Schoology access from outside the US

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Anyone tried using a VPN routed through US.

Reupping this. Anyone tried access via VPN? We will need access from outside the US for travel we are contemplating this winter. Wondering what we need to do to make sure daughter is keeping up with the work while out of the country.

Easy. Don’t plan international trips during school days.

OP here. We are not planning a vacation—our travel is for medical reasons, and my daughter does not want to remain here alone. She will be away for seven school days and wants to stay on top of her work so she doesn’t come back to a backlog of missing assignments. As a 10th grader, it’s important to her to keep up with her responsibilities, and we are very proud of her for making that choice. She is balancing being there for her family while also treating her schoolwork as her “job” and taking it seriously.

We told her the school and teachers would likely excuse her absence because we can provide medical documentation, but she actually discouraged us from doing that. She doesn’t want to be a burden to her teachers, and she doesn’t want to risk falling behind. I would hope all parents could agree this kind of responsibility and maturity—students “adulting,” in a sense—deserves support and encouragement.

Sorry I don’t believe this at all. Also, it you don’t have excused absences for this trip, they do not have to let her make up the work. Both parents have to leave the country for medical reason? Give me a break. We have doctors here.

Thank you for your Beltway-bubble perspective, assuming everyone has top-tier insurance that covers every medical expense like many cushy federal jobs. Unfortunately, not all of us live that kind of life. And yes, maybe both a husband and wife want to be together for a medical procedure—because that’s what supportive spouses do for one another.

You don’t have to believe me, but many kids actually grow up better in humble settings. It seems like you’re speaking from a place of envy or jealousy, which is sad—for you, for your life, and for your relationship with your spouse and children, as well as how your children understand responsibility.

I asked a simple question. If your goal was to judge instead of help, then your response is nothing more than wasted space and wasted breath.

Are you Indian?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone tried using a VPN routed through US.

Reupping this. Anyone tried access via VPN? We will need access from outside the US for travel we are contemplating this winter. Wondering what we need to do to make sure daughter is keeping up with the work while out of the country.

Easy. Don’t plan international trips during school days.

This.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone tried using a VPN routed through US.

Reupping this. Anyone tried access via VPN? We will need access from outside the US for travel we are contemplating this winter. Wondering what we need to do to make sure daughter is keeping up with the work while out of the country.

Easy. Don’t plan international trips during school days.

OP here. We are not planning a vacation—our travel is for medical reasons, and my daughter does not want to remain here alone. She will be away for seven school days and wants to stay on top of her work so she doesn’t come back to a backlog of missing assignments. As a 10th grader, it’s important to her to keep up with her responsibilities, and we are very proud of her for making that choice. She is balancing being there for her family while also treating her schoolwork as her “job” and taking it seriously.

We told her the school and teachers would likely excuse her absence because we can provide medical documentation, but she actually discouraged us from doing that. She doesn’t want to be a burden to her teachers, and she doesn’t want to risk falling behind. I would hope all parents could agree this kind of responsibility and maturity—students “adulting,” in a sense—deserves support and encouragement.

Sorry I don’t believe this at all. Also, it you don’t have excused absences for this trip, they do not have to let her make up the work. Both parents have to leave the country for medical reason? Give me a break. We have doctors here.

Thank you for your Beltway-bubble perspective, assuming everyone has top-tier insurance that covers every medical expense like many cushy federal jobs. Unfortunately, not all of us live that kind of life. And yes, maybe both a husband and wife want to be together for a medical procedure—because that’s what supportive spouses do for one another.

You don’t have to believe me, but many kids actually grow up better in humble settings. It seems like you’re speaking from a place of envy or jealousy, which is sad—for you, for your life, and for your relationship with your spouse and children, as well as how your children understand responsibility.

I asked a simple question. If your goal was to judge instead of help, then your response is nothing more than wasted space and wasted breath.

So you’re going abroad to get cheaper medical care? So bizarre.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:VPN seems like the very simple solution to this. And it sounds like people have made it work which is good to know (currently advising a friend on a similar situation and had suggested a VPN).

I used a VPN when overseas last summer in order to access certain things where I had to make it look like I was either in the UK (BBC) or US. It worked flawlessly.

A VPN won't work if you have to use the school laptop.

Our kids took their laptops to do school work overseas (2 years ago) and they didn't work. We were in South America.

OP here. But VPN on personal laptop will work? My daughter uses her Macbook even now to do most of her school work. Does anyone know whether it has to be a work VPN or can a VPN app like NordVPN work also?

Dp. When Nord doesn't work, ime, it seems to be that the site is recognizing the fact that a VPN is being used.

So you can try Nord now, while still in the US. If you can connect here using a Nord US server, you will be able to connect there using Nord US server as well.

[Anonymous]

Missing 7 consecutive days as a sophomore is unconscionable. What if she actually gets sick and has to miss even more days?

I think this is a trip during the holidays and it’s cheaper to go earlier than when school gets out. I think you are the poster who earlier posted about missing a week and half. Tell me why can’t plan this medical trip during summer or the actual two weeks they have off in winter?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone tried using a VPN routed through US.

Reupping this. Anyone tried access via VPN? We will need access from outside the US for travel we are contemplating this winter. Wondering what we need to do to make sure daughter is keeping up with the work while out of the country.

Easy. Don’t plan international trips during school days.

This.

I'm going to start calling you The "This" Lady! Countless responses to threads on the FCPS/AAP forums with the one-word response. You're famous!!

I also use "this." But, there are definitely more than one who use it--because this "this" is not me!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Missing 7 consecutive days as a sophomore is unconscionable. What if she actually gets sick and has to miss even more days?

I think this is a trip during the holidays and it’s cheaper to go earlier than when school gets out. I think you are the poster who earlier posted about missing a week and half. Tell me why can’t plan this medical trip during summer or the actual two weeks they have off in winter?

+1 also in the original post, OP states we are contemplating a trip…it doesn’t sound like it’s necessary at all. The timing could definitely change so the kid doesn’t miss so much. What about group projects? Is your kkd just going to leave her group in the dust?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone tried using a VPN routed through US.

Reupping this. Anyone tried access via VPN? We will need access from outside the US for travel we are contemplating this winter. Wondering what we need to do to make sure daughter is keeping up with the work while out of the country.

Easy. Don’t plan international trips during school days.

OP here. We are not planning a vacation—our travel is for medical reasons, and my daughter does not want to remain here alone. She will be away for seven school days and wants to stay on top of her work so she doesn’t come back to a backlog of missing assignments. As a 10th grader, it’s important to her to keep up with her responsibilities, and we are very proud of her for making that choice. She is balancing being there for her family while also treating her schoolwork as her “job” and taking it seriously.

We told her the school and teachers would likely excuse her absence because we can provide medical documentation, but she actually discouraged us from doing that. She doesn’t want to be a burden to her teachers, and she doesn’t want to risk falling behind. I would hope all parents could agree this kind of responsibility and maturity—students “adulting,” in a sense—deserves support and encouragement.

You as the parent need to explain to her that to avoid falling behind, she needs to inform an and work with her teachers. I could easily give students access to the work, templates, etc off Schoology so that they don’t have to come up with their own convoluted workaround. Teacher her that being transparent is how an adult handles extended absences.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for the info. Sounds like "maybe" is the best we'll get until we're there and can try it. We did ask the teacher but she wasn't sure, only knew about meeting to authorize Zoom for the specific country - no insight on getting coursework through Schoology.

I thought remote learning outside the state/county was frowned upon if not purposely prevented. None of the rich kids would ever be in school. Their attendance is bad enough as it is.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for the info. Sounds like "maybe" is the best we'll get until we're there and can try it. We did ask the teacher but she wasn't sure, only knew about meeting to authorize Zoom for the specific country - no insight on getting coursework through Schoology.

I thought remote learning outside the state/county was frowned upon if not purposely prevented. None of the rich kids would ever be in school. Their attendance is bad enough as it is.

You think attendance is a problem for rich kids? So Langley has the worst attendance in FCPS?

[Anonymous]

Even if your child can access schoology, missing 7 days as a sophomore is crazy. It’s way too much and your child’s grades will be affected.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Thanks for the info. Sounds like "maybe" is the best we'll get until we're there and can try it. We did ask the teacher but she wasn't sure, only knew about meeting to authorize Zoom for the specific country - no insight on getting coursework through Schoology.

I thought remote learning outside the state/county was frowned upon if not purposely prevented. None of the rich kids would ever be in school. Their attendance is bad enough as it is.

You think attendance is a problem for rich kids? So Langley has the worst attendance in FCPS?

Yes, rich kids make up a significant number of absences ahead of Ans after breaks. And there are rich kids outside of Langley. 😮

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone tried using a VPN routed through US.

Reupping this. Anyone tried access via VPN? We will need access from outside the US for travel we are contemplating this winter. Wondering what we need to do to make sure daughter is keeping up with the work while out of the country.

Easy. Don’t plan international trips during school days.

This.

I'm going to start calling you The "This" Lady! Countless responses to threads on the FCPS/AAP forums with the one-word response. You're famous!!

Are you new here? This is a common dcum response and has been since the site started.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Anyone tried using a VPN routed through US.

Reupping this. Anyone tried access via VPN? We will need access from outside the US for travel we are contemplating this winter. Wondering what we need to do to make sure daughter is keeping up with the work while out of the country.

Easy. Don’t plan international trips during school days.

This.

I'm going to start calling you The "This" Lady! Countless responses to threads on the FCPS/AAP forums with the one-word response. You're famous!!

Are you new here? This is a common dcum response and has been since the site started.

+1 this (NP)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Even if your child can access schoology, missing 7 days as a sophomore is crazy. It’s way too much and your child’s grades will be affected.

+1,000 too bad it’s falling on deaf ears. Both spouses must go overseas to “support” each other. Absolutely not. One of them can stay home with the kid so she can stay in the US and attend school.