Virtual Virginia Adult Education Courses

This page contains tutorials, resources, and guidance documents for teachers, program managers, and learners to get the most out of the adult education courses in Virtual Virginia.

The Virginia Department of Education has partnered with Virtual Virginia to develop 9 online courses for adult learners in 3 content areas:

English Language Arts
Mathematics
English Language Acquisition

For each content area, there are 3 courses targeted toward beginning, intermediate, and advanced level learners.

Check out the resources below for information on setting up your courses in Genius and adding and adapting content in Canvas.

Virtual Virginia Adult Education Guidance Document

Adult Education Canvas & Genius Guidance Document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1V0bsDQEmAwTfWVi3hqmS8bbQSb9Yry68Eyc1SYcyw0Q/edit#heading=h.fohcy4vix05u

Tutorial Video

How to help program managers, teachers, and students get started in Virtual Virginia adult education courses using Genius and Canvas

Video total time: 18:21

URL: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3UecPtV9Yt0

Description: This video was recorded by Nadara Kingery in Region 12 to help her region’s program managers, teachers, and learners access and adapt the Virtual Virginia adult education courses. The tutorial includes screen shots of the admin view, the teacher view, and the student views. The transcript includes time stamps where you can forward ahead to see sections of interest. A summary of step-by-step actions for each role is coming soon to accompany this video and transcript.

Transcript and Guidance Document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1a6zMsh8iRBryCmBaMSfjAi96zZiU-i_vloqFeNkKcsA/edit?usp=sharing

Virtual Virginia General Guidance

For general informaiton, updates, and continued professional learning opportunities, visit the Virtual Virginia website and sign up for their weekly meetings.

Virtual Virginia Webpage: https://virtualvirginia.org/

Virtual Virginia Professional Learning: https://virtualvirginia.org/pl/

Registration for Virtual Va Weekly Meetings (March, 2024): https://virtualvirginia.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwocuihpzwvGtalXqwU7EmyXXfMeHlyi-QR#/registration