Late Starting Students

Target Audience: Administrators/Mentors (Buzz)

Course Modifications for Late-Starting Students

When a student joins a program one or two weeks after the semester begins, it is usually best for them to complete all assigned course content. If a student starts significantly later, course modifications may help them complete the course successfully. Consider the program’s enrollment schedule, the student’s prior experience, and the time remaining in the semester.

Programs With Rolling Enrollments

If your program allows individualized course start and end dates, have the student complete the full course whenever possible. This supports continuity, consistency, and a more natural pace through the content.

Programs With Fixed Semester Dates

If all students must finish by the same semester end date, regardless of when they start, you may need to reduce the content assigned to a late-starting student. Consider the following approaches:

• If the student has already covered the content: Consider hiding lessons or modules the student has completed at a previous school.
  • Request a syllabus or other documentation showing the content covered at the previous school.
  • If documentation is unavailable, discuss the topics with the student and assess their understanding.
  • Use the course syllabus in the Teacher’s Guide to identify corresponding lessons, modules, and activities that may be appropriate to hide.
• If the student has not covered the content: Consider shortening the course by removing later modules or reducing the number of assignments. You may be able to assign missed modules in the following semester.

Use this table as a general reference when estimating how much course content may need to be adjusted:

For District Teachers

These resources explain how to hide course content using groups:

• Creating Groups
• Using Groups to Hide Content

For Schools Using Accelerate Education Teachers

Do not contact the teacher directly to request that course content be hidden. Instead, prepare and submit your request through the Support Desk:

1. Review the recommendations above and decide what content should be hidden.
2. Describe the requested changes as specifically as possible. For example, you may request that we hide:
   • One or more complete modules
   • Complete modules plus specific lessons and their graded activities
   • A type of activity, such as all discussions or all quizzes
   • Specific activities
3. Include the following information in your request: Student name [Enter student name] Student ID [Enter student ID] Course name [Enter course name] Course ID [Enter course ID] Content to hide [List the modules, lessons, or activities in detail] For example: “Hide Modules 1–3” or “Hide Module 1, Module 3, and the first two lessons and their graded activities in Lesson 4.”
4. Submit a ticket through the Accelerate Education Support Desk. Copy the request details into the ticket.

Optional: If you are requesting changes for multiple students or courses, you may put the information in a spreadsheet and attach it to your ticket.

Allow up to 48 hours for the requested changes to be completed after you submit the ticket.