OdysseyWare Information and FAQ’s
OdysseyWare provides online curriculum that supports traditional learning modules at an individualized pace.   
Two Ways to Purchase: 

• E-Cash: 

Allows students to purchase individual courses.
Example:  1-Year Course (10 units) = $150; or 1 Year Course (13 units) = $195

• 1-year course can be purchased by the year, or by the semester.  There are two semesters in a 1-year course.
• First half semester = 5 units at $15/unit = $75/semester, or 6 units at $15/unit =
• Second half semester = 5 units at $15/unit=$75/semester
• Specify in body of PO for first half of 1-year course:  “Units 1-5; block units 6-10”

Or, “Units 1-6, block units 7-13”

• Specify in body of PO for second half of 1-year course:  “Units 6-10; block units 1-5”

Or, “Units 7-13; block units 1-6”

• Any “other semester” units not being used must be blocked.  If not blocked, students who click in any of the “other” units will be charged $15/unit.
• If the course is 13 units, then the first semester PO would read, “Units 1-6; block units 7-13”. Then the second semester would read, “Units 7-13; block units 1-6”.
  

  The last unit of any 13 unit course is a cumulative course exam.  If your student is only doing the last ½ of the course and did not do the first ½ of the course with OdysseyWare, you may only want to purchase units 7-12 instead of units 7-13, and skip purchasing the last unit 13, cumulative exam. 
  

Example: 1-Semester Course = 5 units = $75

• 5 units at $15/unit = $75/semester; or 6 units at 15/unit = $90.
  
  
• Seat License: 

Gives access to all courses for all grade levels for use by all students within one family.

• Families purchasing four or more OdysseyWare courses, should purchase a seat license instead of purchasing through E-cash.  Seat licenses are more economical.
• Students in the family on a seat license must use the program sequentially, one student at a time, not simultaneously. Some families purchase two seat licenses so two siblings can use the program at the same time.
• $600 for each 12 month license.
• A seat license must be paid for in full.  Payment may not be divided into semester payments.

Completing POs:
OdysseyWare PO’s are Service PO’s
In body of PO:

• Indicate “Seat license”, or “E-cash”
• If seat license, quantity = 1, unit price = $600 (per year)
• If E-cash, indicate on the description line the # units needed, and # units blocked
• If E-cash, quantity = 1, unit price = # units needed x $15 per unit = PO Unit Price  (the PO unit price is to be the same as the total price)
• Name of course
• Course number
• ES Name and email
• Any other information requested in the PO Notes Box.

Science Courses Additional Materials:
Most science labs in OdysseyWare are virtual.
Some labs require science supplies, with some courses requiring a microscope.  These science supplies do not come with the OdysseyWare science courses. 
Additional science supplies are purchased through IF PO’s from any science vendor. 
(Locate science supply vendors on the school’s Approved Vendor List).

Language Arts Courses Additional Materials:
7th, 9th-12th grade Language Arts courses have additional required novels that do not come with the OdysseWare courses. 
Novels are purchased through IF PO’s from any bookstore or English-Language Arts publisher.
Required novels to complete questions:
7th Grade (unit 7) “Harriet Tubman:  The Moses of Her People”, by Sarah Bradford
9th Grade, English I (unit 8) “The Miracle Worker”, by William Gibson
9th Grade, English I (unit 9) “Twenty-Thousand Leagues Under the Sea”, by Jules Verne
10th Grade, English II (unit 9) “Silas Marner”, by George Elliott 
11th Grade, English III (unit 7) “Our Town”, by Thornton Wilder
11th Grade, English III (unit 8) “The Old Man and the Sea”, by Ernest Hemingway
12th Grade, English IV (unit 6) “Hamlet”, by William Shakespeare

OdysseyWare FAQ’s:

•  Can parents, students, and ESs check out OdysseyWare before signing up?
• Yes, email Shelley Ross, curriculum@ieminc.org, for the username and password, as it changes frequently.
• Once obtained, go to http://odysseywareonline.owotw.net/, and enter username and password, click “login”.
•  What happens if a student signs up for OdysseyWare and doesn’t like it? 
• Prior to purchasing, make sure your family has looked at the program. 
• Explain that OdysseyWare does not give refunds, so they need to make sure this is what they want.
• If an exception needs to be made, the refund request is given highest consideration if made by the end of the first week of program use. 
• Immediately contact PO Inquiries, poinquiries@ieminc.org, using normal refund request procedures.
•  How do ESs and parents view the standards covered by OdysseyWare courses?

The correlations to the California standards for OdysseyWare’s Math, Science, Social Studies, and Language Arts courses, are available. Email iemtraining3@ieminc.org, if you need help locating them.

• Who do ESs contact to have a student put into the system?
• OdysseyWare’s Marcet Davignon, mdavignon@odysseyware.com, 1-877-795-8904, ext. 7856 enters students into the system when she processes the PO. 
• ESs can contact Marcet or Shelley Ross, curriculum@ieminc.org, if a student still needs to be entered into the system after the PO has been processed.
• What courses does Odysseyware offer and in what grades?

OdysseyWare offeres online courses that begin in 3rd grade and go through 12th grade.  To view the list of courses, go to http://www.odysseyware.com/products/courses/

•  Who should parents, ESs, and students contact for technical support?

Parents, ESs, and students can all ask for technical support.  Email Technical Support at: support@odysseyware.com or call them at (877) 795-8904.

Where can I find OdysseyWare’s Quick Start Guides that help me use the program?

http://www.odysseycare.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1