1 “ Introduction to … ”

2 Today’s Menu What is ILN? Introduce left tool bar Exercise (10 min.) Enter the community Introduce main features of ILN Exercise

3 What is ILN? A learner management system (LMS) A community-building environment The design is based on the concept of Community Enables teachers/students to become more involved in the community Allows the users to interact through synchronize or a synchronize communication Focus on group collaborative interactions and discussions, rather than on multimedia/teaching resource delivery

4 Structure of the Community ILN Community (TEST10) Sub-community Community (2003/04) Sub-community (Department A) Sub-community (Department B) Course 1Course 2Course 3 Community (Library) Sub-community

5 Login from Shue Yan’s website

6 Log into ILN: Key in the username & password

7 ILN Home Page left tool bar

8 Left Tool Bar Announcement My ILN My Profile My Folder My Calendar Select community ILN FAQs Logout

9 Announcement Allow user to view the various active announcements posted for the particular community

10 Make Announcement

11 Make Announcement

12 My ILN List the communities which you have access right

13 My Profile Allow user to view and modify his/her personal details

14 My Folder Allow user to store and manage files on the system host server to upload file

15 My Calendar Allow user to keep track and plan his/her schedule for the course. Information can be made private or public to notify the students. recorded event

16 Select Community available communities

17 ILN FAQs Display all the Frequently Ask Questions about the ILN system

18 Documentation

19 Logout Allow user to log out and terminate their ILN’s session

20 Logout Window

21 Exercise Announcement –Add an announcement related to your course My Profile –change the information inside or even your password My Folder –Create new folders My Calendar –Enter some events into your calendar Subscribe –subscribe to other sub-communities in TEST10 Logout –Try to logout and login again

22 To Enter a Community: Click the arrow to list all the available communities, after select the community, click ‘Go’

23 Selected Community Home Page current feature tabs for all features selected community

24 Sub-community: Departments

25 ACCT Course Home Page click to show course list

26 Subscribed Courses List click any one to enter the course community public resources for ACCT

27 A Particular Sub-community (course acct330 section 1) move the mouse over it to show the tool bar

28 My ILN Tool Bar

29 To Change the Tab Properties

30 Tab Properties click to change the property

31 Check for New Participants

32 Sharing Resources

33 Sharing Resources with other Sub-communities (Courses)

34 Other Features General Information Announcement Assignment Forum Chat Quiz Contact Evaluation Extension Mail

35 Exercise Try the features *** when uploading files, it is recommended to use filenames with no space *** Thank you… Thank you… & hope you will enjoy using ILN