eLearning

Welcome to Riverside Middle School's eLearning!  eLearning is learning utilizing electronic technologies to access educational curriculum outside of a traditional classroom. eLearning is a valuable part of  your students academic success during the Covid19 pandemic.

eLearning & Student Wellbeing

Our main priority, right now, is the well-being of our students. We recognize the start of the school year has been quite a transition, for both students and their teachers. We hope the following practices will support students during their eLearning days:

• Content will be provided in kid-friendly language and terminology
• Resources (videos, forms, etc.) will be hyperlinked into teachers' Google Slides
• Specific directions/instructions will be provided
• Google Slides and a Checklist will be posted to each teacher's Google Classroom

More importantly, students should spend approximately 25-35 minutes for each class period. We recognize some students will finish in less time, and others may need a little more time, but certainly no more than 45 minutes per class. We do not want students spending hours and hours on a class period; this is simply way too much. If this is happening, please contact your student's teacher and/or school counselor or administrator. We recognize the need for balance. We want this year to be as positive as possible!

eLearning Grading

Grading will follow the normal weights and percentages for both in-person and eLearning. Students should access lessons and assignments through Google Classroom using their student username@greenvilleschools.us account. Teachers, counselors, and administrators will be monitoring student engagement and will make contact with any student who has not been online or in touch with their teacher.

eLearning / At Home Suggested Daily Schedule

By 8:00 AM: Wake up, get dressed, have breakfast

8:30 - 8:45  Start your school day

• Log into Chromebook and check Google Classroom Daily Assignments for each teacher

8:45 - 11:00 Periods 1-3 

• Work on each class for approximately  25-35 minutes 
• Visit your teacher during office hours, as needed!

11:00 Lunch & Brain Break! 

• Go outside, talk to a friend or family member, read or draw

12:00 - 2:15  Periods 4-6

• Work on each class for approximately  30-45 minutes
• Visit your teacher during office hours, as needed!

2:15-2:30 Finish up your school day

• Double Check your GoogleClassrooms' To-Do list and Calendar to make sure all of your assignments have been completed.
• Check your email for correspondence from your teacher and feedback about your assignments.

As you are working:

• Answer any starter or exit questions
• Pace yourself to complete each assignment for each class
• If you finish a class early, move to the next class or take a break
• If you get frustrated with an assignment stop, move on to another assignment, then go back
• Find a friend who is in your class and ask your friends for help (you can do this politely through the GoogleClassroom stream in your class or assignment, as well as through email).
• Email or contact your teacher if you need additional help
• Write down teacher office hours so you know when to ask for help during the day; Build office hours into your daily schedule

eLearning Resources

The following links can be accessed to support parents and students through eLearning: 

• Parent eLearning Information 

• Google Guardian Feature  (Summary emails about your student's missing work, upcoming work, and class activity) 

• Parents' Guide to Google Classroom   / La guía de los padres para Aula de Google 

• Accessing Google Classroom Files and Websites while Offline  /  Accediendo a Google Classroom Archivos y sitios web sin conexión 

• Directions to Authenticate Your Chromebook 

eLearning Office Hours M - Th

Every teacher hosts eLearning office hours daily for the students who are not attending in-person instruction that day.  During this time, teachers are available via phone, GoogleMeet, and email to answer parent and student questions, provide extra help, or discuss material and assignments. Please see the front page of your teachers' websites for their specific daily eLearning office hours or see the graphics below for an overview of each grade level.

7th Grade eLearning Office Hours

Monday - Thursday

• 1st Period - 11:50 - 12:00
• 2nd Period - 12:00 - 12:10
• 5th Period - 12:10 - 12:20
• 6th Period - 12:20 - 12:30

8th Grade eLearning Extra Help Hours - See each teacher's website or Google Classroom for specific details and times related to their specific classes.

Team 8-1 (Hansen, Kripinski, Fountain & Garner)

Monday - Thursday - 9"55 - 10:15

• 3rd Period - 9:55 - 10:00
• 4th Period - 10:00 - 10:05
• 5th Period - 10:05 - 10:10
• 6th Period - 10:10 - 10:15

Team 8-2 (Teeple, Smal, Grener, Tolleson & Garner)

• 3rd Period - 9:55 - 10:00
• 4th Period - 10:00 - 10:05
• 5th Period - 10:05 - 10:10
• 6th Period - 10:10 - 10:15
• Teeple: M-Th 1:30 - 2:00

Team 8-3 (Sanchelli, Highsmith, Landry & Covert)

• Available Monday - Thursday 9:55 - 10:15 AM

eLearning Friday Schedule

When Greenville County Schools is on a hybrid attendance plan (Attendance Plans 0, 1, or 2), Fridays will be eLearning days for all students.  Students are expected to login for a GoogleMeet for each class period following the schedule shown here.  These class periods are opportunities for whole class instruction, and students should spend the remainder of the "school day" completing assignments in GoogleClassroom as they do on their other eLearning days.

Friday Schedule

• FLEX: 8:30
• 1st Period - 8:50
• 2nd Period - 9:10
• 3rd Period - 9:30
• 4th Period - 9:50
• 5th Period - 10:10
• 6th Period - 10:30
• Teachers will be available via their class Google Meet to students during these times

Tech Issues

Download Assignments & Work Offline (without Internet) - All district schools have Wi-Fi access in the parking lot near the building all day between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. There is no need to go to a specific school – just go to the GCS building that is most convenient to you. Students needing Internet can also connect between 10 a.m. – noon at any of the meal delivery sites listed on our website at www.greenville.k12.sc.us. Though Internet access is needed to download or turn in electronic assignments, once those are downloaded, students can work on the material offline. All students grade 3 through 12 should participate in eLearning IF AT ALL POSSIBLE.

Directions for Getting Materials While Connected to WiFi - (Remember, While away from WiFi, DO NOT CLOSE ANY TABS UNTIL YOU ARE FINISHED AND RECONNECTED TO THE INTERNET and progress has been saved. You could lose all of your work otherwise)

1. Connect to the internet (GCS).
2. Go to each teacher’s Google classroom
3. Open each individual teacher’s virtual eLearning document.
4.  Make sure all documents are completely loaded and open.
5. You must have each assignment open in an individual tab before you leave the WiFi range.
6.  Once you leave, you will be able to view, type, & edit documents that you previously opened. You will not be able to open any links once you leave WiFi range.