This document provides information and instructions for students taking a cyber school prep course. It outlines the cyber school philosophy of academic integrity and explains students must complete a quiz on it before accessing class materials. It describes benefits of cyber school like its flexibility and convenience. The document advises students on how to be successful, including being independent learners who communicate regularly with teachers. It details hours of operation, answers frequently asked questions, and provides guidance on navigating the online platform and troubleshooting technical issues by contacting teachers. In the end, it indicates students must score 70% on a quiz before beginning their cyber school course.

1. Prep Course

2. What you need to know to be
successful in Cyber School
This prep course is a guide to show you how a Cyber
School class will work.
Read carefully and follow the instructions on each
page.
You can read and review any of this information as
often as you would like and if need be you can come
back to this for future reference.

3. The Cyber School Philosophy

4. Academic Integrity
SCCS believes that academic integrity is instrumental
to the successful completion of an academic course.
Once you complete this prep course, you must do the
academic integrity quiz before you can see the rest
of the class.
This quiz tells us that you understand that the work
you submit must be your own, and not someone else’s.

5. Why Cyber School?
It is a great way to learn and get credit for a class.
It is portable and allows you to learn from anywhere,
anytime!
It is convenient – it allows you to learn on your
schedule.
Work at your own pace! You have up to 150 days to
complete the class.

6. How to be Successful
In order to be successful in Cyber School, you MUST:
• Learn to be an independent learner
• Keep up with your course work
• Communicate with your teacher about any
questions or issues immediately
• Check your email often!
Students who do not log in to their course or check
their email regularly will be removed from the
course!

7. Hours of Operation
• Cyber School runs all year – from Sept to June for
our regular classes and June/July for summer
school.
• You have 150 days to complete a course.
• Summer months are NOT calculated into your 150
day course. Your class will be suspended over
summer so you can pick it back up in the fall.
• Cyber School has no semesters. You can begin a
class at any time.
• We are open 24/7!

8. Frequently Asked Questions
There is no such thing as a stupid question, so don’t
be afraid to ask!
If you have any questions about your course, contact
your teacher.
If you have questions about Cyber School, you can
contact the office at 306-659-7700 or at
cyber@gscs.sk.ca

9. Jumping into Moodle!
There are some things you should know about our Moodle
courses so that you can find your way around.
Most of our Moodle courses are set up basically the same so
you should be able to navigate them easily.
It is important that you look over the syllabus for your class
to understand the grading outlines, schedules and required
readings.
Click to the next slide to see the video!

10. Student’s Guide to Moodle
The video below will discuss more aspects of the
Moodle interface. The information within it applies to
our Cyber School courses.
Click to the next slide to see the video.

11. Student’s Guide to Moodle
This video explains how to use course discussion tools,
activities you may use and outlines how to handle the
quizzes in your course.
Click to the next slide to see the video.

12. Student’s Guide to Moodle
In your course you will have to enter text in quizzes,
assignments and discussions areas. Moodle has a text
editor that you can use to personalize your experience.

13. Student’s Guide to Moodle
Uploading an assignment is something you will have to
do in your course. Fortunately it is very easy to do!
Click to the next slide to see the video.

14. Student’s Guide to Moodle
The icons to the left will be used
in your course. Knowing what
they mean will help you get
around more easily.

15. The activities
in our courses
may vary but
the options are
the same. You
will be using
many of these
activities in
your courses so
it is important
you know what
they do.

16. Trouble Shooting
Since we are working online and with computers, there are bound to
be some glitches from time to time. What do you need to know when
something isn’t working?
For example:
You have been working in your course for a while now and it seems to be
going well. You are enjoying the flexibility of being able to work when you
want, and for how long you want. Things are going as they should be.
However, you are working in an assignment and you hit a glitch. A video
is not opening up and you definitely need to see it, a big assignment is
based on it; what should you do?
Answer: Contact your teacher. There is a problem within the course and
your teacher needs to know or at least help you with it. They are the only
ones who can help.

17. Trouble Shooting
Another example:
You were working in your course, but something came up and you
were unable to spend time on or check in to your course. You find out
that you have been removed from the course! You need to complete
this course! How could this happen?
Answer: Communication! Communication! Communication! You didn't
inform your teacher that you would be offline for an extended
amount of time, so you were referred and removed because you
didn't check your e-mail regularly and didn't realize we were trying
to contact you!
Even if you do check your e-mail regularly - it is important to check
your JUNK MAIL FOLDER. Our Cyber School e-mails do end up in this
folder from time to time.
IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK YOUR JUNK MAIL FOLDER!

18. Trouble Shooting
A final example:
You are about to begin writing an important online exam. Once you
click on "begin test" you know that you must complete the exam and
there is no turning back. You click on the begin test button and start
the exam. Half way through the exam the power goes out. When the
power comes back on you realize the course will not let you finish
writing the exam because you only get one chance. What should you
do?
Answer: Email your teacher and let them know what happened. Only
the teacher of the class can reset the test so you can take it again.

19. It’s Quiz Time!
You have read through and watched what you need to know
before starting your Cyber School course.
Remember:
• You must score 70% or higher on the quiz.
• You can take the quiz as many times as needed, so if you don't
get 70%, re-read the material, and try it again.
• Once you get 70% or better on the quiz, the rest of the course
will be open for you to start.
Happy Learning 