what to do if plato web course expired

by Mr. Diamond Durgan II 6 min read

Do I need to request my courses from Plato?

If you are planning to use PLATO for your courses this semester, and have not requested your courses yet, please do so now. Use the electronic form if you have used Plato in the past, and are copying content from a course that was taught in 2014 or later, or just requesting the blank template.

Who decides the content and format of Plato courses?

The content and format of PLATO courses are determined by volunteer Course Coordinators and course participants. Any PLATO member can propose and coordinate a course. For all in-person courses, coordinators and participants are required to observe social distancing guidelines and wear masks when inside any of our host locations at all times.

How do I know when my access to a course expires?

You’ll find a message on the right side on the course homepage within the course displaying the date your access expires. After the expiration date, you would need to pay and upgrade to the verified certificate track to regain access in this session, or enroll in a future session when the course is offered again.

What does overdue mean in Edmentum?

A grey box with no running man and an overdue warning means that your student did not complete a course by the courses end date. This is bad, because they are having to complete make up work in this class while trying to pass their current classes.

How long does it take for Edmentum to time out?

In Courseware, a session will time out after 60 minutes for all user roles. When an activity reaches the one-hour time limit, Courseware will stop recording progress.

Is PLATO now Edmentum?

PLATO, now known as Edmentum Courseware, was an answer to a pressing need for greater access to high-quality education. Today, Edmentum Courseware offers high-quality, standards-based, customizable digital curriculum to learners from grade 6 through adult with over 400 courses and 30,000 hours of instruction.

How long does it take to complete a PLATO class?

approximately 6 weeks-Each PLATO course takes approximately 6 weeks to complete. The teacher in charge will be tracking and giving weekly updates on an individual basis.

What is a passing grade in Edmentum?

A minimum 80% score is required for each mastery test.

Are tutorials on Edmentum graded?

Feel free to take notes or pictures of these to help you with your mastery tests. You can also look online for more information if anything is unclear. Often times the tutorials will ask you to complete some kind of activity or check point. Do not spend a lot of time on these since they are not graded.

Is Edmentum the same as Plato?

To help educators and administrators respond to the demands of this "21st century" classroom, PLATO Learning is evolving and bringing its online learning solutions to market under a new name: Edmentum™.

What is Plato Learning Software?

PLATO, in full Programmed Logic for Automatic Teaching Operations, computer-based education system created in 1960 by Donald L. Bitzer at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC). In addition to being used successfully as a teaching tool, PLATO also spawned one of the first successful online communities.

Who invented school?

Horace Mann invented school and what is today the United States' modern school system. Horace was born in 1796 in Massachusetts and became the Secretary of Education in Massachusettes where he championed an organized and set curriculum of core knowledge for each student.

How do you retake an Edmentum test?

A retake can be requested as early as the following day. EdOptions Academy teachers cannot reset end of semester tests. To reset the end of semester test, contact the Academy Support team at 866-890-8153, option 4.

Why is my test locked on Edmentum?

You must get a 60% on it to move on. If you take it 3 times without passing, it will say you are locked out. You can UNLOCK IT YOURSELF by going back through the tutorial again. Post Test: At the end of each unit, there is a Post Test.

Are pretests graded?

Pre-tests are a non-graded assessment tool used to determine pre-existing subject knowledge. Typically pre-tests are administered prior to a course to determine knowledge baseline, but here they are used to test students prior to topical material coverage throughout the course.

Can you request course shells after semester start?

If you request course shells after the semester start, students will NOT be automatically enrolled. Please contact the CIT to ensure that your students are enrolled in your course.

Do you have to submit a course request for each semester you are teaching?

Every semester you must submit a course request for each course you are teaching.

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