Saturday, December 15, 2012

Purchase YOUR yearbook/senior ad's TODAY!

Mustangs,

Are you ready to be blown away by this year's yearbook? Well get ready to hold on to your seats, because this year, the TXVA yearbook staff is going above and beyond to make sure that everyone will have the chance to remember their high school moments and to make sure that those who purchase a yearbook and ad will be guaranteed their pictures in the book for all to see! Here is how to purchase your yearbook and ad today:

Step 1) Visit www.jostensyearbooks.com
Step 2) If you don't already have an account, make sure to create one by "registering" at the top right hand corner. 
Step 3) If you already have an account, go ahead and "Find your school" by clicking the tab at the top of the page. Make sure to type in "Texas Virtual Academy" and make sure to select it! 
Step 4) You will then be brought to our schools home page under the Jostens website. If you scroll down, you will see the following options to select for you to purchase or create:  High School Class Rings, Graduation, and Yearbooks. 
Step 5) Select the group that you'd like to purchase from and continue to follow the steps that it asks of you. To purchase your yearbook, make sure to select the "yearbook" section which will bring you to the home page of all the different yearbook packages that our school is offering. 
Step 6) Select the package you'd like to purchase and continue with your personalization (if applicable; depending on your package), icons, and much more! 

*Note: yearbook prices will increase after December 31st, so be sure to purchase your book today to get the special sale price!

Parents of Seniors, if you'd like to purchase your senior's recognition page here is how: 

Step 1) Under the yearbook home page where you can select the different packages, scroll to the bottom of the page and you will see a section called: "Recognition Ads". Click that section.
Step 2) You will then be brought to a page that you can select the size of recognition you'd like to purchase for your senior. 
Step 3) After selecting what you'd like, continue the steps that will take you through for selecting a picture layout you'd like to use, and for writing your words of remembrance for your senior to see when they get their yearbook! 
Step 4) You are allowed to "Save" your progress and return to it for another time, however please remember that you MUST be logged in, in order to save your page correctly. 
Step 5) The deadline for creating your Senior's recognition page for our school is January 31st. So please make sure to plan your time wisely when purchasing. 

*note: the yearbook staff does not have privileges in touching any of the senior ad's. Only Jostens handles them, so what you put and type on the page is what will be printed in the yearbook. 

If you have any questions, please feel free to kmail Ms. Fyffe anytime you need!

Always holding faith in every student mustang,
The TXVA Yearbook Staff

Creating your account/Submitting your pictures at Replayit

Hey Fellow Mustangs!

Have you been trying or simply dying of excitement to start submitting your pictures so they can be in the TXVA high school yearbook? Well, we have great news for you! Now you totally can! Here is how:

Step 1) Visit www.replayit.com  
Step 2) Register at the top right hand corner OR log in if you already have an account 
Step 3) When you register, make sure to find our school "Texas Virtual Academy - Lewisville - Texas" and go on to the next page. 
Step 4) Enter our pass-code  txvamustang2012 , make sure to accept the terms of agreement and continue to the next page. 
Step 5) Here you may either register with your facebook account or continue to register with replayit. Go ahead and add your name, password, and email into the specified fields and click "register" at the bottom right hand corner. 
Step 6) Be sure to check the email you used to register, for they may send you a confirmation email to first accept before you start downloading your pictures. 
Step 7) You're done! Congratulations  You have successfully completed your registration for replayit.com! Now its time to upload your pictures!

Here is how to do so:

Step 1) Once logging into replayit.com, you will be brought to our schools home page. At the top you will see a blue button that says, "Submit Pics". Click that button.
Step 2) You can either import the pictures of yourself from facebook or right from your computer files. Lets use your computer files as an example. Click the tab that says, "Select my Images". 
Step 3) Your computer files will pop up and you will then be able to select the picture you'd like to upload. Once you found the file, click "open".
Step 4) You will then see your pictures show up on the bottom of the screen. Once you have all the pictures you'd like to upload, select the tab that says, "Start uploads". 
Step 5) Please be patient as it loads your pictures. 
Step 6) You will then be brought to a page that will allow you to "Tag" your pictures, select a category for where your picture will be located under each group, tell us who is in them, etc. Please make sure to add your first and last name and the names of who is also in the photos with you, so we can name you guys correctly in the yearbook. 
Step 7) If you are submitting your portrait picture, please make sure to add both your first and last name along with grade you are in. Under the "tag" section, please mark "portrait" to your picture so we can be sure to find you! =)

Still need help? here is a recording of how to complete all the steps on creating your account and uploading your pictures! View the recording here: https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/launch/nativeplayback.jnlp?sid=559&psid=2012-11-06.1117.M.3A65C2C4C95438BB886B2C23E7D919.vcr

After that, you are done! You may submit pictures of you doing school work, working at a job, volunteering, playing a sport, making art, and anything else you'd like to share! =) Please just make sure they are appropriate and of good quality. Be on the look out for our blog that will give you all the info you need on the pictures that will be accepted into the yearbook as far as quality and tips for taking great pics of the awesome you! =)

If you have questions, please don't hesistate to kmail Ms. Fyffe! 

We can't wait to "see" you all,soon!
The TXVA Yearbook Staff

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Welcome to the TXVA Yearbook Blog!

Hello TXVA Mustangs!


We are so excited to be able to bring you the official TXVA Yearbook Blog that brings all things yearbook, right to your own computer at your own convenience! We will post all updates and information that you need for purchasing your yearbook, senior recognition pages, CC recording's on how to upload your pictures to replayit and much more!

Also, make sure to keep a look out for the blog that will include surveys and polls that you can take and see how your vote influenced the results when you receive your yearbook. We are excited and thrilled to be able to reach out to each student and parent in any way that we can and we hope that you will be able to receive the best of the best information, directions and guidance from our staff! 

Help us celebrate our High School's HUGE stepping stone event this year with our first graduating class and our first time with grades 9-12th by purchasing your book today! =) We promise that it won't be something you'll ever regret. 

Always holding faith in every student mustang,

The TXVA Yearbook Staff