• Navigating WayCool

• Accessing your online course

• Saving and submitting your assignments online

• Viewing your grades and feedback

• Accessing forms (lesson wrappers, Change of Status forms, Personal Data Sheets)

• Troubleshooting printing .pdf files

• Changing your username and password

• Changing your e-mail address

• Contacting the University of Nebraska High School

Navigating WayCool

WayCool is an online course management system that can assist you in submitting assignments, checking grades and viewing your online course. If you havenŐt already done so, view the Guide for a step-by-step "how to" on using WayCool. The following are the navigation buttons used in WayCool and their functions.

BUTTON	PURPOSE OF THIS BUTTON
	Takes you directly to the UNHS home page at NebraskaHS.unl.edu.
	Provides the various ways to contact the University of Nebraska High School with questions regarding curriculum or your enrollment.
	Allows you to change your username and password to WayCool.
	Signs you out of WayCool; use this button to protect your information.
	Takes you to the home page of the WayCool course management system, which gives you access to all of the courses you are currently registered for.
	Demonstrates how to navigate through WayCool. You should read the "Guide" the first time you visit WayCool and consult it if you have any questions.
	Lists frequently asked questions and their answers.
	Takes you to the opening page of your course.
	Enables you to submit your evaluations, projects, progress tests and other assessments for grading.
	Allows you to view graded assessments or check to see when you submitted an assessment for grading.

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Accessing your online course

1. Log into WayCool using your username and password.
2. From the WayCool home page, you will see a listing of the courses you are currently enrolled in.
3. Select "Go To Course" next to the course you wish to view.
4. If you are in the "My Work" or "My Grades" section, select the "Course Home" button on the top toolbar.

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Saving and submitting your assignments online

WayCool allows you to submit evaluations, projects, and progress tests electronically and, in some instances, receive immediate grading on your work. To submit work, follow these steps:

1. From the WayCool home page, click on "My Work" next to the course you wish to submit work for. You may also click on the "My Work" button on the top toolbar if you are in your online course or "My Grades."
2. In the "Status" column, you will see either "Graded" for work that has been graded, "Grade Pending" for work that you have submitted but has not been evaluated by your teacher, or "Start" for work that you have yet to submit for grading.
3. Click on "Start" to begin working on your assignment. NOTE: Assignments that have "Graded" or "Grade Pending" have already been submitted and you may not re-submit these assignments. You will not be able to access these assignments from the "My Work" section.
4. For evaluations and projects, you may submit the work online unsupervised. For progress tests, you must have your proctor present. Your proctor must fill in the "Proctor Code" at the bottom of the page before submitting.
5. If any of your work needs to be mailed in (such as a sculpture you have opted to do) you must download and complete a lesson wrapper to be mailed in with your project. Lesson wrappers can be found in the "Forms" section of WayCool. NOTE: This is true ONLY for assignments that cannot be submitted online. Students who have opted to pay the "mail processing fee" may submit all or any of their assignments via mail OR may choose to submit assignments online via WayCool.

MORE ON MAIL SUBMISSION:
At the time you enrolled in your course, you designated whether you would submit your work online or by mail. Mail submission is available only for print courses. You may not submit lesson via mail for online courses.

If you chose to submit your work online, you may not submit assignments via mail except those that cannot be submitted online, such as some language and math assignments or sculptures, collages and other dimensional projects.

If you chose the mail submission option at the time of enrollment, you may choose to submit any of your work either online or by mail. Remember to complete a lesson wrapper (available in the "Forms" section) if you choose to submit your work by mail.

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Viewing your grades and feedback

WayCool allows you to view grades on evaluations, projects and progress tests. Feedback on your score will also be reported, except on progress tests, in which case feedback will only be available from your proctor.

To view your grades and feedback:

1. From the WayCool home page, click on "My Grades" next to the course you wish to view grades. You may also click on the "My Grades" button on the top toolbar if you are in your online course or "My Work."
2. You will need to enter your username and password again in order for verification.
3. You will see a listing of all assessments for your course. In the right hand column (called "Grade"), you will see your grade for each assessment. Click on the letter grade in order to view feedback for that assessment.
4. Remember, in order to view details regarding grades on progress tests, you must see your proctor.

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Accessing forms

You may download the following forms from WayCool: lesson wrappers, Change of Status and Personal Data Sheets (PDS).

Lesson Wrappers. Use lesson wrappers when you need to mail in an assessment via regular mail. Only if you opted to pay the "mail processing fee" at the time you enrolled should you mail assessments into the high school UNLESS the assessment you wish to submit cannot be submitted online (i.e., a sculpture, art project) as noted in the course content.

Change of Status. Fill out a Change of Status form if you need to update your mailing address or name or your proctor's name or address. It is essential that we have the most current information for both you and your proctor on file so that there is no delay in processing your assessments.

Personal Data Sheets. Personal Data Sheets are useful for members of the high school staff to get to know you. They are not required as part of your enrollment. The high school uses Personal Data Sheets to gather information about students and their reasons for enrolling in courses from the University of Nebraska High School. Oftentimes, the high school newsletter will highlight students from around the globe; these stories are often gleaned from information in a student's PDS.

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Troubleshooting printing .pdf files

If you experience problems printing .pdf files, please view this helpful information.

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Changing your WayCool username and password

You were assigned a WayCool username and password upon your enrollment with the University of Nebraska High School. You may change your username and password at any time. To do so, follow these steps:

1. Log in to WayCool using your current username and password.
2. Click on the "My Profile" button in the top right hand corner.
3. Erase your username and password and type in your new username and password.
4. You will need to type in your password twice in order to verify the correct spelling.
5. Remember, your password must contain upper and lower case letters as well as at least one number.
6. Click on the "Update" button.

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Changing your e-mail address

When you enrolled in your course, you supplied an e-mail address to the high school for use in communication. If you change your e-mail address, it is important that you update the high school. To change your e-mail address, follow these steps:

1. Log in to WayCool.
2. Click on the "My Profile" button in the top right hand corner.
3. Erase your current e-mail address in the appropriate field and type in your new e-mail address.
4. Click on the "Update" button.

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Contacting the University of Nebraska High School

Should you encounter problems or have questions regarding WayCool, your course curriculum or the status of your enrollment, please contact the University of Nebraska High School by one of the following ways:

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