for classroom behavior with incentives and/or consequences.
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| Review the student’s Progress Report and Assignment Calendar. |
- Develop a classroom contract that students and parents complete at the start of the program.
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