Full-time Learning

Take all your courses online while staying enrolled in your school

Keep working toward your school’s graduation requirements, participate in your school’s extracurricular activities and events, and continue receiving support while taking courses full-time online at NSO.

Course List

Steps for Taking Courses Full-time at NSO

1. Talk to your School Counselor

If you are interested in taking your courses full-time online at NSO, start by speaking to your school counselor. Students taking more than 50% of their courses online in any given term will need school approval.

2. Create a plan for your course schedule

Meet with your school counselor to determine the courses, credit types, and start and end dates to meet your school’s requirements and then request your courses.

3. Connect with NSO

Contact NSO to connect with an NSO School Counselor to help you prepare for your full-time online learning.

4. Get started in your online courses

Taking online courses full-time at NSO offers a lot of flexibility and independence, but there is always someone here to support you! Before starting in your courses, you will attend a synchronous Welcome Session and meet with support staff to help you get started.

Support in your Full-time Learning

Learning full-time online can be an adjustment if you are used to going to school in-person. We have supports set up to help you get the hang of learning online full-time. You may be learning online, but you are never learning alone.

Getting Started

Attend a Welcome Session

To help you feel prepared to take courses at NSO, you will attend a virtual Welcome Session. Attending the Welcome Session is required before being enrolled into your courses.

The virtual welcome session will help you navigate your courses and accounts, review student expectations, get you set up as an online student.

Plan your Daily Schedule

Because NSO courses are taught asynchronously, meaning there are no live sessions or set times to log in, there is a lot of choice in when and where you learn. With this flexibility, it's even more important to have a plan to make sure you keep up with your course work.

Decide ahead of time which courses you will work on each day. Many students find working on 1 or 2 courses each day is easiest, but others like the variety of working on 3 or 4 each day. Set a time to start working on your courses each day and hold yourself to it! Set a goal for how long you will work and don’t forget to take a few breaks as needed.

Remember that you should be spending 5-6 hours each day on learning in your courses.
Make sure you submit assignments in each course each week. Don’t spend so much time on one course that you get behind in the others!

Start Learning in your Courses

The best way to get started is to complete the first assignment in each of your courses. This will help you meet your teacher, learn more about each course, and help you start planning your learning schedule.

Tips for Success

Since NSO courses are paced individually, making a plan to staying on track is one of the most important steps for success in your online courses. Check out these resources to help you make a plan for your progress and pacing.
Plan to work on your courses each school day for about 5-6 hours, just like in-person school. Submitting assignments each day will keep your attendance up-to-date and help you stay on pace.
Check your email daily, read feedback from teachers on assignments, and respond to phone calls or text messages. As an online school, these are key ways we communicate important information, teach material, and provide support to you!
Communicate with your teachers and support staff. There is no question too small! If you start feeling stuck, don’t understand something, or get behind in pacing, we are here for you!

Student Support

You are not alone while you work in your courses at NSO! We are here to support you in your learning.

Teachers

Your teachers are your first go-to for any help with your course content and material. You can find their contact information on the upper right hand side of your course or in your Student Account under the “academic snapshot.”

Educational Support Professionals (ESP)

Every full-time student at NSO has an ESP available for support. Your ESP can help you with navigating your course or student account, making your weekly schedule or pacing guide, or creating a plan to get caught up if you start falling behind.

Support Staff

We have a whole team working with you! This includes our School Counselor, Principal and Asst. Principals, Special Ed. Teacher, Enrollment team, and Technical support specialists. No matter your need, someone will be there to help.

NSO Helpdesk

Reach out to the NSO Helpdesk (NSOhelpdesk@district287.org) when you need tech support in your course, have questions about enrollment, or if you just aren’t sure who to contact. We will make sure the right person is connected with you to help!

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