What's the Process?

All students enroll in Illinois Virtual School through their local school. The student’s school (public or private) must be a partner school with IVS in order to receive credit on the school transcript.

 

If your school is not a partner, you should contact your school administrator and counselor to encourage them to become a participating school.  You can also email ivshelp@ILvirtual.org with your name, email, phone, school district and building so that IVS may contact the school and help you create the partnership. 

 

Process to Become an IVS Student

Help Guides and Video Tutorials are available to help navigate through every part of the enrollment process.

 

Step 1.  Create an Student Account and Complete Application (one time only in the process) in the information system using the step-by-step directions provided on the "Become an IVS Student" Help Guide or video tutorial in the help guides section.  

 

NOTE: You will need an email account to create an application.  If you do not have an email account, three free email account providers are listed on the page.  Students may use their guardian's email address. 

When the student account is created, an unique IVS Username and Password (or credentials) will be generated for both the student and the parent/guardian.  Each will receive an email containing these credentials with important account information. Please keep these credentials on file.

 

Be sure to activate your personalized Dashboard in the information system before moving to Step 2. You can use the help guide "Activate Your Dashboard" to learn how to do this.

 

Step 2.  Review the Course List 
Courses are available for most of the year due to our Flexible Enrollment terms. Please work with the school counselor to select the appropriate course(s).  View current course list.

 

Step 3. Request to Take a Course
Student logs in to the information system through the login area of this website with his/her IVS User Name and Password to request IVS courses.  Use the "Request to Take an IVS Course" Help Guide for step-by-step directions.  

 

Step 4. Course is Approved by Face-to-Face or Home School Registrar
Once a course request is made, an email is sent to the face-to-face or home school Registrar.  The Registrar must log into the IVS system and approve the course.  If you are a home school student, the IVS Registrar will be approving the course. 

NOTE: You will not be enrolled in the course until your IVS Registrar approves the course.  Please contact your Registrar about approval of courses. You will receive an email when the course has been approved.

 

Step 5. Complete the Student Orientation
Within 12-24 hours of when the student receives email notification of course approval, the student can login to access the Student Orientation to learn about the course system. Please use the "Acccess Student Orientation" help guide to learn how to access this before your course start date.

NOTE: Your course will not be available in the Course Widget Dashboard or within the My Courses list until the scheduled course start date.  Please print, sign, and return the Ethics Statement and Acceptable Use Policy to IVS when orientation is completed.

 

Step 6:  Access your IVS Course
On the course start date, the Course Widget in your Personalized Dashboard in the information system will become active. Use the Launch Course button in the widget to access your course. Please use the "Access Your IVS Course" Help Guide for this step.

 

Step 7:  Secure Any Required Materials
Not all IVS courses require additional materials outside of the online content, but please check this document to see if your course does have required materials. Materials that the student is responsible for acquiring are identified with an (*) and are bolded. IVS loans schools/students materials with the understanding that at the end of the term the materials will be returned to IVS.  IVS will invoice the school for materials not returned.

 

Help Guides and Video Tutorials are available to help navigate through every part of the enrollment process.

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