Any questions?
The most common queries fall into the following categories – simply select the one you need from the list below. We hope you find what you’re looking for. If not, drop us a line at admin@vision2learnforschools.com and we’ll be happy to help.
Courses
- What subjects are available?
- When will my course start?
- When will I receive my certificate?
- Do I have to sit an exam?
What subjects are available?
| Job skills | Life skills | Computer skills | Sport skills |
|---|---|---|---|
| WorkSkills | Level 2 Maths | Essential IT Skills Level 3 | Coaching Sport |
| Business and Administration | Equality and Diversity | Essential IT Skills Level 2 | Nutrition and Health |
| Personal Best @ Work | Essential IT Skills Level 1 | ||
| Learning to Learn skills | Money Management | Functional skills | |
| Take control | Enterprise Skills | Functional Skills English | |
| Be Smart | Working with Others | Functional Skills Maths | |
| Reach your study goals | Improving your learning and performance | Functional Skills ICT | |
| Gradeboosters | Improving your Problem Solving | ||
| Quit or Succeed? |
Click on the titles above for details of the courses and qualifications that you can achieve.
When will my course start?
When you have been allocated to your group, you will be notified by email of your username and password
When will I receive my certificate?
Upon successful completion of your course, your school will apply for your certificate from the awarding body and they will send your certificate to you in the post.
Do I have to sit an exam?
For most courses no, as you work through your course you will complete and submit to your teacher a number of assessed activities, which will build up to form your portfolio of evidence of learning. Your teacher will mark your assessments and provide feedback. When you have successfully completed all of the required assessments your certificate will be awarded on satisfactory submission of your portfolio of evidence.
However, qualifications in Functional Skills are assessed differently. For example, you may be asked to complete test papers under controlled examination conditions and to complete other assessments set by your school, such as a formal discussion and presentation.
Getting started
Problems getting started
- Log on to vision2learn for schools and click on the course you wish to study. A new browser window with the course induction questionnaire will open.
- Complete the induction questionnaire and click on the submit button to automatically send your answers to your teacher by v-mail. You should shortly receive feedback from your teacher, by v-mail, relating to your induction answers. In the meantime you can look over your course material by carrying out the following.
- Click on the name of the course you wish to study to view the units available within.
- Click on the name of the unit you wish to study to view the sessions available to you.
- Click on the name of the session you wish to study to view the course material available within. At this point the session will appear in a new window, therefore you may want to hold the Alt or Ctrl key on your keyboard to bypass any Anti-popup software you may have installed.
- There is also a learner user manual available to you within your learner user area. To access this you should click on the Help link at the right-hand side of the top menu.
Teachers
Who will my teacher be?
When you are fully enrolled on a course, you will be allocated to a teacher who will provide you with support and feedback on your assessments as you study. You can contact your teacher whenever you want to, all at the click of a button.
How can I contact my teacher?
Once you have logged on to your study area, you can contact your teacher by using v-mail, vision2learn’s own internal messaging system. Look for the v-mail link at the top of your study area. There are also a number of places within the system where you can automatically send a message to your teacher just by clicking on the teacher’s name. Look out for your teacher’s name which will be highlighted in a different colour.
Technology
- What computer ‘kit’ do I need?
- Is there a user manual to help me find my way around vision2learn for schools?
- Can I study these courses on a Mac PC?
- I do not have Microsoft Office installed on my computer. Do I have to purchase this software in order to study my chosen vision2learn for schools course?
What computer 'kit' do I need?
- An Internet enabled PC running Microsoft Windows operating system
- Web browser – Internet Explorer 8.0; Firefox 8.0 (or later); Google Chrome 15.0 (or later)
- Session cookies should be enabled
- JavaScript should be enabled
- Microsoft Word (You may need additional Microsoft Office applications and/or other software programs for some courses. For specific details, please refer to the course information.)
- Acrobat Reader. click here to download
- Flash player 9.0 or later. click here to download
Note: We cannot guarantee that any combination of these recommendations will enable you to access vision2learn for schools. All software functionality is subject to the local settings of your PC.
Is there a user manual to help me find my way around vision2learn for schools?
Yes, once you have logged in to ‘My study’ you will see a link to ‘Help’ at the top of the screen. Click on this and you will be given the option of visiting a web based version of the user guide or downloading a copy of it in Word format.
Can I study these courses on a Mac PC?
Vision2learn for schools is designed and built for Windows PC computers. We believe that the current version is compatible with Mac operating systems, although we cannot offer any support to Mac users. You will need to ensure that you have compatible software so that your teacher can read your submitted work.
I do not have Microsoft Office installed on my computer. Do I have to purchase this software in order to study my chosen vision2learn for schools course?
It is recommended that you use Microsoft products because the course materials make extensive use of them and without them you may not be able to complete some of the coursework. Why have we written the courses using mostly Microsoft products? Because they are the most used software applications. Our use of them is not necessarily a recommendation of Microsoft products. Some courses do have less specific software requirements and you should check the course information pages to find out what you need.

