Penfield High School

Summer Hybrid Health Course

Student/Parent Meeting

July 6, 2011

7:00 PM

Goals for this

meeting

• Familiarize students and parents with the hybrid

course format

• Instruct students about login and navigation

procedures using our Learning Management System:

Moodle

• Clarify the expectations for F2F and online attendance,

and assignments

• Answer your questions

Resource people

• Dr. Putnam, Principal

• Mrs. Dana, Chairperson, Counseling Office

• Mrs. Walker, Chairperson, Health and P.E.

• Mr. Brewer, Chairperson, Technology

• Mr. O’Brien, Technology Services, BOCES

• Mrs. Verstraete, Health Teacher

• Mrs. Finlayson, Health Teacher

What is a hybrid

class?

• Hybrid classes combine the traditional (F2F) class

experience with online learning

• The best of both worlds

• A hybrid class is not easier nor is it necessarily faster

Why?

• Summer hybrid health courses are the first step in the

Futures Project

• Provide flexibility in scheduling through hybrid classes

and alternative learning activities

• Options to accommodate varied learning styles

• Our health curriculum and teachers for our students

What is moodle?

• Moodle is a Learning Management System (LMS)

• It allows teachers to put their classrooms on the

Internet

• Assignments, tests, class work, online classroom,

discussion forums, and lessons can all be found here

• It is your classroom when you are at home

Penfield’s moodle

• http://classroom.penfield.edu

• To log in use the same user name and password that you use at school

• Once you log in you will see all the classes available at Penfield

• When you click on the class you are enrolled in it will ask for an enrollment key

• Your enrollment key is located on the front of your packet

Visiting moodle

• Course Main Page

• Topic Outline

• Side Bar (Block)

• Breadcrumbs

• Topic Outline

• Overview

• Submitting Assignments

• Let’s take a look…

• Login tonight or tomorrow!

What if it does not

work?

• If you have forgotten your school login please contact

the Penfield Help Desk at 249-5769. Calls are taken

24/7 and returned between the hours of 8am and 4pm.

• For all other technical assistance, contact the BOCES

help desk at 383-2217, Mon-Thu 8AM – 9PM, Fri

8AM – 5PM, Sat 1PM – 5PM, Sun 1PM – 9PM.

• If something does not work, do not panic!

Class expectations

Students must attend all F2F classes and complete all

online learning activities each day.

• Class meets two hours per day, three days per week, for three

weeks

• Online learning activities and assignments must be completed by

the due dates

• This chart compares the amount of in-class time, online time

and homework time for the traditional, traditional summer, and

hybrid summer formats.

Comparing course

formats

Course In Class Online Homework Total

20 Week

Course

During

School Year

60 hours

(90 – 40 min.

classes)

0 40 hours 100 hours

3 Week

Traditional

Course in

Summer

56 hours

(14 – 4 hour

classes)

0 28 hours 84 hours

3 Week

Hybrid

Course in

Summer

18 hours

(9 – 2 hour

classes)

38 hours

(variable

depending on

student)

28 hours

(variable

depending on

student)

84 hours

Ethics and rules of

the online lms

• LMS = Classroom = School

• Code of Conduct

• Acceptable Use

• Cheating and Plagiarism

• Tone and Language

• School Use Only

• Safeguard Access

Q & A

Thank you!