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As per the request of His Eminence the Chevalier Metropolitan Archbishop Haralambos, G.P. O.B.S.S. - as of immediately St. Michael Academy of Eschatology will be opening up limited courses in "Preview Mode" so that our web site's guests can get an idea of course content without first paying for it.
This decision does not override the current development plan in any way. It simply allows guests who are not registered students and not logged in to view a limited number of our course pages. Guests will not be allowed to post into our forums or contact our students. Student contact information will remain private. However, their posted materials to our web forums may be viewed by non-students.
Those courses which are open for public viewing will be marked as such at http://stmichaelacademy.org/courses.html and at http://stmichaelacademy.org/degrees/index.html and again on each course's description page.
Students should also look for the "This Course Has Public Access" sign at the top of the course once logged in. We will be changing which courses have public access from time to time. We will delete student posts from forums when we do in order to protect the privacy of our students.
It is our hope that by opening up some of our courses for public viewing that we may gain a wider body of students over the Internet and through the relationships we have. We will also be doing some advertising. And it is important to gain the confidence of student prospects who are shopping for the right college for their future and needs.
For privacy reasons, we have removed all student posts for any courses which were granted Public Access as of midnight, Tuesday, May 20th. Teacher posts remain intact. Students are still required to complete assignments as instructed for these courses, including the posting to forums where instructions indicate. Students who do not want to have their assignments viewed by guests may submit them to teachers by private message or email, as always.
Students must be made aware that wherever Public Access exists, assignments posted on forums may be viewed by non-students and that our education software does not currently enable copy prevention. This is the reason for the deleted posts, including any completed student assignments there. We do not intend to violate the privacy of our students in any way.
Although St. Michael Academy has now become an Internet based seminary we have not abandoned the need for student interaction and community building. The church does not exist in isolation. It is built on relationships. Accordingly, most of our courses use a combination of social interaction, including sharing of assignments on course forums, and individual testing, which provides sufficient uniformity of proficiency testing.
The St. Michael Privacy Statement can be viewed at http://stmichaelacademy.org/privacy . It is very important that you read it carefully as by becoming a student, teacher or administrator at St. Michael Academy of Eschatology you are subject to these terms.
James Carvin, Webmaster
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