To begin your virtual class, you must be on the Internet.

• This means that you first begin a session logging into your Internet Service Provider (for example, AOL, Earthlink, AT&T, etc.).
• If you access the Internet via your Local Area Network, you must log into your Local Area Network.

Once you are on the Internet, you will use your web browser to find the Distance Learning Providers log in page. You will receive the address to that page prior to your first session, along with a user name and password that you will use to log in.

During a virtual classroom session, you are connected to the instructor and the other participants through Distance Learning Providers' servers. You will be able to see and hear the live instruction. You can also ask and answer questions using your microphone.

After you have logged in to your virtual classroom session, your PC screen will look something like this...

Next, we will look at each part of this screen, and see how you will use the tools on this screen, to talk and interact with your instructor and the other participants.