Lioc. Informática

Student Guide for Using

Revised May 2006

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Cover Page Table of Contents Aims and Objectives Student Guide – Introduction Registration Registration (cont.) Entering your course Basic navigation Blocks Activity Modules Editing your profile Editing your profile (cont.) i ii iii 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

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Aims and Objectives

Aims and Objectives
Aims • •Prepare you for using an online learning environment. To create a unique educational environment.

Objectives • • Ability to navigate within the Moodle structure. Understanding the Activity modules. Interact with students and the course instructor(s).

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Student Guide - Introduction

Student Guide – Introduction
In this guide you will be introduced to the basics ofparticipating in an online course. It will take you step-by-step through registration, entering the Moodle environment and working within Moodle. What is Moodle? Moodle is a program that allows the classroom to extend onto the web. Your instructor has many options in setting up the Moodle environment so you may access your assignments, interact with the students in your course, uploadassignments, access resources and much more. This guide is your map to the electronic classroom. Happy learning!

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Registration

Registration
Go to the course website using the site address provided to you by your teacher or the site administrator. If you do not have an account you will need to create one. Read carefully the text under the heading, Is this your first time here?Follow these steps to access your courses: • Click on the New Account link in the instructions or the Create new account button.

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Complete the New Account form with your details.

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Registration (cont.)

Registration (cont.)
A notice will pop up indicating an email has been sent to your email address.

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You will receive an email immediately at the emailaddress you entered in the form. Click on the link in the email to confirm your registration.

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You will then be taken to back to Moodle. Click on Courses to enter the course list.

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Entering your course

Entering your course
Moodle is structured around the concept of courses. When a student logs in they are presented with a screen which contains a list of courses inwhich they are enrolled. The student may also access a full list of courses by doing a keyword search. icon for more information. Locate the course you wish to enter. Click on the Once you have located the course click on the text of the course title. If you are not already logged into Moodle you will be redirected to the log on page. You will be asked to enter your username and password. These arethe same you set when you first registered for the site. In some cases the course may require an enrollment key (password) to enter. If this key icon adjacent to the course title. The enrollment is the case you will see a key will be provided separately. Please do not share it with others unless requested to do so by your teacher or site administrator. Email your instructor to receive yourenrollment key if you have not received it. it means Guests are allowed to enter some course sites. If you see this icon guests are allowed to enter that course. Guests ALWAYS have "read-only" access. In some cases guests are required to enter an enrollment key to gain access to the course.

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Basic Navigation

Basic Navigation
There are several ways to navigate within thecourse site. Breadcrumbs - this is a menu positioned below the course title showing your location within the course site. Just as you got there you can now retrace your steps in the opposite direction to return to where you started. Just like leaving a trail of breadcrumbs thus the name.

The above example of a “breadcrumb” shows your current location is Week Four Assignment. If you click on...