Important Message for Houston Virtual Middle & High School Parents and Students

End-of-semester expectations for students using Odysseyware and APEX digital learning platforms have been revised. These changes will help our students as they work toward completing assignments and earning their best grade this semester.  The revisions for this Fall 2020 semester follow.

Odysseyware

  • As a consideration for the technical issues students encountered using Odysseyware this semester, the completion rate expectations for Odysseyware courses will be adjusted to 85%.
  • Once students reach 85% progress and earn a passing score on their Odysseyware coursework, they are not required to complete additional assignments.
  • Students who so choose may complete more than 85% of their assignments to work toward increasing their grade.
  • Distance learning students will not take final exams for Odysseyware courses as they will be comprehensively assessed through the platform.
  • The deadline for coursework is Thursday, December 17, 2020, at 12:00 p.m. noon.
  • Final grades per course will be based on the student's "current score" earned at 85% completion or higher by the deadline.

APEX

  • For APEX courses, students will be expected to complete 100% of the coursework assignments.  The APEX platform did not have the number of technical outages encountered with the Odysseyware platform.
  • Distance learning students will not take final exams for APEX courses as they will be comprehensively assessed through the platform.
  • The deadline for coursework is Thursday, December 17, 2020, at 12:00 p.m. noon.

Deadline

Please note the deadline for coursework completion for both platforms is December 17, 2020, at noon.  Access to the Odysseyware and APEX platforms will be terminated at that time.  All student assignments must be completed prior to this deadline.

Additional Details

  • Anyone with questions about these changes should contact their teacher.
  • These revisions are effective for the Fall 2020 semester and will not apply to the Spring 2021 semester.

 

Parents, thank you for supporting your students who are enrolled in the Houston Virtual distance learning program.