Student Information

1. Log-in - see Video "Log-in"
You have received a user ID and password from us to log in to our website.  Your user ID starts with “GRM(course number)S” then there are three or four numbers.  These numbers are your student ID for our course.  To get to our course material, go to our website, http://germanonline.okstate.edu, then click on “Course Access” in the lower left margin.  You will get to a page where it asks for your “OKEY Username” and “OKEY password.”  Please type in the user ID and password we issued to you.  Type both exactly as they are written – these are case-sensitive, so be sure to pay attention to lower case and upper case letters. In the middle of the next page you will see the names of the courses for which you are enrolled.  Click on the course name to get to the course homepage.

2. Course Material and Schedule (for German I and II)
On the course homepage you have several menu items in a menu bar across the top, starting with “Course Home.”  The course material is listed under “Content.” Click on “Content”.  Under Section 1 Lessons you will find a link for each chapter.  When you click on that link you get to an Outline with daily assignments. Most of these assignments are links, for instance, in German I on Day 1 of  Outline 1 you are to watch a video clip, watch two animation clips and do two computer exercises.  Notice that it says at the top that the outlines for the chapters are set up for a whole school year.  If you are on a block schedule (that is, you have 80-90 minutes of class time every day) you need to double up on the assignments. For a summer course you will need to cover 3-4 days of the outline daily.

For German III, IV, and AP
Go to the German  course homepage (see “logging on” above). Click on “Content” in the top margin.Click on “Outline.”  Click on  “German_ Schedule” and print the assignment schedule. 
Close the schedule to go back to the outline.  For each unit you have some worksheets, your “handout.”   This is the first link for each unit. You can either open it as a pdf file, print it, fill in the blanks and fax or mail it to us when you are done with the unit.  Or you can download it to your computer as a Word file, type in the answers and send it to us as an email attachment when you are done with that handout. 
It will tell you in your handout when you are supposed to do something on the Internet, e.g. watch a video or animation clip, listen to a sound file, do a computer exercise or take a quiz or test.

3. Info Sheets (for German I and German II) - see Video "Infosheets"
You will notice on the outlines that you are supposed to have info sheets in front of you when you watch video clips or animation clips.  There are also worksheets that provide additional practice for you. You can print these info sheets and worksheets from our website:  Go to ‘Content’, then scroll down to ‘Section 2 Info Sheets and Worksheets.’  Print the sheets you need for that chapter.  We recommend that you keep these in a 3-ring binder, since you will have quite a few of these by the end of the course.  Your local teacher/facilitator has access to keys for these info sheets and worksheets.  Use the keys to check your answers.

4. Other Activities
Please look at the outlines to see what you are supposed to work on each day.  Occasionally there are activities such as games, which can be done only if there are several students in your class.  If you are the only student, you may be able to do these activities with us over the phone by calling us toll-free at 1-800-423-6493.

5. Quizzes and Tests - see Video "Tests"
It will tell you in the chapter outlines when you are supposed to take tests or quizzes. Please note that all of our quizzes and tests are closed-book and need to be proctored. To take a quiz or test, you click on “Quizzes” in the top margin (in the same menu bar that has ‘Content’.  You will be required to type in a proctor password.  You can get the proctor passwords from your local teacher/facilitator. Some tests have speaking portions. Please call us to complete these sections.
Quizzes are graded automatically by the computer, and it shows you your answers and how they were graded as soon as you submit a quiz. If you have questions about how a quiz was graded or if you feel that you should receive partial credit, e.g. for a misspelled word, please email us at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it or call us at 1-800-423-6493.

6. Tutoring sessions
A very important part of our courses are weekly tutoring sessions.  Please call us as soon as possible to schedule these sessions.  The sessions can be done over the phone on our 800 line.  If there is more than one student we would like for you to call us as a group on a speaker phone. We can also do these sessions over the Internet (iChat or SKYPE, www.skype.com, for which our user name is german_online).  If your school has a distance learning classroom, that would be a third option for these sessions.

7. Grades - see Video "Grades"
You receive grades for the online quizzes and tests. As soon as a test or quiz is graded the grade shows up on the your grade schedule.  You can see your grades by clicking on “Grades” in the top margin.  You can look at your quizzes to see how each of your answers was graded by clicking on the quiz name, then click on ‘Submissions,’ then on ‘Attempt 1.’  Most quizzes allow you a second attempt.  The computer will take the highest grade of your attempts.  If you have any questions on how the computer graded one of your answers, please let us know.  Either call us, 1-800-423-6493, or write us an email at This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it .

8.  Special characters
Correct spelling in German requires use of several special characters.  Instructions for making these are available on our website.  Click on “Content” and look for “How to make German characters.”

9. Additional Information
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us.  You can reach us through our toll-free number, 1-800-423-6493, or write an email to This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it or This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it .