Guidance, Counseling and Related Services
Frequently Asked Questions
  • Does Saint Paul Public Schools offer online classes for credit?
  • But can we offer online classes for credit to our Saint Paul Public Schools students?
  • So what are the next steps for setting up a course?

    • Does Saint Paul Public Schools offer online classes for credit?
    Within your building you can offer an online course to your students if it has been approved by the curriculum department.

    But can we offer online classes for credit to our Saint Paul Public Schools students?
    Depends.  All courses online or in person need to go through the course approval process.  So Saint Paul Public Schools school can submit for course approval for an online course that they can offer to their students.  Also, depending on the content approval of the online course created, we have the opportunity to offer courses through our partnership with Northern Star Online.

    So what are the next steps for setting up a course?
    If you would like to offer a complete course on-line follow these steps:
        1. Request course approval through curriculum department. )
            a. You will need a course syllabus
            b. A course outline
        2. Once your course is approved it needs to be added to your schools course catalog in Campus. This is done by adding a course, section and teacher to the curriculum tab in Campus for your school. This section will also be where you roster your students for record keeping.
        3. Market your course to students and Roster your students and your the scheduler in Campus
        4. Setup course in blackboard  Use this website to request one http://connect.spps.org/Moodle_course_request_form.html
            a. Create a course and assign a enrollment key-code in blackboard
            b. Assign a teacher to the course
            c. Populate the course content in the blackboard learning management system
        5. Add potential students to Blackboard system(This could be either just students rostered in the section or all students in a school)
        6. Distribute course key-code to students
        7. Deliver course on-line
            a. Keep on-going communication with your students by using discussion boards, email and chat system
            b. Grade student assignments within blackboard
            c. Have real or virtual office hours where students can go for help
        8. All final grades and other info is reported using the Campus Gradebook