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April 15, 2020
Good Afternoon Glen Forest Families,
Yesterday we started our Distance Learning and had a wonderful time reconnecting with our students. Unfortunately, there were students in Fairfax County that acted inappropriately using the online program. We are embedding the links to our classroom sessions in your children’s Blackboard 24-7 Learning accounts. These daily links will give your children direct access to their teacher’s site and provide easy access to classroom recordings, for those unable to attend class at the designated time.
Below are directions to help you and your children access the new links. We have provided written instructions as well as a video link. We plan to start instruction 2 hours later then yesterday. Therefore, Kindergarten, 1st and 5th grades should start at 11 am and 2nd, 3rd and 4th grades at 12 noon. We intend to hold our afternoon sessions, too.
We apologize for all this confusion and ask that you be patient with us, as we learn to navigate this new way of interacting with your children.
Sincerely,
Cindi Choate
Principal
Glen Forest STUDENT GUIDE: ACCESSING YOUR NEW VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS USING BLACKBOARD FCPS 24/7
Use this link to open detailed instructions along with screen graphics:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1EduNUSkje9kC1TQ1o3nmWPvQzCq-SIXmDC03j_VT1JA/edit?usp=sharing
OR
Follow these written directions without graphics:
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1. Log in to your Blackboard
FCPS 24/7 account.
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2. Click on the course titled
“GFE Grade Level”
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3. Click on the button for your
new virtual classroom titled
Blackboard Collaborate Ultra
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4. Navigate to and click on
the appropriate session for your
meeting day.
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5. You may see several sessions
listed. You can use the filter and
search tools to navigate this list.
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6. On the right, click on the
Join Session button.
You are automatically logged
into the virtual classroom as
yourself.
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Here is a video with directions too:
https://youtu.be/qF3K5ZCMnCc
Be Informed, Stay Involved!
Keep your contact information up-to-date
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