Logging on as a Student

Once you have typed in your site access code and entered the lobby area, you must select the Student entrance. If you have not yet been registered on the system, your tutor may ask you to self register. If you already have your user name and password then:

Enter your user name and password into the ‘Existing Users’ logon box
Click the Logon button.

Helpful tip or information If you are registered in more than one class you will be asked to choose which one to enter.

The Class Home Page

After logging on you will be taken to your 'Class Home' page. Before starting work, lets take quick look at this page. Across the top of the page is a toolbar containing items that will be present whenever you are logged on.

Student toolbar

On the right is your name and a link to exit the classroom and log-off. Also on the toolbar are options for viewing email, chat and notices – these buttons will flash when new items are available.

Helpful tip or information Your tutor has control over which buttons appear in this toolbar so you may not see all of these buttons.

On the left of the toolbar is the ‘Journal’ button. The Journal consists of two elements, a workbook area where you may be asked to enter responses while working and a diary where you and your tutor can enter date related notes.

The remainder of the page contains buttons for viewing reports and changing some of your settings. Refer to the Class Home help for more information on these items.

Starting Work

Click the ‘Start Work’ button on the class home page to call up your Work Schedule page. This page displays all the work that you have access to. Click the

and

symbols to expand and contract the modules of study.

Helpful tip or information If you have a large number of lessons available, the work schedule may be broken into several pages. This will be indicated with page numbers and more work arrows at the top and/or bottom of the page.

To load a piece of work, click on the named lesson link.

As you complete work, your score achieved and the date the work was handed in will be added to this Work Schedule list.

You can still load a piece of work after it has been handed but you will not be able to change your answers to the questions unless your tutor has unlocked it.

Student Work Schedule

Handing in and Logging Off

Once a piece of work has been loaded, you should follow the on-screen instructions to work through it.

When you are ready to hand-in your work, or if you wish to save it to complete at a later date, you should click the ‘Close’ button in the toolbar or within the content itself. You will be presented with a page asking you how you wish the work to be closed.

Select the close option you require.

Helpful tip or information The exact options you will be presented with will depend on your site settings but will include the options to Hand-In or to Save for a later date.

Student close options

When you have finished working, use the link in the toolbar to logoff. After logging off you should always close your browser by clicking the in the top right corner.

Helpful tip or information If you are registered in more than one class, you should click the ‘Exit Classroom’ link and then the 'Exit' link on the page which appears.