EPF Welcome Presentation

Economics and
Personal Finance

Course Welcome, Spring 2023

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Welcome Session Agenda

●About the course

●About the teacher

●Materials

●Live Sessions/Office Hours

●Learning Online

●Grading

●Student Success

●Questions

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Open Ended

What is one thing that happened the first semester that was really memorable for you?

Your VVA Course

●

What course is this?
○

fundamentals of economic theory (like the price system and supply
and demand)

○

micro- and macroeconomics,

○

role of government and global economics

○

human capital and career decision making,

○

banking/money management

○

financial planning

Madame McDonald

I have
been

teaching
with VVA

since
June
2020.

I have taught EPF,

French, World

History I, and AP

Comparative

Politics with VVA.

In my previous

face-to-face systems, I

have also taught US
History, Speech and
Debate, and AP US

Government.

I attended Emory

and Henry and

Radford

University. I have

also done

coursework at
Virginia Tech.

I currently

live in

Staunton.
It’s in the
mountains.

Multiple Choice

Madame McDonald has....

• 2 sons and 1 dog

• 2 dogs and 1 son

• 1 son and 1 dog

• 2 sons and 2 dog

Materials

●Laptop (don’t use Canvas App) that can use Zoom. This laptop must have
a camera that you can use during live sessions.

●Canvas works best when using Chrome as your browser

●Consistent Internet Access

●A notebook that you can take notes on all of the information that you are
reading

Live Sessions/Office Hours

● When

○ Mon-Friday 10:40-11:15 am

● Where

○ Zoom

● Specifics:

○ Q&A Sessions will occur on Tuesday and Thursday

afternoons. You will need to sign up on the calendar.

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Multiple Choice

This browser works best with Canvas and Zoom.

• Chrome

• Microsoft Edge

• Safari

• Any browser will be okay

Live Session Norms

●Be on time.

●Be prepared.

●Be honest in your name listed.

●Be muted when you enter and are not
speaking.

●Be respectful to all learners in the session.

●Be mindful of online etiquette at all times.

●Be appropriate in the chat and in speaking.

●Be an active learner.

●Turn on camera!

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Open Ended

What happens if you do not have your camera on or you are not in your camera?

Learning Online

● Live Sessions

○ Mon-Fri @ 10:40-11:15am

● Q&A Tuesdays and Thursdays
● Self-Guided Modules
● Feedback: auto-graded and teacher-graded

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Grading

●Exit Slips

○Auto-graded

○Most are only 3 questions/pts, 2 attempts

●Homework Assignments

○Teacher-graded

○Most are 5 points

○1 attempt

●Discussion Board Posts

○Teacher-graded

○5 points, 1 opening post, 1 reply post

○You must post before you can see what other
student have written

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Grading

●14 Module Tests

○15 auto-graded questions and 1 teacher-graded (worth 5 points)

○20 points, 1 attempt

●Final Projects

○One for the mid-term

○One for the final

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Student Success

1.

Log in daily to your course for 1-2 hours work

2.

Communicate with your teacher when you need assistance.

3.

Return emails and phone calls from your teacher in a timely
manner.

4.

Organize your time spent in the course.
a.

Spend time reading.

b.

Work early on assignments.

c.

Respect deadlines.

5.

Follow the course pacing as designed to effectively learn the
material.

6.

Participate in live sessions and be actively engaged.

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Link to Planner

Open Ended

What is one thing that you are going to do to be successful in my class?

VVA Late Work Policy & EWS

●

EWS: Early Warning System. Automated
email to students, parents, and stakeholders
when a student drops below a 70%.

●

Late Work Submission Policy:
○0.0893% deduction per hour

○Not accepted after 2 weeks

●

Make sure that you keep up with the pace of
the course. It is very difficult to catch up if
you fall behind.

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VVA Honor Code

Virtual Virginia students are required to fully commit to academic integrity.

Students are required to agree to the following set of expectations:

●Students are expected to verify that the work on each assignment is his or
her own. Collaborating with another classmate on any assignment must be
pre-approved by the Virtual Virginia instructor.

●Students may not plagiarize in any form.

●No student may allow others to copy his/her work.

●No student may misuse content from the internet.

Open Ended

What is one thing that you have learned today that you think will be important for this semester?