Accelerate Education
Welcome to your Course
Navigating to your Course
- By now you should have received a login and password from Genius SIS. Genius is our Student Information System.
- Once logged into Genius you will be directed to your landing page. This is where you will log into your courses, as well as view your grades and progress.
- Remember Genius updates nightly, so work done today will not show until tomorrow.
Accelerate Landing Page
- Access your course(s)
- Check your progress
- View Grades
- View Activities and due dates
Activities Screen
- Lets you know what activities/assignments you have upcoming.
- The To-Do list provides suggested due dates for when activities are due.
Gradebook
- Shows graded assignments/quizzes/ exams.
- The far-right column shows projected due dates for graded assignments/quizzes and exams.
Calendar
- Outlines assignments and due dates for the month.
Communication with Teacher
- Click on the paper plane icon on the top right bar in your course to email your teacher.
- Look for the teacher reply in your school email or whichever email address your school used to create your account.
- If you do not know the email address used, please ask your advisor.
- All email communication from the teacher will go to the email address used to set your account up.
Hamburger Icon
If you click on the hamburger on the upper left-hand side, a drop-down will appear with the following:
- Grades
- Notes (that you have taken in your course)
- Communication - (Class announcements from your teacher)
- Calendar
Useful Tips
- The preferred browsers are Chrome, Firefox, and Safari. Internet Explorer is not recommended.
- Make sure you have pop-ups enabled.
- If you have trouble getting into your course, try clearing your cache/cookies before contacting support.
- If you continue to have issues accessing your course, you can contact your advisor.
- Below is a video on using PDF's on Chromebooks.