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Knowledge Base

Michigan Virtual provides a variety of applications and services to support the educational community. This site provides a repository of step-by-step instructions to guide learners through a successful learning experience. To get started, explore answers to our Frequently Asked Questions, or select the category that best suits your needs.

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Essentials

Michigan Virtual's Essentials courses provide students who have previously failed core classes required for graduation or who attend an approved alternative education program, with a high quality online solution.  Use the support articles in this category to find answers to students' and mentors' frequently asked questions about how to get started and navigate an Essentials course. 

K-12 Student Courses

View support documentation to guide students, parents, mentors and schools through purchasing an online course and monitoring student progress for middle or high school students.

Michigan's Online Course Catalog

Michigan's Online Course Catalog is populated with course titles and syllabi submitted by local school districts, intermediate school districts and the Michigan Virtual School. These are the support guides to aid in navigating Michigan's Online Course Catalog.

Professional Learning Portal (PLP)

The Professional Learning Portal provides online learning solutions for educators and the educational community. Through the portal, you can access high-quality courses and resources, meet professional development requirements, earn State Continuing Education Clock Hours and more.

Research Clearinghouse

This Clearinghouse is a collaborative effort led by the International Association for K-12 Online Learning (iNACOL) and the Michigan Virtual Learning Research Institute (MVLRI) to provide a repository of references to research articles and other publications from the field of K- 12 online and blended learning.

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Limited Course Capacity

We’re sorry to inform you that we have reached capacity for several of our Semester 1 and Trimester 1 courses. You’ll notice when attempting to enroll students in our Student Learning Portal that some courses are unavailable. While we are no longer accepting new enrollments for these courses at this time, many courses continue to remain open for enrollment.

With many students across the state 100% remote, demand for our online courses is greater than ever before. Because every course we offer is taught by a Michigan-certified teacher, this high volume of enrollments has created capacity issues for our teachers who provide each and every student with individual feedback.

While the Michigan Virtual team anticipated and planned for significant increases in student enrollments this Fall, the increased demand we’ve experienced has been unprecedented. As a result, we are taking steps to hire even more part-and full-time teachers to support larger numbers of student enrollments for Semester 2 as well as for Trimester 2 and 3. 

For schools that still need online learning options this year, please fill out the form at the bottom of our virtual pathways page to meet with someone to discuss other solutions. While some of our teacher-led courses are full, we may still have the capacity to help you in upcoming terms or can discuss timing to implement a whole-school or collaborative program in which local teachers from your school/district use our online course content to teach students. We also have free course content and resources available for you to use.

We know this is an incredibly stressful time for all, and we’re sorry if the courses you’re looking for are unavailable. We never want to turn away a student who wants to learn from us. Our top concern, however, is student success, and we have a policy to not take on additional enrollments if we cannot guarantee that all students will have a quality online learning experience. 

We appreciate your patience and understanding as we navigate the unusually high volume of enrollments we are receiving.