Sign-In Card Update Streamlines Starting Acellus

The Acellus Sign-In Card was a way, in the past, to simplify starting a new student in Acellus.

The Sign-In Card included basic information, like the student ID and password, that students needed to access the Acellus System.

Wth students now using many different computer devices and platforms, Acellus has updated the Sign-In Card to include important additional information on downloading the Acellus App and accessing the Acellus system.

Read the details about the new Upgraded Acellus Sign-In Cards on my Acellus Blog for Educators.

"What's New" Link Keeps Acellus Teachers Informed

Now educators can quickly stay current on the latest developments in Acellus with a direct link to my Roger Billings Blog for Educators from the Teacher Interface.  

The Blog is designed to help keep educators informed on our newest enhancements in Acellus.

Read the details about the ‘What's New’ Blog Link on my Acellus Blog for Educators.

‘Assign All Concepts’ - New Feature for Credit Recovery

Acellus has added a new feature to its Credit Recovery Mode. Until now, teachers could mark which concepts they wanted a struggling student to study as part of the credit recovery process, targeting just those concepts the student missed. 

However, sometimes students need to see all the concepts. The ‘Assign All Concepts’ feature gives teachers that option plus a quick way to implement it. 

See details about the ‘Assign All Concepts’ feature on my Acellus Blog for Educators.

New Acellus High School Course - British Literature

The Acellus British Literature course is designed for 11th and 12th grade high school students and examines the development of British Literature from the early Anglo-Saxon epics to the Arthurian Tales, to Shakespeare, to post-modern writers. 

British Literature gives students an enriching and perceptive understanding of the development of the literature in the context of its historical background.

In addition to the study of literature, the course includes instruction on different writing types and gives students practice in critical thinking and literary expression. 

Read the details about the new British Literature course on my Acellus Blog for Educators.

Acellus Expands Foreign Language Electives With German I

Acellus educators and parents now have an additional foreign language elective for their students with the release of German I.  

The course lays a basic foundation of vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structure while exposing students to common everyday scenarios where they learn to understand and speak the language.

An overview of German-speaking countries, customs and people add enrichment and give important context to the study of the language.

Read the details about the new German I course in my Acellus Blog for Educators.

Acellus Integrates Lesson Upload Feature to Aid Teachers

Acellus teachers and courseware developers now have the capability of uploading PDF files directly into the Acellus system. 

For teachers creating custom lessons or developers enhancing courses, PFD files may be uploaded without the need to install plug-ins.

Read more about Acellus Integrates PDF Support on my Acellus Blog for Educators.

New Acellus Feature - School Seat Time Report

As part of our efforts to leverage Acellus teachers and administrators, we’ve added a new feature that allows them to generate a Student Seat Time Report for the entire school. 

Until now, Acellus was keeping track of the time individual students spent on their courses, but this information was difficult for them to gather into a report that could help administrators assess Acellus usage school-wide. 

Read the details about the School Seat Time Report in my Acellus Blog for Educators.

New "Guessing" Flag Added to Acellus Live Class Monitor

Acellus has added a new feature — the “Guessing” Flag — to the Live Monitor that alerts teachers and parents when it determines that a student might be guessing instead of really trying to answer the questions. 

The “Guessing” Flag allows those working with the student to reinforce the importance of learning the concepts and putting forth the effort to work the problems correctly and to give other intervention if needed.

Learn more about the Acellus “Guessing Flag” feature on my Blog for Educators.

New Acellus STEM Course - Elementary Engineering

Acellus has added a new STEM course for elementary school - Elementary Engineering. 

The new course stimulates young minds with a basic understanding of the engineering design process and then gives them practice using those principles they are learning.  

 As part of the course, students are introduced to different engineering fields and study some of the legendary engineers and engineering feats of our time. 

This exposure to engineering could open the way for students later on to look into a career in engineering.

Read more about the Elementary Engineering course on my Acellus Blog for Educators.

New Acellus Course - Epic Moments in World History

Acellus recently released the new “Epic Moments in World History” course, a  Hollywood-style social studies elective for high school students.  

The course begins with the early civilizations of the Indus Valley and covers landmark events all the way up through the Cold War and into modern times. 

We feel that the course is unique both in the subject matter covered as well as in the way it is presented, which gives students an engaging “you-are-there” experience of many significant historical moments. 

Read details about the new “Epic Moments in World History” in my Acellus Blog for Educators.

Acellus Provides New “Standardized Test” Report

To allow schools to compare the final exam scores of their students who are taking Acellus courses with the National Norm, we have added a new feature to the School Performance Reports — the Acellus Standardized Test Report.   

An important feature of the report is the statistical data on the performance of various sub-populations within the school. 

This data will aid school administrators in analyzing the success of their students overall.  

Read more about the Acellus Standardized Test Report on my Acellus Blog for Educators.

Homeschool Students Can Earn a High School Diploma

The cost of offering a high school diploma program over the Internet is expensive.  The accreditation requirements of providing a satisfactory ratio of highly qualified teachers substantially increases the cost of such programs putting them out of reach to many families.

To help out, Acellus has created a courseware program to be used by parents homeschooling their children.  This program allows students to take the same online courses used in the accredited program, but at a substantially lower cost.

The problem then becomes, what happens when a student is ready to graduate?

Here are three strategies offered to help homeschooling parents that want their child to receive a diploma... 

Read more on my Acellus Blog for Parents.

Acellus Launches the Internet of Learning — a New Internet for Education

Today our world, and therefore our schools, are under cyberattack. To protect school networks from this increasingly dangerous and expensive problem while still providing the enrichment of digital resources students need, Acellus and the International Academy of Science have created the Internet of Learning — a new Internet designed specifically for education. 

The Internet of Learning gives students access to essential information without opening the door to Internet-spawned distractions and malicious network intrusions.

The idea for the Internet of Learning came while I was attending an MIT course on Advanced Cybersecurity that highlighted the critical condition of the cybersecurity world now and how we need breakthrough technologies and radical new approaches because what we’ve been doing isn’t working. That’s when I envisioned a new Internet for education.

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