English I

English I

Introduce your high school students to the educational exploration of literature with ODYSSEYWARE English I. This Internet-based core course provides a solid foundation for the advanced study of the language with reviews of sentence and paragraph structure, the parts of speech, literary genres, essays, and poetry and a detailed study of the novel. Audio and video clips, familiar to today’s tech-savvy students, bring writing and literature to life in this innovative and interactive language arts class.

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From the romance of Elizabethan drama and the controversies of modern media, to the short story and the novel, 9th grade students take an in-depth look at various types of writing and literature with ODYSSEYWARE English I. Students in this course will practice writing with purpose. From interviewing and notetaking to sentence structure and paragraph construction, they will compare and contrast, persuade, and inform. The lessons contain a variety of integrated reading exercises, increasing comprehension and exposing students to diverse literary styles. The course also includes lessons that focus on literary analysis.

Accessible over the Internet 24/7, ODYSSEYWARE English I emphasizes efficiency. It comes with practical administrative tools like automatic grading, lesson planning, a built-in calendar, and convenient assignment screens. Automatic data reporting gives teachers the information they need to identify student challenges and intervene before learning is interrupted. Administrators use this information to facilitate data-driven decision-making to foster academic achievement and help their schools run smoothly and efficiently.

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Workstation

Topic Recommendation Specific Setting

Browser

Mozilla Firefox®

Microsoft Internet Explorer®

Version 3.x

Version 7 or higher

Multimedia Rendering

Adobe® Flash®

Version 9.x or higher

PDF Reader

Adobe® Acrobat®

Version 9.x

Caching

Turn off or otherwise modify local caching at the workstation level.

Set caching to zero or lowest possible setting and purge the browser history files.

Firefox:
Tools > Options > Advanced > Network tab > and change Offline Storage to 0MB.

Internet Explorer:
Tools > Internet Options > Browsing History “Settings” select “Every time I visit the webpage” and change disc space to use at 8MB.

Popup

Set popup blockers to allow popup windows from the ODYSSEYWARE application site.

Firefox:
Tools > Options > Content > Exceptions for Block pop-up windows and allow for both owotw.com and owotw11.com

Internet Explorer:
Tools > Internet Options > Privacy > Settings and allow for both owotw.com and owotw11.com

Cookies

Browsers must be configured to both accept cookies and to not interfere with cookies.

ODYSSEYWARE application sites should be placed on the “allow cookies” list of the web browser.

Firefox:
Tools > Options > Privacy > Advanced > Make sure accepting cookies from sites and third-party cookies, also change “Keep until” to “I close Firefox.”

Internet Explorer:
Tools > Internet Options > Privacy > Advanced > Check “Override automatic cookie handling.” You need to “Accept” First and Third party Cookies.

Passwords

Firefox:
Tools > Options > Security > Passwords > Uncheck “Remember passwords for sites.”

Internet Explorer:
Tools > Internet Options > Content > AutoComplete Settings > Uncheck Web Addresses, Forms, User names and passwords on forms and prompt me to save passwords.

AutoComplete

Firefox:
Tools > Options > Privacy > Uncheck “Remember search and form history”

Internet Explorer:
See password instructions.

Anti-Virus/Anti-Spyware Software

If using AVG you must disable “link scanning.”

Network and Appliances

Topic Recommendation Specific Setting

Filtering

Put the ODYSSEYWARE domains on whitelist and/or exception list of any filtering software that may be in use.

Add the following domains:

http://*.owotw.com
http://*.owotw11.com

Proxy Servers (Caching)

Put the ODYSSEYWARE domains on whitelist and/or exception list of any proxy servers.

Add the following domains:

http://*.owotw.com
http://*.owotw11.com

If there is caching on the network, users could see issues with logging in and sending answers to ODYSSEYWARE because they are not accessing our servers but stored copy of website.

Wireless Connections

If using a wireless network, we recommend the use of 802.11g or 802.11n.

Bandwidth

The amount of bandwidth required depends on how many users are requesting data, ODYSSEYWARE recommends 25kbps for each user.

Use a bandwidth log or speedtest to determine the amount of free bandwidth your location has to download the text, graphics, audio and video files that make up the ODYSSEYWARE curriculum and upload any work.