WawasanLearn Student Orientation January 2010 Semester

What is WawasanLearn? WawasanLearn is WOU’s Learning Management System (LMS) that 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. You will be able to participate in online discussions: –group discussions with other students –public discussions with your Course Coordinator, tutor and other students Contains softcopy of your Tutor-marked Assignments (TMAs)

Accessing WawasanLearn To access WawasanLearn, use the student portal under MY LMS tab or alternatively, visit:

This will be the first screen you will see Click on “MY LMS” then click “here” to access WawasanLearn

Upon typing in you will see the first page of the WawasanLearn Notice that ALL the courses on offer by the Schools are displayed here. You would be able to go into your registered courses Alternatively

Login Page 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 in, you will be taken to the webpage of your current registered course(s)

Course Main Page Every course is represented on a 3- pane 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 Your tutorial resources are available in the folders here (Enlarge)Enlarge Your Course Coordinator’s and tutor’s announcements are here (Enlarge)Enlarge 2 sections: Supplementary Course Materials, Assessment etc. (Enlarge)Enlarge Your tutorial forums (Enlarge)Enlarge

Each course has five tutorial forums. The forums discuss various important topics before and after each tutorial. Back

Second section – Assessments & TMAs First section – Supplementary course materials and resources Back

Announcements and other important notices from the Course Coordinator are available at the topmost of the page

Click here to view course materials inside the folder

Layer 2 Folders containing: 1.Powerpoint files 2.Pdf files 3.Multimedia files You can click on any file to view it online Or You can identify and right click to download it Back Layer 2 of Resources

Click on the title on the header of your course page to navigate ‘backwards’ without using ‘back arrow’ How do I navigate within WawasanLearn?

Reminder: You can only edit your forum postings within the first 30 minutes. You are encouraged to participate actively in the Tutorial Forum instead of the Public Forum. The Public Forum is more suitable for discussing a wider range of topics and may not be specific to the needs of your tutorial group. Forums in WawasanLearn Serve as a collaborative learning tool that allows you to participate in course related discussions with your Course Coordinator, tutor and coursemates.

To participate in this discussion, click on the “Add a new discussion topic” button Click on any of the forum to start a discussion Next, you will see a page like below.. Starting a discussion

This is the page where you will type in your discussion. When you are done, click on the “Post to forum” button. Provide a title for your discussion topic 1 Type your discussion contents here 2 Use this button to post the forum 3

Click here to reply to the discussion Replying to discussion

Click the insert a resource link icon here Click OK You would still need to use the forum discussions to share links on the page. When you are done, click on the “Post to forum” button. 4 3 Provide a title for your discussion topic 1 Paste your web links here 2 How do you share web links?

Quizzes Online Quizzes are available for your practice. The online score will not be counted as part of the final grade.

Example of an online quiz Click here to submit your answers Choose your answer using the radio button “ “

Types of documents like: –Microsoft PowerPoint slides to enhance your learning of certain topics –Pdf files for your supplementary reading Website Links –Articles for forum discussions –Online quizzes to test your knowledge –Online interactive programs to test your knowledge Resources

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 We hope this session will assist you in using WawasanLearn and do have a rewarding experience. Click here to view and download the TMAs Tutor Marked Assignments (TMAs)

Thank You