Glossary of Imagine School Services terms

Courses approved by the College Board. They offer rigorous coursework that includes an array of multimedia activities, in-depth discussion opportunities, and assignments delivered in an enhanced online learning environment.

To learn more, reference Course Types.

The Activation Date marks the beginning of a courses length for billing purposes. When enrolling students in courses in the ILVP, the Start Date of the course is selected. Then, the Activation Date is automatically set to be 3 days before the Start Date. For this reason, many districts prefer to change the Activation Date to the same date as the Start Date. 

In the ILVP, actual grade is the overall grade adjusted for progress if a student is behind. This score doesn’t assume zeros for uncompleted work; it simply penalizes for falling behind.

The Buzz Learning Management System (LMS) is a software application used to design, deliver, and evaluate learning processes primarily for students in Grades K–5.

The Buzz LMS also contains Carone Fitness courses.

Physical fitness courses provided in the Buzz LMS.

Courses that feature instruction and assignments to meet Common Core and state standards. In these courses, students focus only the material they need, and not the content they have already mastered, to progress to the next grade level.

To learn more, reference Types of Courses.

Drop Grace status is used when a course is added incorrectly or the student no longer wishes to take the specified course. The standard drop period is 14 calendar days from the activation date for a semester course enrollment and 7 calendar days from the activation date for a summer course enrollment.

To learn more, reference Performing Drop Grace for a student.

Imagine School Services professional who collaborates with district staff to support the needs of special populations, including students with an IEP or 504 plan.

Course that has additional instruction and/or assignments to extend learning.

To learn more, reference Types of Courses.

The customizable Imagine Learning Virtual Portal (ILVP) is a software application used to provide essential tools for supporting students, teachers, and school personnel offering online courses and online learning solutions.

The ILVP includes features to assist with student and course registration, teacher section management, teacher-to-student and student-to-teacher communication tools, communication tracking, and individual and overall performance monitoring of students, classes, teachers, schools, and districts.

Courses that feature extended instruction and assignments for complete coverage of standards for middle school and high school students in English language arts, math, science, and social studies.

To learn more, reference Types of Courses.

The Imagine School Services Teacher is an Imagine School Service professional who monitors student progress, grades assignments, holds virtual office hours, schedules individual virtual meetings as needed, and uses data to inform frequent conversation with students parents, and the on-site proctor.

Intelli-Sync is a service in which Imagine School Services Teachers provide 50 minutes of live teacher-led instruction once a week, as well as synchronous small group and one-on-one sessions for courses that have been specially developed to be used with Intelli-Sync.

In the ILVP, this district-provided individual implements student engagement strategies, reviews student performance, collaborates with the teacher of record as needed, and determines program fit and needs.

This role is used in cases where school users have individual caseloads of students to enroll and monitor. The mentor can initially view all students in a school or district, but once they are associated with students, they can view only those students.

To learn more, reference ILVP module permissions by role - External roles.

In the ILVP, this district-provided individual implements student engagement strategies, reviews student performance, collaborates with the teacher of record as needed, and determines program fit and needs.

This role monitors progress for caseloads of students but does not perform enrollment actions. The mentor can initially view all students in a school or district, but once they are associated with students, they can view only those students.

To learn more, reference ILVP module permissions by role - External roles.

NCAA-approved online learning courses are taught by highly qualified, state-certified virtual instructors.

To learn about requirements for NCAA courses, reference Meeting NCAA compliance and implementation standards in Imagine Edgenuity's LMS.

Report created in the ILVP that allows the user to determine the fields to view and the data desired on a variety of reports.

To learn more, reference Understanding the New Report Builder.

In the ILVP, overall grade is the weighted average grade for completed activities based on the grade weights for each type of activity.

This district-provided teacher of record monitors student progress, grades assignments, reviews student performance, uses data to inform frequent communication with students, and assigns a student's final grade.

The Partner Teacher can view only students who are assigned to them as teacher of record, and only one teacher can be assigned as the teacher of record for a single student enrollment. 

To learn more, reference ILVP module permissions by role - External roles.

Codes that identify how students are doing in a course, including Engagement, Mastery, Pacing, and Not Started. 

To learn more, reference Early Identification of Performance Indicators.

The Prescriptive Testing setting provides students with a comprehensive test at the start of the course, with one question for each lesson. If students answer the question associated with a given lesson correctly, that lesson is automatically customized out of the course. 

Program Administrator

In the ILVP, this is a district-provided school administrator who oversees the Imagine School Services program and serves as a key decision maker for the program goals and outcomes. 

The Program Administrator has user access to all needed functions for overseeing a virtual program, including viewing all students at the school or district.

To learn more, reference ILVP module permissions by role - External roles.

Program Lead

In the ILVP, this is a district-provided individual who oversees the day-to-day needs of the program. 

The Program Lead has user access to all needed functions for overseeing a virtual program, except for the Admissions tab. They can view all students at the school or district.

To learn more, reference ILVP module permissions by role - External roles.

Regional Administrator

The Regional Administrator is an Imagine School Service professional who manages instructional operations, compliance, and academic performance for large districts within an assigned service region. Provides onboarding support to clients, conducts regular customer check-ins to elicit goals from these customers, provides data around progress, and keeps customers informed of key, product related updates. 

In the ILVP, relative grade is the grade that a student would earn if they stopped working and received 0% for all unscored activities that count toward the final grade.

In the ILVP, this district-provided individual oversees their caseload of students to ensure students are enrolled in the correct courses, make progress toward successful completion, and meet school and state requirements for grade promotion and high school graduation. 

This role monitors progress for specific caseloads of students. The School Counselor can initially view all students in a school or district, but once they are associated with students, they can view only those students.

To learn more, reference ILVP module permissions by role - External roles.

A function in the ILVP that allows students to be organized into  manageable groups.

Type of instruction that: 

• Addresses the challenge of teacher and staff shortages.
• Guarantees that state-mandated intervention time is met.
• Solves for learning loss with targeted interventions for students who need repeated practice in a skill or concept in math or English Language Arts.
• Understands student progress and growth to meet their unique learning needs.

Tutors who deliver real-time, on-demand, one-on-one tutoring. 

Students can access Concept Coaches to provide extra help with elementary and middle school courses, secondary core subjects, and French and Spanish courses.

Virtual Tutor courses offer comprehensive preparation for end-of-course and state exit exams, as well as the SAT^®, ACT^®, PSAT^®, GED^®, HiSET^®, TASC^™, ACCUPLACER^®, and ASVAB.

To learn more, reference Course Types.

These foreign language courses are aligned to state and national (ACTFL) standards and help students build a strong foundation in vocabulary, grammar, and communications in Spanish, French, German, Chinese, and Latin.

To learn more, reference Course Types.