WawasanLearn
Student Orientation
July 2010 Semester
What is WawasanLearn?
• WOU’s Learning Management System
(LMS)
• provides you with supplementary learning
resources and activities related to your
course(s)
Why WawasanLearn is important?
• Contains supplementary course materials. For
example,
multimedia and
PowerPoint files for
you to view or download.
• Enables you to participate in online discussions:
– group discussions with other students
– public discussion with your Course Coordinator,
tutor and other students
• Contains softcopy of your Tutor Marked
Assignments (TMAs)
• Connects you to the University’s online services
including Online Assignment Submission System.
Accessing WawasanLearn
• To access WawasanLearn, use the student
portal under MY LMS tab or alternatively,
visit:
https://lms.wou.edu.my
This will be the first screen you will see
Click on “MY LMS” then click “here” to access
WawasanLearn
Alternatively
Upon typing in
https://lms.wou.edu.my
you will see the first page of the
WawasanLearn
Login
Login here by
typing in your
username and
password
Choose any course you would
like to view by clicking on the
course name. For example:
Basic Computing and the
Internet
Upon clicking, you will be taken to the webpage
of your current registered course(s)
Course Main Page
•
•
Every course is
represented on a 3pane format.
The middle pane is
divided into 2
sections:
– Announcements
and Online
Forums
– Supplementary
Course Materials
LEFT pane displays the
“Activities” available and the
list of your registered course(s)
RIGHT pane displays the
calendar and latest
announcements
WawasanLearn’s course main page
1
Your tutorial forums
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3
Your Course Coordinator’s
and tutor’s
announcements
are here
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2
2 sections:
Supplementary
Course Materials
TMAs etc.
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4
Your tutorial resources
are available in the
folders here
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How do I navigate within WawasanLearn?
Here you could
navigate ‘backwards’
without using
‘back arrow’
Forums in WawasanLearn
• Serve as collaborative learning methods that
allow you to participate in course related
discussions with your Course Coordinator, tutor
and fellow students
You are encouraged to participate actively in the Tutorial Forum instead
of the Public Forum. The Public Forum is used to discuss a wider range
of topics and may not be specific to your tutorial groups’ needs.
Reminder:
You can only edit your forum postings within the first 30 minutes.
Accessing forum
1. Click on the forum
title
2. Click on the post
that you would like
to view
Notice that you have
1 unread message.
Marking forum posts
There are 2 ways of marking forums postings
that you have read.
Individually mark “READ” to each post
Or
Automatically mark “READ ALL POSTS”
Individually mark “READ” to each
post
Under this function, you can mark
individually each post which you have read.
Please ensure that
you click the ‘Mark
Read’ link after you
have read the post.
Automatically mark “READ ALL
POSTS”
Under this function, you can automatically
mark “READ” (by clicking the green check
icon) on ALL the unread postings.
Now, you have no more unread posts.
Difference between the options
For Individually “mark read to each post” option, if
you fail to click the ‘Mark Read’ link, you will keep
seeing the unread posts even though you have
viewed them.
For Automatically “mark read all posts” option, the
“Unread” indicator will automatically disappear
after clicking the “green-checker” icon.
Starting or Adding a discussion
Click on any of the
forum to start a
discussion
Next, you will see a page like below..
To participate in this
discussion, click on
the “Add a new
discussion topic”
button
This is the page where you will type in your discussion.
When you are done, click on the “Post to forum” button.
1
Provide a title for
your discussion
topic
4
Use this button to
post the forum
3
Use this button to
attach a file (if
any) from your
computer
2
Type your
discussion
contents here
Replying to a Post
Click here to reply
to a discussion/post
How do you share web links?
You would still need to use the forum discussions to share links. When you
are done, click on the “Post to forum” button.
1
Provide a title for
your discussion
topic
2
Paste your
web links
here
3
4
Click OK
Click the insert a
resource link icon
here
Example of a forum thread
Quizzes
• Online Quizzes are available for you to
practice.
• The online score will not be counted as
part of the final grade.
Example of an online quiz
Choose your answer
using the radio
button “ “
Click here to submit
your answers
Resources
• Types of documents like:
– Microsoft PowerPoint slides to enhance your learning on
certain topics
– Microsoft Word files
for your supplementary reading
• Website Links
– On articles for you to discuss in forums
– Online quiz to test your knowledge
– Online interactive programs to test your knowledge
Tutor Marked Assignments (TMAs)
• The Tutor Marked Assignment will be made
available for you to download and view in
WawasanLearn
• You need to locate the second section of your
course page which contains a folder named Tutor
Marked Assignments (TMAs)
Click here to
view the
TMAs
Tutor Marked Assignments (TMAs)
• Click on the TMA file that you wish to download
Click here to view
and download the
TMAs
Tutor Marked Assignments (TMAs)
• Choose if you would like to download or view the
TMA
Click here to view and
download the TMAs
We hope this session will assist you in accessing
WawasanLearn and do have a rewarding experience.
Thank You