ODYSSEYWARE

What is ODYSSEYWARE Online®?

Odysseyware Online is a revolutionary web-based learning environment that features a media-rich curriculum for elementary, middle, and high school students. Administrative and teaching tools give schools the solutions and flexibility they need to individualize instruction and manage student data. Automatic grading and lesson planning provide time-saving tools for teachers, allowing them to spend more time interacting with students to enrich their learning experiences. Administrators are also pleased with the positive budget impact of implementing this innovative technology-based curriculum as customized solutions for the following:

• Special or alternative education
• Credit recovery and accelerated learning
• Remediation/tutorial and dropout prevention
• Summer school
• Continuing and adult education
• Response to Intervention (RTI)

Schools all over the country are discovering that Odysseyware Online expedites student mastery of 21st century skills by developing self-directed learning, time management, and personal responsibility.

Please refer to the following FAQs for answers to the most common questions about Odysseyware Online.

Q: Does Odysseyware Online offer a full curriculum correlated to state standards?
A: Odysseyware Online offers a full curriculum for students in grades 3-12 and includes the core subjects of math, social studies and history, science, and language arts, as well as a variety of electives. All curriculum materials are correlated to state standards and are created based on proven strategies to easily explain concepts, provide practical applications, and evaluate student performance.

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Q: Does Odysseyware Online include components for student management that assist teachers with lesson planning, grading, and recordkeeping?
A: When schools implement ODYSSEYWARE Online, teachers spend more time engaging students and less time grading papers and planning lessons. Through the use of a customizable calendar, assessment tools, and other administrative applications, the majority of lessons are automatically assigned and graded. Teachers then have more time to review student progress and provide the necessary adjustments and attention to individual student’s needs.

Q: Are there any tools to ensure appropriate grade level placement for students within the curriculum?
A: Through the use of ODYSSEYWARE Online’s placement testing and analysis, teachers receive a snapshot of students’ abilities, strengths, and weaknesses, especially in the skill areas of math and language arts. These insights help educators accurately place students at the grade level necessary for maximum success.

Q: With ODYSSEYWARE Online, do teachers have the ability to individualize a curriculum for specific students based on assessment outcome?
A: ODYSSEYWARE Online is fully customizable, allowing teachers to mix and match lessons and content to meet individual student’s needs. The flexibility and customization feature of ODYSSEYWARE Online makes it easy to accommodate the individualized learning plan of any student, including those in special and alternative programs.

Q: Can teachers control the pace at which students work through the ODYSSEYWARE Online curriculum?
A: ODYSSEYWARE Online was created with mastery looping. Using this model, teachers set a threshold for each lesson that students must meet or exceed before moving forward with subsequent lessons. Since most lessons are graded automatically, students who reach or exceed the threshold can progress automatically, while others need to revisit the lesson several times if necessary. These students are provided multiple attempts to work through instruction, answer questions, and solve problems. With this “focused learning” feature, students continue working until they master the material and receive a specific percentage score.

Students move through the material as quickly as they are able, and in many cases, they finish the course early. As a measure of control, teachers are able to set roadblocks at their discretion, preventing students from moving forward or beginning a test on their own.

Q: Does ODYSSEYWARE Online have an assessment component?
A: Throughout multiple units in each ODYSSEYWARE Online course, quizzes, projects, and a comprehensive test are delivered to assess student performance tied to unit concepts and skills. Not only does this save valuable time for teachers, but it also allows quick identification of potential areas of concern.

Q: Are printable versions of each ODYSSEYWARE Online lesson available?
A: All pages in the ODYSSEYWARE Online delivery system can be printed directly from the screen. This allows students to work either at or away from the computer. In fact, many projects are designed to be completed partially away from the computer.

Q: Does ODYSSEYWARE Online allow accommodations for users who need assistive technologies like screen readers?
A: ODYSSEYWARE Online is delivered through a web browser and works with third-party readers and magnifiers designed for this environment. Users can adjust browser settings and have these tools cascade throughout the content.