What is online seminary?

Online seminary seeks to provide a daily seminary experience that uses Internet technologies to connect students and teachers together. Each week, there are four days of online lessons, were students study the scriptures, participate in online learning experiences, and interact with their teacher and the other students in their class. Once each week, the teacher and all the students in the class meet together in a face-to-face class. "Good morning, students." "Hi." "Glad to see you so bright and early." In locations where this is not possible, the weekly class may be held virtually, using approved tools. Classes are not held on Sunday. [MUSIC: "SECRET PRAYER"] (SINGING) There is an hour of peace and rest ...

An online class starts with students logging into their online seminary class. They start by participating in a devotional.

Then an online seminary lesson. These lessons will require the students to study the scriptures, look for answers, and write responses as part of a guided, sequential scripture study. An online lesson usually lasts from 30 to 45 minutes, depending on the student's ability. The students complete these four online lessons during the weekdays on their own schedule. They do not need to complete the lessons at the same time as other students. A student gets credit for an online lesson by completing all of the assigned activities for that day. Students should complete their lessons daily on the assigned weekday. The teacher and students study the same online lessons together, as a group, each week. The teacher will open and close the availability of the lessons to help students stay caught up and learn together as a class. If a student does fall behind, the teacher can work with him or her to decide the best way to complete the necessary makeup work. In addition to the online lessons and weekly class, students will be asked to form the habit of personal scripture study--outside of the time that they work on their online seminary assignments.