FAQ: Online

The parent is seen as the primary* teacher, partnered with the Academy support staff. This is a powerful combination. Parental involvement as the primary* teacher is necessary to ensure your student’s success.

*Primary, meaning “first in line.” Parents also serve as the primary source in holding students accountable for progress in their courses. As the primary teacher, you are your child’s “first-responder” with help for academic questions. Next in line is your Academy teacher who will help through the built-in messaging for student/teacher correspondence. Liberty University Online Academy teachers are available to students and parents for (real-time/live-voice) additional assistance via telephone when needed.

No, the academy sets up the student’s school calendar at the beginning of the school year based upon the student’s courses. Based on this calendar, the computer will divide the entire course into a lesson plan.

You arrange the school day as you see fit. You may have your student do all the work in one sitting or space it out over the day. Time spent on the computer will vary depending on your school calendar, the number of subjects that have been assigned, and the student’s understanding level of the course material. Generally, a student taking a full course load spread over a 180-day (not counting weekends and holidays) school year will spend three to five hours a day on the computer.

The student can communicate with their Academy teachers in two ways. The first is through the messaging system in the curriculum and the second is through submission comment boxes built into the curriculum. Please note that if you are contacting a teacher about grading, teachers have 48 hours to grade an assignment. If you are contacting a teacher about a lesson question, teachers have 24 hours to respond. Students may also contact a subject specialist by phone at 866-418-8741. This is available Monday-Friday 8:30-5:00 EST.

Each student is given up to 10 months to complete one school year’s course work. (Semester courses 5 months and year-long courses 10 months)

If you have two (or more) students working in our computer-based courses, it makes it easier for your students to have two (or more) computers, but it is not required. If there will be two students working on one computer, we recommend having one student complete his or her work in the morning, and the other in the afternoon. If there are more than two students in the same family enrolled in the Academy, an additional computer is required.

You can enroll your student(s) to begin on any Monday throughout the year, excluding holidays. Our flexible program accommodates students at any time of the year – enroll when it’s convenient for your student.

The admissions process can take a few days or up to a few weeks. The time frame will greatly depend on your enrollment goals, how accessible your child’s records are, and how available your student is to take possible assessment testing. Special approval or unique situations can arise that may add time to the admissions process.

Yes. Our curriculum is internet based and accessed via our website by a username and password assigned to each student through the process of claiming his or her account.

Students in grades K-8 have worksheets that will be printed out, completed, and then scanned back into the curriculum. Projects that are accomplished away from the computer include science experiments, as well as research papers for Language Arts, History, and Bible. Also, in grades 7 through 12, our Language Arts courses include reading and evaluating printed novels, plays, and biographies.

Check out our digital literacy requirements here.

If you have an Internet service provider that allows you to set a filter, you will need to set the filter to the lowest level to access the school curriculum.

https://www.liberty.edu/online-academy/digital-literacy-requirements/ 

In the elementary and middle school curriculum, students will have quite a few worksheets that will be handwritten and then scanned into the curriculum. If you would like your student to do more penmanship work have the student do the assignments and projects on paper for the handwriting practice and then type the work into the curriculum page.

Though typing skills are an advantage, many students develop these skills throughout the course of their study with us.

Yes, payment plans are made available to students. The total tuition is divided into 10 equal monthly payments for a full year registration or 5 equal payments if enrolled for only one semester. This option is selected during online financial check-in after registration is completed. Please know that a one-time $50 payment plan participation fee will incur on any student account in a payment plan.

In many cases, a child with a learning disability can be placed in the curriculum-level that is recommended by our admissions counselors according to the results of the entrance assessment exam for mathematics, as well as student records. We are able to review 504 documentation and are willing to work with families to make reasonable accommodations/modifications. However, LUOA is not legally obligated to adhere to IEP recommendations.

One of the benefits of schooling online is the flexibility of the schedule. With the Online Academy, you have the flexibility to change your schedule when it becomes necessary. You do not need to notify the Online Academy of a school day that has been missed.

We encourage parents to take an active role in their student’s education. Parents are essential in actively teaching and working with the student throughout the lessons and we encourage daily review of student progress. Your involvement is critical to your student’s success. Twice a month you will receive a progress report from your student’s academic advisor, reviewing their progress and grades. If you need help interpreting scores, answering questions, providing additional instruction to your student, please call your student’s academic advisor for assistance.

Yes, twice a month a progress report is sent via email to each student’s parents by the student’s academic advisor. However, it is suggested that parents continuously monitor their student’s work through their parent observer account. If an official grade report is needed, we will send one upon request.

Our teachers have 24-48 hours (with the exception of weekends and holidays) to review and grade each student’s daily assignments. Since projects are much larger than daily assignments, teachers are given an extended time to grade projects.

Yes. You simply fill out an application and speak with an admissions counselor to request the course(s) you wish for your student to take. If your student plans to earn a high school diploma through the Academy, he or she should register as a full-time student with the usual entrance assessment exam and program planning.