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Course Dashboard & Navigation

The Student Course Dashboard allows access to the assignments, class bulletins, content, calendar, grades, and communications menus.

  • vhlcentral Platform & Content Accessibility Features: Student Guide

    Vista Higher Learning strives to make our products and services accessible to everyone. We continuously improve the usability and experien...

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  • Getting Around Your Instructor’s Course on vhlcentral/Supersite Dashboard

    Your vhlcentral/Supersite program is designed to make it easy for you to find your assignments, check your grades, and access your course ...

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  • Accessing Activities

    There are three ways students can access activities: from the Dashboard, from the Assignment Calendar, and from the Activity Library. From...

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  • Viewing and Completing Assigned Work Using the Assignments Menu

    The Assignments DashboardThe Assignments dashboard organizes all assignments in chronological order by due date, segmented into the Curren...

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  • Viewing and Completing Assigned Work Using the Calendar

    On the top of the page, use the left and right arrows to navigate to a month in your course’s calendar. In the desired month, click on an ...

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  • Viewing and Completing an Assessment

    To begin working on an assessment, click on the “START” button. The Assessment details pop-up lists all requirements set by your instructo...

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  • Activity Library

    In Activities, you can access practice, workbook, lab, and video manual activities; presentations and tutorials; communication activities;...

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  • Activity Types

    There are different types of activities available. Multiple choice and fill-in-the-blank are all computer graded, while open-response acti...

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  • Composition Activity Editor Tools

    There are basic editing, font, and page layout tools available in the Editor to format compositions. A mouse-hover on any toolbar button w...

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  • Accessing File Attachments in Your Composition

    To open or download a file attachment from the activity, click the “attachment” link.   You will be prompted to open or save the file. Cho...

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  • Uploading Composition Responses Created Using Another Program

    Open a composition activity. Click the “upload file” button in the activity window.  From the “Choose File to Upload” pop-up, navigate ...

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  • Saving and Submitting Your Uploaded File

    Saving an Uploaded FileAfter the file is uploaded, click the “Save” button. NOTE:  Saving the file to the activity does not submit the ass...

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  • Partner, Group, and Live Chat Online Guide

    VHL Central offers both Live Chat and Partner/Group Chat communication tools. Live Chat is an instant messaging tool that allows you to co...

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  • Hotspots Activities

    Explore each illustration at your own pace by “zooming in” on scenes within the larger image. Each scene presents up to eight terms or thr...

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  • SG 5.1.4.1 How to Submit a Help Request

    Depending on your instructor’s course settings, you can request help by contacting your instructor directly from within the activity. When...

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  • To Submit a Score Review

    Depending on your instructor’s course settings, you can request a score review by contacting them directly from within the activity.  Scor...

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  • Calendar

    The Calendar will help you plan your work and study time. In the Calendar, you can view past, current, and future assignments, class days,...

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  • Notification Center: System Notifications and Instructor Announcements

    The Notification Center organizes system notifications and instructor announcements that require your review. Items in the Notification Ce...

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