Topic 1 - Lesson: ICT Tools @ USP
Topic 1 - Lesson: ICT Tools @ USP
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Topic 1 - Lesson Rules and Completion Conditions
IMPORTANT PLEASE NOTE:
All questions within the lesson must be answered as it contributes towards the total
marks for the lesson.
The maximum number of attempts allowed for each question is twice. If answered
incorrectly repeatedly, when the maximum is reached, the next page of the lesson is
displayed.
When a question is answered incorrectly, the student is given the option to try it
again for no credit point or continue with the lesson.
You can attempt the lesson more than once, in which case the final mark for the
lesson would be the maximum of all attempts.
You must complete the lesson as per the following two completion conditions.
Moodle will not allow you to access the Web Activity for this week if you fail to meet
these completion conditions:
Completion Condition #1: Spend a minimum Learning Time of 30mins on this
lesson
Completion Condition #2: Finish Lesson by clicking on the "End Lesson"
command button on the last page of this lesson.
You are prompted with the question below if you have viewed at
least one page of the lesson and are then returning to the lesson.
"Do you want to start at the last page you saw?" Yes/No
Clicking on "No"
should take you to the first page of the lesson and counts as a new attempt. Clicking on
"Yes" should take you to
the last page you saw and continues as your previous attempt at the lesson.
By clicking on the continue button below you are hereby confirming that you understand
the rules and conditions of this lesson.
Topic 1 - Learning Objectives
Upon successful completion of this topic, you should be able to:
1. Familiarize yourself with the USP's e-resources.
2. Get Started with MOODLE - download and upload files, use groups and forums.
3. Rename the ePortfolio Collection template and create your own ePortfolio profile.
4. Take note of how TurnItIn works.
1. Web Browsers
Web Browsers
Introduction
A web browser is a software application which enables a user to
display and interact with text, images, videos, music, and other
information that could be on a website. Text and images on a web page
can contain hyperlinks to other web pages at the same or different
website. Web browsers allow a user to quickly and easily access
information provided on many web pages at many websites by traversing
these links. Web browsers format HTML information for display so the
appearance of a web page many differ between browsers.
Protocols and Standards
Web browsers communicated with web servers primarily using HTTP
(hypertext transfer protocol) to fetch web pages. HTTP allows web
browsers to submit information to web servers as well as fetch web pages
from them. Pages are identified by means of a URL (uniform resource
locater), which is treated as an address, beginning with "http://” for HTTP access.
The file format for a web page is usually HTML (hyper-text markup
language) and is identified in the HTTP protocol. Most web browsers also
support a variety of additional formats, such as JPEG, PNG, and GIF
image formats, and can be extended to support more through the use of
plugins. The combination of HTTP content type and URL protocol
specification allows web page designers to embed images, animations,
video, sound, and streaming media into a web page, or to make them
accessible through the web page.
The Browsers Main Functionality
The purpose of a web browser is to allow its users to locate and
access information resources on the World Wide Web. The main function of a
browser is to present the web resource you choose, by requesting it from the web
server and displaying it in the browser window. The information resource is
usually an HTML document (web page), but may also be in different formats: PDF,
image, video or some other type of content.
The predominant alternative is to use web search engines like
Google’s Basic Search; to locate the needed information resource. Although browsers are
primarily intended to
use the World Wide Web, they can also be used to access information provided by
servers in private networks or directories in file systems.
Browser user interfaces have a lot in
common with each other. Among the common user interface elements are:
- Address bar for inserting a URI
- Back and forward buttons
- Bookmarking options
- Home button that takes you to your home page
- Refresh and stop buttons for
refreshing or stopping the loading of current pages
Question 1
Q1. What is the main functionality of a web browser?
Enable access and retrieval of Information Resources on the World Wide Web
Score: 1
To allow online communication and collaboration
Score: 0
To save files on the cloud
Score: 0
To access the internet
Score: 0
Question 2
Q2. ______________________ is a language for creating web pages.
HTTP
Score: 0
FTTP
Score: 0
HTML
Score: 1
None of the Above
Score: 0
Popular Web Browsers
Web Browser Features and Which One Is Best to Use?
Basic Browser Features
1. Navigation buttons
Refresh button is used to go back and forward while browsing. If you
are in a home page of some site, then you go to contact page - Back button would bring you back
to the home page, if then you would click forward button it would bring you again to the contact
page. A small arrow next to navigation buttons brings up a quick list of all back/forward web
pages available.
2. Refresh button
Refresh buttons is used to force web browser to reload webpage. Most
major web browsers use caching mechanism (store local copies of visited
pages to speed up performance) that sometimes prevents seeing the most updated information; by
clicking refresh, latest version of the page is forcefully reloaded.
3. Stop button
Cancels web browser's communication with a server and stops page loading. Very useful to
stopmalicious sites from loading if accidentally entered.
4. Home button
Loads predefined home page. You can select any page as browser's home by clicking on tools
menu and selecting options.
5. Web browser's address bar
Address bar is used to enter website and page names. Address bar works as a dropdown menu
showing all previously visited sites. At the end of address bar you will find go button, that is not
very useful as by simply clicking enter (after typing or selecting a domain name) you will be
directed to the site.
6. Integrated search
Integrated search engine tool is relatively new feature in web browsers. It allows selecting your
favorite search engine and doing a quick search by typing in a search term.
7. Tabbed browsing
Browser tabs allow opening many websites on a single web browser's
window - very helpful when reading several websites at the same time.
I.e. if you want to open several links from a website without losing it,
you can right click on each link you want to see, and select open in a
new tab option.
8. Bookmark buttons
Custom user defined buttons that redirect to chosen websites - Very
useful to configure web mail and other often visited sites. Check
Mozilla Firefox browser for live bookmarking.
Best used Web Browsers (worldwide traffic)
StatCounter statistics are directly derived
from hits (not unique visitors) from 3 million sites using StatCounter totaling
more than 15 billion hits per month. No weightings are used. These numbers
are from July 2019.
Question 3
Q3: The
toolbar in which you can type
a web address is the _____ Bar.
address
Score: 1
Status
Score: 0
Format
Score: 0
navigation
Score: 0
link
Score: 0
Web Address
URL(Uniform Resource Locator): The address of a Web site.Each page on the Web has an
address. A Web address is composed of the following:
Question 4
Q4. The "http" you type at the beginning of any site's address stands for:
Hyper Text Transfer Protocol
Score: 1
Hyperspace Techniques and Technology Process
Score: 0
Hyperspace Terms and Technology Process
Score: 0
HTML Transfer Technology Process
Score: 0
Tiles in New Tab
Tabs
Firefox displays website links as
thumbnails (miniaturized images) or logos on the New Tab page. When you use
Firefox for the first time, you will see links to Mozilla websites. These sites
are eventually replaced by sites from your most frequently and recently visited
sites in your browsing history.
1. Hide or display Tiles in New
Tab
You can set your New Tab page to show your
most visited sites or nothing at all. To access these controls, click on the cogwheel icon in the topright corner of the new tab. See the image below.
2. Show your Top Sites
Click the cogwheel icon on the New Tab page
and put a check mark next to Show your top sites.
3. Show a blank New Tab
To remove all sites from the New Tab page,
select Show blank page
Web Browser- Video Summary
Take a moment ...
watch
2.0 STUDENT HOMEPAGE
STUDENT HOMEPAGE
The student homepage can be accessed from the following link:
http://www.student.usp.ac.fj
The important student services that could be found on the student homepage are:
1. SOLS (Student Online Services)
To login to , click on link and enter your student ID and password.
2.
Information Technology Services
The Task of IT Services is to
deliver quality, equitable and professional Information Technology and
Communication services.
To access the Information Technology
Services webpage:
Click on the
link. The Following Webpage loads, to access the sought
after service, click on the individual links.
3. Student Webmail
As a USP student, some of
your priorities are to have a student email and to be up-to-date with that
account. Course Coordinator, Teaching Assistant will expect you to communicate with them via
student email
throughout your time with the university. (For example, the course coordinator will post updates of
the course status via university email which you will receive on your student g-mail
accounts.) Do not use Moodle message to communicate. Only the course facilitator
will use Moodle message to relay course-related information.
How
do I get my Google Apps account?
All
new students are automatically assigned a USP Google Apps account. The
username will be the same as your USP username (Student id number)
What
services are included with my Google Apps account?
Your
Google Apps account includes email, Google Talk, Google Docs and
Spreadsheets, and a Calendar service. Other services may be added in the future as they
are available and appropriate.
Can I log on to other Google-sponsored services with
my Google Apps username and password (e.g. gmail.com, blogger.com, etc.)?
Your
Google Apps username and password will only work with the services that have been
deployed within the USP domain. To access other Google services,
you will need to apply for a non-University account through Google.
Who is eligible to participate in the Google Apps
for Education service?
Google
Apps for Education accounts are available to:
All undergraduate students
Graduate students
Why are the Google Apps for enrolled students
slightly different from similar services that are publicly provided by Google?
Google
Apps accounts have been customized for optimal educational collaboration.
As a member, you will not see advertisements and USP University branding
will appear at the top of most Google Apps for Education pages. In
addition, USP University has taken steps to ensure that your student data
is protected above and beyond a publicly available account.
Am I required to use the Google Apps account?
All
incoming students will automatically receive a Google Apps account.
Are Google Apps accounts accessible for students
with disabilities?
The
basic HTML version of Google Apps for Education is fully compliant with current
accessibility standards. You can also use a POP email client of
your choice to download and read your Google Apps for Education email.
I tried accessing my account, but it says it is
disabled. How do I fix this?
Go
to the Email Control Panel. Select the box "Use Google Apps."
You will be asked to accept the Google requirements, and then be provided
a new Google password. You can then log in with your USP username and the
temporary password provided. Remember to go to the settings and set your
password to a new, permanent password.
How
do I log in to my Google Apps account?
Go
to https://mail.google.com/a/student.usp.ac.fj/ to
access your USP Google Apps email account.
click on and enter your student ID and password.
The screenshot below shows the insight of student webmail.
Question 5
Q5. Which one is the URL for the student homepage?
www.student.ac.fj
Score: 0
www.student.usp.ac.fj
Score: 1
www.student.usp.fj
Score: 0
www.students.usp.ac.fj
Score: 0
3.0 Moodle
Moodle
Moodle was
originally developed by Martin Dougiamas with the intent to help educators create
online courses and allow them to connect remotely with their students in a
collaborative and supportive workspace. The first version of Moodle was
released on 20th August, 2002.
Moodle
(acronym for Modular Object-Oriented Dynamic Learning Environment) is a Course
Management System (CMS), also known as a Learning Management System (LMS) or a
Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). It is a free web application that educators
can use to create effective online learning sites. Moodle has truly revolutionized
the eLearning pedagogy by not only serving educators with instrumental tools to
design and deliver courses but also enabling students to access an entire
course and its learning materials anytime and anywhere.
Who uses Moodle?
Moodle is used
by a variety of institutions and individuals, including:
Universities
High
schools
Primary
schools
Government
departments
Healthcare
organizations
Military
organizations
How will I be using Moodle for this Course?
Your UU100 learning journey will require you to interact
online with Moodle in several ways:
How to Login to Moodle
Step 1: You can access Moodle by using the quick links on the USP website
or typing in the Moodle URL in your web browser.
The Moodle URL is http://elearn.usp.ac.fj
Given below is a screenshot of the Moodle homepage. To
login, enter your Student ID and password in the appropriate places and
click Log in.
Step 2: You are directed
to Courses Page as shown below
The My Courses (or My Moodle) Page is a page that lists
down all the courses you have access to. It is normally the first page you will
see after you log in.
Look for UU100
course page on your Courses Page and click on it. It will direct you to the
course shell as shown below.
Question 6
Q6. Which of the following is the correct URI (Unique Resource Identifier) for the Learning
Management System hosted by USP?
www.learn.usp.ac.fj
Score: 0
www.usp.elearn.ac.fj
Score: 0
www.elearn.usp.ac.fj
Score: 1
www.moodle.usp.com.fj
Score: 0
How to Submit an Assignment on Moodle : STEP 1
Step 1: Go to your coursepage
Access the coursepage in which the assignment is due.
Step 2: Access the Assignment dropbox link
Once in the course, locate the
assignment dropbox that you need to use to submit the assignment. Check
that you are accessing the correct submission box to submit your
assignment.
Do not use a submission box for a different course to submit your assignment!
For example, suppose you want to submit Assignment 1 for a course as shown below.
When you click the Assignment activity link, the assignment submission page opens up.
This page shows the assignment details. It shows the assignment information, the due date and
your submission status.
How to Submit an Assignment on Moodle : STEP 3
Step 3: Upload your assignment file
Click the Add Submission (
)
button to go to the upload page. A page similar to the one shown below
opens up. Be sure to read any additional instructions that appear.
How to Submit an Assignment on Moodle : STEP 4
Step 4: Choose your file
Click the Add (
button. A file picker dialog box opens up. Select the Upload a
file option and click the choose file button to select your assignment file. You may need to browse
to the correct location where you saved your file.
Click the Upload this file
Next click the Save changes (
listed under file submissions.
button to upload the file.
) button. You should see the file you uploaded
How to Submit an Assignment on Moodle : STEP 5
Step 5: Reviewing your submission
At this stage your assignment has been uploaded into the assignment
submission box. Usually your submission will be in draft form. This
means you can still make changes to your submission. You should see the
files you have uploaded for submission.
Editing your assignment submission
If you need to update your assignment submission, such as upload an updated file, click the Edit
my submission (
) button.
You will see the file submissions page, similar to Step 3 above.
To delete or rename an already uploaded file, click Update (
) for the corresponding file.
A similar dialog box will open up. You can download or delete the file from here.
Question 7
Q7. Which of the following is the correct method of submitting your assignment?
Goto Coursepage---> Assignment-Dropbox--->Add submission---> Add File ----> Save Changes
Score: 1
Goto Coursepage---> Assignment-Dropbox--->Add File---> Add Submission ----> Save Changes
Score: 0
Goto Assignment-Dropbox--->Add submission---> Add File ----> Review Submission--> Save
Changes
Score: 0
Goto Coursepage---> Assignment-Dropbox--->Add File--->Save Changes
Score: 0
Question 8
Q8. You can make changes to Assignment files after uploading it in the required Dropbox.
True
Score: 1
False
Score: 0
Moodle Groups
Groups
Moodle allows the arrangement of users into distinct groups. Grouping is a feature of Moodle which
allows users to collaborate and it is also a good strategy for differentiation. Two types of groups
can be created; closed and open groups. In a closed group, members can see only their group's
work while in an open group, members can see others group's work as well.
In UU100, a number of groups are created and students are assigned to different groups. For
example, blended students in Laucala will belong to a group named 'Laucala Blended Mode
Students Only' while regional students will belong to 'Regional Online Students Only'. Students can
belong to more than one group. For example, online students in Laucala can belong to the group
named 'Laucala Online Mode Students Only' and also in another group named 'All Online Mode
Students'.
It is important to note that some resources (such as links to
activities/assessments/guides/announcements) on the UU100 Moodle page may be restricted to
specific groups. This means that these resources will only be accessible by students who belong to
that particular group while students who do not belong to that group will be redirected to the main
course page. In which case a message will be given on top of the page stating that you do not
belong to the group which this link is dedicated to.
Conditional Activities
Conditional Activities
Conditional activity is a feature of Moodle which allows teachers to restrict access to Moodle
activities. It enables lecturers and course coordinators to control the availability of any activity or
even a course section according to certain conditions.
In UU100 we have in place conditions set as progression rules. These rules or completion
conditions were incorporated in the topic lessons to ensure students do not spend less then the
minimum required learning time to sufficiently explore the topic content and understand the
concepts introduced. As such the progression rule requires students to:
Spend a specified minimum number of minutes on each lesson. This may depend on the
complexity and nature of the topic. In any case the minimum number of learning time
required for each topic lesson will be clearly stated on the topic page and the first page of
the lesson.
The students must fully complete the lesson i.e. reach the last page of the lesson and click
on the "End Lesson" button.
Failure to meet any of these conditional activity requirements will restrict Moodle from allowing you
to progress onto the Web Activity assessment for that particular week/topic. Be mindful that even
though Web Lessons do-not have a due date, Web Activities still do, meaning that you will need to
complete lesson and web activity assessments in a particular order prior to the weekly due dates.
Other key things to take note of when attempting the lesson:
All questions within the lesson must be answered as it contributes towards the total marks
for the lesson.
The maximum number of attempts allowed for each question is twice. If answered
incorrectly repeatedly, when the maximum number of attempts is reached, the next page of
the lesson is displayed.
When a question is answered incorrectly, the student is given the option to try it again for
no credit point or continue with the lesson.
You can attempt the lesson more than once, in which case the final mark for the lesson
would be the maximum of all attempts.
You are prompted with the question below if you have viewed at least one page of the
lesson and are then returning to the lesson.
"Do you want to start at the last page you saw?" Yes/No
Clicking on "No" should take you to the first page of the lesson and counts as a new
attempt resetting the time spent and progress of the last attempt back to 0%. Clicking on
"Yes" should take you to the last page you saw and continues as your previous attempt at
the lesson which includes the time and progress.
You need to only satisfy the two completion conditions requirements only once at any
attempt of the lesson.
The time spent and progress of each attempt at the lesson is not carried over to the next
attempt nor aggregated.
Moodle Forums
Forums
The forum activity allows students and teachers to exchange ideas by posting comments as part of
a 'thread'. Files such as images and media maybe included in forum posts. You can u
se forums to clear your
doubts or get clarifications on certain activities or assignments.
In a 'Course Announcements' forum, only teachers and administrators can post announcements. The recent posts will be displayed under the 'Latest announcements' block. Important announcements and updates on the course will be posted in this forum and it is very important that students check this regularly to keep up to date with the course. In UU100, the Course Announcements forum can be located under the Course Overview section of the main course page. Student view of the Course Announcements forum is shown below:
The 'General Help Forum' is located under the Leaner Support Tools section in the main course page. Students can use this forum to raise any general course related queries, concerns or issues. A student view of the 'General Help Forum' is provided below:
We have dedicated help forums for different assessments in UU100 such as the 'Assignment
Help forum' and the 'ePortfolio Help forum'. The 'Assignment Help forum' is located under the
Course Assessment section while the 'ePortfolio Help forum' can be found inside the ePortolio
resource page. Students are supposed to use the correct forum to ask their questions or share
their ideas. That is, if a student wants to post something regarding the assignment then the
discussion should be posted in the 'Assignment Help forum' and not under the 'ePortfolio Help
forum' which is dedicated to ePortfolio queries and discussions only. This forum is called the
'ePortfolio Help forum'. A sample student view of the 'ePortfolio Help forum' is displayed below:
In a Q and A forum, the course coordinator posts a question and students respond with possible
answers. Sometimes the students replies are assessed whereby the course facilitators provide a
rating to each students post. In which case students will not be allowed to view other students
posts.
As an online/blended learner, students are expected to maintain their online presence which has a significant role in students performance. Moodle forum is a platform which students can use to show their online engagement in the course. Use these forums effectively to clarify your queries/doubts so that they do not become a hindrance to your learning. Make sure to apply all the netiquette of online engagement.
Moodle Marksheet and Completion Tracker
Marksheet
The grades of all assessed components of a course are recorded in the marksheet. Students can
access all their assessment marks in a course by viewing the marksheet of that course. The
Marksheet for your courses can be accessed from the Collapsible Navigation Panel. The
navigation panel may be collapsed by default.
Click on the
panel.
icon (located on the top left of the screen) to toggle the visibility of the navigation
The navigation panel should expand displaying the link to the marksheet.
Completion Status Tracker
The Moodle Completion Tracker is another feature that allows students to keep a track of how they
are progressing in the course. It shows the completion status of every Moodle activity in the
course. Each activity has a status box which is also color coded. The green box indicates that an
activity has been completed, the red box shows that an activity was not completed while the
blue box means that the activity is still open for the student to attempt. A percentage is also
displayed to quantify the completion rate of a student. Students can hover the the mouse on the
boxes to identify which specific activity it represents.
The completion status tracker is located in the top right hand corner of all the course pages in
UU100.
E mentoring
E-mentoring
The 'E-mentoring' is located under the Leaner Support Tools section
on the main course page.
e Mentoring is real time online mentoring support
provided to all UU100 online students.
Students can join the session provided
they have reliable internet connection.
The virtual online learning classroom enables
students to share
1. documents
(PDF and any office documents),
2.
webcams,
3. chat,
and
4.
audio.
It can also record sessions for later playback.
The recordings are made available to students in the eMentoring shell or for
downloading upon request.
What happens during the
session?
Have
a through question and answer session so that all the doubts of students
are cleared.
Break
down assignment and tutorial question for better understanding.
Study
tips
Brainstorming
Guidance
when lost.
Share
resources.
4.0 Turnitin
About TurnItIn
TurnItIn
is used to detect similarities in submitted work on Moodle. It does not
judge whether a student submission has been plagiarised!
The TurnItIn Similarity Report does not differentiate between correctly
cited references and unacknowledged or intentional copying. It only reports
text matches, and provides a ranking of submissions, according to the level of
text matching with other sources in its database. A Lecturer or student then
analyses the matches and determines whether the level is acceptable. Using this
information a Lecturer/student can determine if there is a case of potential
plagiarism.
TurnItIn can be used to teach proper citation method. Teachers can check
the originality and citations in student work. If made available to students,
students can check their own assignments before their final submission. This
can help prevent or reduce students submitting plagiarised work. The TurnItIn
service compares all submitted work against a vast digital collection of
submitted student work, Internet pages, books, journals, and periodicals.
The TurnItIn service only
works on the following file types: MS Word (.doc, .docx), WordPerfect (.wpd),
PostScript (.eps), Portable Document Format (.pdf), HTML (.htm), Rich Text
(.rtf) and Plain Text (.txt). Excel (.xls, .xlsx), Powerpoint (.ppt, .pptx) or
Zipped (.zip, .rar) files will not work. If there are scanned images in your
documents, the service will again fail.
TurnItIn Similarity Report
The TurnItIn Similarity Report becomes available about 30-45 minutes after your submission. If the
assignment submission is awaiting TurnItIn for the Similarity Report, then a TurnItIn ID will be
shown below the file uploaded. When the similarity report is generated a similarity index
percentage will be shown below the TurnItIn ID.
Click on the similarity index percentage to view the similarity report. Note that your web browser
may block the similarity report pop-up. Please allow pop-ups to open up the similarity report.
Guide: How to Allow pop-ups
The similarity index will only be shown when the TurnItIn report has been generated. Please wait
about 30-45 minutes after your submission. If the assignment dropbox does not have TurnItIn
enabled, no files will be checked by TurnItIn.
If you receive an error message, please take necessary corrective measures and resubmit your
work. Contact the Moodle Help team if you require further assistance.
A sample TurnItIn Similarity Report is shown below. This report shows that the student's work has
a 24% similarity and it matches to another student's work. The parts of the document highlighted in
red are what TurnItIn has identified as matches.
Here is another TurnItIn Similarity Report. The similarity index for this work is 66%
and it matches to to 7 different sources.
The Match Overview panel on the right-hand side of the page shows the list of sources in which
TurnItIn has detected matches with the student's work. The percentage of the student's work that is
similar is also given. Each source is numbered and colour coded. Clicking on any of the sources in
the list will highlight the section of the document where matches are found.
This is a good aid for students to identify potential cases of plagiarism or incorrect citations in their
work. Using this report students can then make the necessary changes to improve and reduce the
matches in their work.
Note that TurnItIn has also picked up sources 3 and 5 as matches. TurnItIn cannot distinguish
between correctly cited works and unintentional plagiarism. It only highlights parts of the document
that is similar to other sources. In the example above, matches from source 3 has been correctly
referenced. The teaching staff will need to use this report and filter out correctly referenced
sources. This will reduce the similarity percentage. It is not necessary that your work should have a
0% similarity index.
Question 9
Q9. After submission to a Moodle dropbox it takes 30-45mins for TurnItIn to generate the
Similarity Index Report/Link.
True
Score: 1
False
Score: 0
Question 10
Q10. _________ % is the University approved acceptable TurnItIn Similarity Index
Percentage Level. Any thing above this value is tagged for review by the
marker to determine if plagiarism actually took place.
20
Score: 1
Turnitin Video
Watch this short video guide:
TurnItIn_Report.mp4
Question 11
Q11. Which of the following is not a purpose for using Turnitin while grading assignments?
To enhance innovative ideas.
Score: 0
To minimize plagiarism
Score: 0
To acknowledge others work.
Score: 0
To allow students to copy.
Score: 1
5.0 Mahara
Mahara
Mahara is an open source e-portfolio system with a flexible display framework. Mahara, meaning
'think' or 'thought' in Te Reo M?ori, is user centered environment with a permissions framework
that enables different views of an e-portfolio to be easily managed. (eCDF, 2006)
Main Menu
The main menu is the most important feature for navigating around your Mahara, (Derrin Michael
Kent, 2010). This is because it appears on almost every page that you visit and contains options
for linking to all the important sections of your ePortfolio. You can see it at the top of your Mahara
page and it will look like this:
ePortfolio
What is an ePortfolio? An ePortfolio refers “to an electronically stored collection (or archive) of a
student’s experiences, achievements and artifacts, together with their reflections on learning.”
(Australian Learning & Teaching Council, 2009).
Renaming the UU100 Collection Template
To rename the UU100 Collection template you
will need to click on the Portfolio tab in Mahara and then select Pages and Collections.
Question 12
Q12:The purpose of Mahara is to:
display resources only.
Score: 0
collect and reflect only.
Score: 0
collect, reflect, organise, show and publish.
Score: 1
assess students.
Score: 0
Renaming the UU100 Collection Template
By default the name of the template is SXXXXXXXX_FULLNAME_UU100 LEARNING JOURNEY.
Type your own student ID number in place of SXXXXXXXX and type your full name in
capital letters followed by UU100 Learning Journey.
Click SAVE button.
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Note that
your UU100 collection template has 3 pages;
1. UU100
MEMOIR PAGE,
2. UU100
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COMPONENT PAGE and the
3. UU100
INFORMATION LITERACY COMPONENT PAGE.
Opening a page to view/edit
To view or edit your page, first click on the Portfolio on the main menu and then click on the page
you want to view/edit.
You can open other pages in your collection by
clicking on Next Page or the Previous Page button. Alternatively,
you can navigate to any particular page in your collection by clicking on the Navigate
to page dropdown menu shown in the illustration below.
Question 13
Q13: To view/edit the UU100 Learning Journey Collection template you will need to click on the
Portfolio tab in Mahara and select Pages and collections.
True
Score: 1
False
Score: 0
6.0 Google Apps
Google Apps
Google Apps
is a service from Google providing independently customizable versions of
several Google products under a custom domain name. It features several Web applications with
similar functionality to traditional office suites, including: Gmail, Google
Groups, GoogleCalendar, GTalk, Docs and Sites. (Wikipedia Foundations, 2010)
The University
of the South Pacific, in collaboration with Google, has commenced a project to
implement Google Applications for students. Like most universities, the
University of the South Pacific provides students with a free email account which is
created when they enroll.
The
initial service offering includes:
Google
Calendar is an online sharable calendar which allows users to keep track of all
events and tasks. It permits users to share events, meetings and entire
Calendar. Furthermore, users have liberty to publish their calendars on the web
such as their websites for organizational events.
Google Docs makes collaboration of web-based word-processing, spreadsheet, and
presentation
more efficient. It permits users to store documents online, sharing access with
others to peruse and update document simultaneously using browser. It further
allows monitoring of real time changes while the document is edited by others
who have access to the document.
Question 14
Q14. Which of the following is not a purpose of google calendar?
To Keep track of events and tasks.
Score: 0
To share events.
Score: 0
To permit users to store documents online.
Score: 1
To create organizational events.
Score: 0
7.0 LEARNER SUPPORT TOOLS
LEARNER SUPPORT TOOLS
Various learner support tools and services are accessible via the icons below.
1. UU100 Web Conference
e Mentoring is real time online mentoring led by UU100 facilitators.
This Live virtual classroom support is provided for all Online students on an hourly basis every day from Monday to Friday.
2. F2F Mentoring/Help Sessions
Face to Face mentoring of students by senior students (mentors). You need to sign up for a peer
mentoring session in order to
attend your peer mentoring classes. Peer Mentors can be seen as your study buddies
will guide you and facilitate group discussions
with other students in your courses
3. Student Learning Services
The work of Student Learning Support
(SLS) is to support all students in their attempts to pursue academic studies
and provide
professional assistance to help you develop as an independent
active learner.
How Student learning support is provided
One-to-one consultation through an
"open door"policy;
Generic support (Provide Academic Skills
Workshops)
Teaching and learning partnerships that attempt
to embed the student learning
support into the mainstream teaching program
(Industry Mentoring Programme)
4. General Help Forum
Students can use this forum to raise any general course related queries, concerns or issues.
5. UU100 Team Contact Details
Students can use this link to view the contact details and consultation hours of all UU100 Lab
facilitators
Question 15
Q15: Which of the following learner support tool should be accessed for virtual (online)
support?
Student Learning Services
Score: 0
E-Mentoring Sessions
Score: 1
YourTutor
Score: 0
Peer Mentoring Help Sessions
Score: 0
8.0 mLEARNING
8. USP Mobile App
The University of the South Pacific
is one of the premium provider of education in the Pacific and is known to be
connected to thousands of people across the Pacific and even internationally.
With so many people connected to the University, the efficiency in conveying
information and communication may vary from time. To ensure that the important
bits of the information are shared in time and efficiently, The University of
the South Pacific would like to introduce its very own USP Mobile App. The
USP Mobile App is an informative tool for students, staff, and visitors. The aim
of the app is to have University information and services accessible by the
users instantly and efficiently. The USP mobile App also links to the
USP Campus Map that will help the app users to find their way around USP. The
app also has other university information. The app will be continuously updated
to have most of the USP’s online functionalities in the app.
http://www.usp.ac.fj/index.php?id=uspmobile
Features Accessible Through Login (For Students Only)
Course Feed
Course Feed displays all the latest course news and announcements of the
course that the students are registered in and therefore, this feature
will enable users to access the course news in more instantly to their
fingertips with notification.
Course Notification Alert
The notification feature also provides notification alerts/message to the
students for their courses from the course coordinators. This is to
provide most instant message, for example, UU100 Monday, 23/03/2020 class
at 3pm is cancelled. This be instantly notified to the students.
Exam Timetable
This feature is designed for students to get all examination details about
their course. It is only accessible to students who are logged into the
app. The students can view the exam timetable including the date, time,
and venue and seat number of the student. Notification will be sent to
students when their timetable is ready.
Course Timetable
The course timetable is one of the most important features of the app that
will help out the students to see their course timetables for their
lectures, labs and tutorials in the app. The students’ no longer need to
write timetable on their books or check SOLS for the exact class time.
End of Lesson
Congratulations! Ensure to click on the "End Lesson" command button at the bottom of the
page to tag your attempt of the lesson as complete and see what marks you have achieved.
Please Note: that you are required to successfully pass this lesson in-order to access the
Test Your Knowledge Web Quiz/Activity for Topic 1.
You can save the downloadable version of Topic 1 notes from the links given below:
Theoretical Notes
Practical Notes
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