Taking a course online provides flexibility for students with varied schedules. They can access instructional materials and complete weekly assignments when it fits around their other activities and commitments. The flexibly scheduled, independent work your student does online in a given week may include watching a lecture video, listening to an audio recording, reading posted documents, uploading an assignment, or taking a quiz.

Though some online coursework is independent, HSLDA Online Academy courses are not simply independent studies. Students receive personal feedback from their instructors on assignments and can always contact them with questions. They have many opportunities to learn interactively with their instructors and fellow students in discussion forums, via email, and in live class sessions.

In a face-to-face course, students often don’t get a chance to have the teacher repeat the material. Here, if your student’s teacher posts a video or audio lecture, it’s easy to go back and review. All of the weekly live class sessions are recorded, too—so if your student missed anything, or wants to learn it even better, the recording is available to go back to at any time. It’s ideal for your student’s learning—and for mastering the material.