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EduNxt Orientation Logging into the EduNxt Portal How to login EduNxt portal? What are the features of EduNxt homepage/dashboard? EduNxt Portal Homepage / Dashboard Using Go to menu a. My Profile
How do I view my current profile? How do I change my profile details or How to update my profile?

b. My Network
How do I view my current network?

c. My Messages
How do I view my messages? How do I sort my list of messages? How to delete one or more messages from my inbox/message list? How to mark a message Read/Unread How do I reply/respond to the existing message in my inbox? How to send new message to any community member?

d. My Mediacentre
How do I create new folder in Mediacentre? How do I upload files in Mediacentre? How do I Edit the folder/file descriptions & keywords in Mediacentre? 1|Page

How do I move a file/folder from one folder to another in Mediacentre? How do I delete file/folder from Mediacentre?

e. My Programs
Where do I find program guide, project guidelines, chat links and other details of programs?

f. My Subjects
How do I access my subjects and what are the learning activities that I can perform once I select the subject? What are the main features of subject homepage? Where do I find recorded chat videos? What are the different learning activities I can perform in classroom dashboard? Where do I find e-slm, ppts, mcqs, faqs, model question papers, case studies, slm pdf files and assignments? How to view/reply messages from My Mails? How do I view the list of events for a specific date in Calendar?

How to view the members belongs to particular subject? How to send message to members belongs to particular subject? How do I view the list of groups that I belong to?

g. My Groups
How do I view the list of groups that I belong to?

Using My Reports menu

Using My Updates menu

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Collaboration Tools
Discussion forums What is a Discussion forum? Blogs Wikis What is Wiki? Where do I find Wikis created on EduNxt? How to create/edit/post content in Wikis? What is a blog? How do I view the faculty blogs? How do I add comments to an existing blog post? How do I add new posts to a blog? How do I create my personal blog? Where do I find discussion forums? How do I create a new message post on a discussion topic? How do I respond to any discussion thread? How do I insert an image or attach any other artefact along with my discussion post? How do I insert links to websites along with my discussion post?

Community Network What is a community network wall and what are its key features?

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EDUNXT ORIENTATION
Objective: Provide orientation on EduNxt Portal to SMUDE Students. Logging into the Edunxt Portal The EduNxt Portal URL is -

http://edunxt.smude.edu.in

The above URL leads to Sikkim Manipal University - EduNxt website Login page.

Figure: Edunxt Login Page

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Provide your login credentials (user name and password) and click on the Sign in button to enter the Home page of EduNxt portal. Note: Students should use their roll number as login ID and password. EduNxt Portal Homepage/Dashboard (Below figure shows the Home Page of EduNxt portal.)

Figure: EduNxt Home Page/Dashboard

EduNxt Home Page/Dashboard comprises the following features: 1. Go to 2. My Reports 3. My Updates

4. My Mails 5. My Communities 6. My Community Updates 7. To Do 8. Calendar 9. Other Links Brief explanation has been given below for each feature that appear in the home page/dashboard 1. Go to: This feature focuses on individual students profile, messages, group information, program details, Subject information etc.

Figure: Go to feature of home page

As shown in the above figure Go to feature of home page includes the following features: a. My Profile b. My Network c. My Messages d. My Mediacentre e. My Programs 6|Page

f. My Subjects g. My Groups

a. My Profile: Your profile is where you can choose to store information about yourself. You can make this information visible to your friends and others who share your interests. You can even upload a picture of yours or something that symbolizes you. How do I view my current profile?

Figure: My Profile

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As shown in the above figure, 1. Go to Home Page 2. Click on My Profile link under Go to menu Your current profile will be displayed in the right side of the window. How do I change my profile details or How to update my profile?

Figure: Edit Profile

As shown in the above figure, 1. Go to Home Page 2. Click on My Profile link under Go to menu 3. Click on Edit Profile link at the top right side of the window. You will get the window (as shown in the below figure) to edit your present profile details.

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Figure: Edit Profile

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4. Change your profile details (basic info, education qualification, experience info etc.) as applicable (see the above figure) 5. Click on the Update button; your profile updates will be saved successfully. Member of your community can view all your profile details. b. My Network: My network consists of your direct contacts. This can be your friends and faculty members. How do I view my current network?

Figure: My Network

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As shown in the above figure, 1. Go to Home Page 2. Click on My Network link under Go to menu. You will get the list of friends/Mentors listed under your network option. You can also select the friends/mentor from People you may know option as shown in the above figure. c. My Messages: These are various messages from other community members and also from friends and faculty members. This provides a quick and easy mode to view your inbox and helps you to perform standard mailbox activities such as delete, mark as read/unread; send/receive messages to/from other community members. How do I view my messages?

Figure: Message Inbox

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As shown in the above figure, 1. Go to Home Page 2. Click on My Messages link under Go to menu. Your list of messages in the inbox will be shown. How do I sort my list of messages? You can sort your messages by subject or by the last updated date by clicking on the respective heading in your message inbox.

Figure: Sort Messages

How to delete one or more messages from my inbox/message list? 1. Select the message to be deleted 2. Click on the Delete button. Your message will be deleted (see the below figure)

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Figure: Delete Option

How to mark a message Read/Unread 1. Select the relevant message/s to be marked as read/unread 2. Select the action Mark as read or Mark as unread from the more action drop down menu. 3. Click on the Execute button. Your message will be marked as read/unread.

Figure: Mark Message as Read/Unread

How do I reply/respond to the existing message in my inbox? 1. Click on the message to be replied
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Figure: Messages in Inbox

2. Write your reply message in Message box as message thread. (you can also view the message from sender at the top of the window)

Figure: Reply Message in Message Window

3. Click on the send message button. Your message will be delivered to the respective recipient. You can also view your replied message in view message option.
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Figure: View Message

How to send new message to any community member? 1. Click on the Write new message link

Figure: Write New Message Link

2. Enter your message details in the message box and senders detail in the To field. Click on the select senders list option to select

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the sender. You can also preview your message by clicking on Preview message button. 3. Click on Send message button. Your message will be sent to the recipient.

Figure: Write New Message Window

d. My Mediacentre: This is online repository of all your files which includes files of any format such as jpg , jpeg , png , gif , bmp , psd , doc , docx , xls , xlsx , pdf , csv , xml , zip , zipx , gz , rar , 7z , ppt , pptx , mpp , swf & odt.

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Figure: My Mediacentre

Figure: My Mediacentre Window

How do I create new folder in Mediacentre? 1. Click on the My Media Centre link 2. Click on the Create New Folder link

Figure: Create New Folder Link in My Mediacentre Window

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3. Enter the folder details

Figure: New Folder creation

4. Click on the Create button New folder will be created successfully and listed

Figure: New Folder IT Syllabus in My Mediacentre

How do I upload files in Mediacentre? 1. Click on the My Media Centre link 2. Open the specific folder in which you want the file to be uploaded

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Figure: Folder IT Syllabus in My Mediacentre

3. Click on the Upload Files link

Figure: Upload Files Link

4. Enter file description and keywords

Figure: Options in Upload Files

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5. Click on the Browse button to locate and select the file. If multiple files are to be added, click on Add more link located just below the Browse button. If you want to send your files to a specific folder click on Choose destination link and you will get all folder list which are present at Mediacentre. (see the above figure) 6. Click on Upload button Your file will be uploaded into the respective folder

Figure: Files in Mediacentre

How do I Edit the folder/file descriptions & keywords in Mediacentre? 1. Click on the My Media Centre link

Figure: Folders in Mediacentre

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2. Click on the Edit icon to edit the relevant folder/file

Figure: Edit icon in Mediacentre

3. Update the necessary details

Figure: Save Button

4. Click on Save button Details (descriptions/keywords) of the files/folders will be updated successfully. How do I move a file/folder from one folder to another in Mediacentre?

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1. Select the folder/file checkbox which needs to be moved to a different folder

Figure: Move Icon in Mediacentre

2. Click on the move icon 3. Select the new folder to which the folder/file needs to be moved

Figure: Move Option

4. Click on the Move button The file/folder will be moved to a different folder successfully.

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 How do I delete file/folder from Mediacentre? 1. Click on the delete icon for the relevant folder/file or Select the folder/file checkbox and click on the Delete button

Figure: Delete Option

2. Click on OK button in the confirmation pop up window

Figure: Delete Confirmation Pop up Window

The selected folder/file will be deleted successfully

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e. My Programs: You can view the list of programs that you have enrolled for.

Figure: List of programs in My Programs

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 Where do I find program guide, project guidelines, chat links and other details of programs? 1. Click on My Programs under Go to menu 2. You will find the list of programs you are enrolled for as shown in the above figure 3. Click on individual program link for which you want the details; you will find the announcement and Alerts uploaded for that particular program 4. To get/download the program guides/ project guidelines etc. click on About Program link under About menu as shown in the below figure

Figure: About menu in My Programs

Similarly click on the Chat videos link to get the recorded chat links and Videos links to view the videos uploaded for that program.
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f. My Subjects: In this section, you can view the list of subjects that you have enrolled for. You need to select any specific subject in order to perform further learning activities.

Figure: My Subjects in Go to Menu

How do I access my subjects and what are the learning activities that I can perform once I select the subject?

Figure: My Subjects

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As shown in the above figure, 1. Go to Home Page 2. Click on My Subjects link under Go to menu You will find the list of subjects you have enrolled for. Once you have selected any subject, you will be able to perform the following learning activities: View the ESLM( Electronic version of Self-Learning Material consist of audio/video/animations) View and download the Self Learning Material (unit wise SLMs are uploaded in the form of pdf files) View and download power point presentations Attempt Quiz/Multiple Choice Questions View and download Model Question Papers View and download Frequently Asked Questions View and download assignments, recorded chat sessions View other resources like case studies, articles, reference links, reference videos etc. Course/Subject Home Page: Clicking on any of the subject will lead to that specific course/subject homepage as shown in the below figure. What are the main features of subject homepage?

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Figure: Subject Home Page

Subject homepage comprises the following features: Go to About Learning Plan Learning Activities Class Groups Classroom Dashboard
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My updates My Mails My Contents My Community Updates Assessments Calendar Collaboration Tools Members

Goto: This section shares the same features of Goto menu of EduNxt home page/Dashboard.

Figure: Goto Menu of Subject Home page

About: Shares information about subjects, links of recorded chat sessions and subject introduction and other subject related videos.

Figure: About Menu of Subject Home page

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 About subject: By clicking on this link you are able view the subject introduction and objective of the particular subject Where do I find recorded chat videos? Chat Videos: comprises of recorded chat video links. You can view the recorded links as well as download the videos. Videos: Subject related videos, unit introduction videos are posted in this space. Learning Plan: Study Schedule of the particular subject is uploaded in this space. You can go through the schedule and prepare for your learning activities.

Figure: Learning Plan of Subject Home page

Learning Activities: Assignments and quizzes of a specific subject are posted in this space. You can view and download the assignments by clicking on Assignments link. You can also view the quizzes and attempt/practice the quizzes by clicking on Quizzes link.

Figure: Learning Activities Menu of Subject Home page

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Class

groups:

You

can

participate,

create,

contribute

to

various

discussions and collaborate with the members of your section via this feature. You may also create your own groups with various members across your communities to discuss and share ideas on topics of mutual interest. (Detailed explanation on Class groups is mentioned in the subsequent part of this document)

Figure: Class Groups Menu of Subject Home page

Classroom Dashboard: This area provides a few quick book marks in the form of icons to various learning activities performed by you.

Figure: Classroom Dashboard

Brief explanation is given below for all the feature of classroom dashboard i) Discussions: Discussion Forum refers to online discussion where users can come together to get information and exchange ideas. You can interact with various groups within your section and discuss any topic of interest with the members of your section.
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Clicking on this icon will lead to the various discussion topics created under this subject. You can click on any of the topic and post your messages.

Figure: Topics in Discussion Boards

ii) Blogs: this tool has been provided to you in order to have a common platform to share your ideas and inputs with other student and faculty members. Blog is generally maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or video.

Clicking on this icon will lead to the various blogs created under this subject. Click on individual blog links to go through the blog content.

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Figure: Blogs under Subject Space

iii) Wikis: Wiki collaboration tool has been provided to you in order to have a common platform to share your ideas and inputs with other student and faculty members within your section. Clicking on this icon will lead to the various Wikis created under this subject.

iv) Course Book: Course Book consists of SLM units, ESLMs, Case Studies, Articles, Model Question Papers with answer keys, Assignments and other Resources which include reference materials, reference videos, eBooks etc.

Where do I find e-slm, ppts, mcqs, faqs, model question papers, case studies, slm pdf files and assignments? Select any subject from My subjects section.
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Click on Course Book icon from Classroom Dashboard

Figure: Course Book Structure

Each Unit consists of resources like FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions), ESLM (E Self-Learning Material), PPT (PowerPoint Presentation) and MCQs (Multiple Choice Questions). Click on the drop down list icon which is placed in front of every unit or Unit tabs to see the resources of every unit. Brief explanation is given below for each of the resources: 1. Frequently Asked Questions: Frequently asked questions pertaining to each unit and answer to queries raised by students during chat sessions are uploaded so that students can view and or download the same. Click on a particular unit -

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> Click on Application & Evaluation tab -> Click on FAQ tab placed under every unit to get the FAQs as shown in the below figure.

Click on the attachment to download or view the FAQs document

Figure: FAQs section in Course Book

2.

ESLM: Is Electronic version of Self-Learning Material. It is not the replica of the printed SLM and is more interactive and to-the point. It is basically activity and assessment oriented. They have integrated with audio and video files. It consists of: Introduction to a unit through animation and video Key Learning Objectives Explanation of each learning objectives with practical examples, activities and self- assessment questions Summary Terminal Questions

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Click on a particular unit -> Click on Learn tab -> Click on SLM tab placed under every unit to get eslm contents as shown in the below figure.

Figure: ESLM section in Course Book

Note: after summary you will get the soft copy of that particular unit (slm) in the PDF format as shown in the below figure.

Click on the attachment to download or view the SLM PDF file

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3.

PowerPoint Presentation(PPT): PPT which is a summary of the SLM can be viewed or downloaded. Click on a particular unit -> Click on Learn tab -> Click on PPT tab placed under every unit to get the PPT files as shown in the below figure.

Click on the attachment to download or view the PPT file

Figure: PPT files in Course Book

4.

Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs): Unit-wise 1 mark, 2 marks and 4 marks multiple choice questions are made available for students. Click on a particular unit -> Click on Practice tab -> Click on Assessment tab placed under every unit to get MCQs as shown in the below figure.

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Figure: MCQs in Course Book

Case studies, Articles, Model Question Papers, Assignments & other resources of a particular subject is placed after 15 units (unit tabs) Below figures depicts how to access these resources. Case studies: General and subject /unit specific case studies are uploaded to form additional learning material. Click on Case Study tab -> Click on Application and Evaluation tab to access the case studies of a subject.

Figure: Case Study in Course Book

Articles: General and subject/unit specific Articles are uploaded to furnish additional learning material. Click on Articles tab -> Click on Learn tab to access the Articles as shown in the below figure.
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Click on the attachment to download or view the articles

Figure: Articles in Course Book

5.

Model Question Paper (MQP): Model Question Paper of the subject is uploaded along with answer keys. Click on Model Question Paper tab -> Click on Application and Evaluation tab to access the Model Question paper and Answer Keys as shown in the below figure.

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Click on the attachment to download or view the Model Question Paper

Figure: Model Question Papers in Course Book

6.

Assignments: Drive-wise asignments of a subject is uploaded here. To submit the assignments students need to download the assignment question paper. Click on DE-Assignment tab -> Click on Access Yourself tab to access/download the Assignments.

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Click on the attachment to download the assignments

Figure: Assignments in Course Book

7.

Resources: Additional resource like weblinks, videos, slm library (all slm unit-wise pdf files), PPT library (unit-wise PPT files) etc. are uploaded here.

Click on the attachment to download or view the SLM & PPT library

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Figure: SLM and PPT Library in Course Book

v) Quizzes: These are Multiple Choice Questions of specific subject. It consists of one mark, two marks and four marks questions. By clicking on this icon you can view and attempt the quiz belongs to that specific subject.

vi) My updates: Announcements such as Chat Schedule, Chat recording links, Assignment guidelines, Learning Plan etc. related to specific subjects are posted in this space.

Figure: My Updates section in Subject Home Page

vii) My Mails: Incoming messages from your community are reflected in inbox. Received and Sent messages can be viewed in this section.

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 How to view/reply messages from My Mails?

Figure: Messages in My Mails section of Subject space

2. Click on individual message link. Your message will be displayed in a separate popup window along with the details of sender, subject and message text as shown in the below figure.

Figure: View message option in My Mails section of Subject space

To reply a particular message, 8. Click on the message link to open a particular message 9. Your message will be displayed in a separate popup window 10. Enter your reply message in reply message box as shown in the below figure
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11.

Click on Send message button

Your message will be delivered to the respective recipients.

Figure: Reply Message option in My Mails section of Subject space

viii) My Contents: Subject related resources are updated in this section. You can open unit wise PPT files, SLM pdf files and FAQs from Learn tab and unit wise MCQs from Practice tab. Click on individual resource links to view and download the resources.

Figure: My Contents of Subject space

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ix) My Community Updates: Subject specific blogs, Wikis and Forums are updated in this section. You can view/reply the blogs/wikis/forums by clicking on topics.

Figure: My Community Updates of Subject space

x) Assessments:

Figure: Assessment section of Subject space

xi) Calendar: The calendar feature allows you to view the various events and activities planned for the particular selected date. Events are created in the calendar for any activity such as assignment, quiz, exam etc. that needs to be completed by you.

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 How do I view the list of events for a specific date in Calendar? 1. Click on the relevant date which has any events highlighted. You will view the list of event/s for that specific date.

Figure: Calendar of Subject space

xii) Collaboration Tools: Subject specific blogs, discussions and wikis are updated in this section. This section shares the same features of My Community Updates.

Figure: Collaboration Tools of Subject space

xiii) Members: You can view all the members of your section along with their roles and profiles using this feature. How to view the members belongs to particular subject? 1. Select a subject from My Subject section 2. The Members menu in the subject dashboard screen shows a list of all the members that have been enrolled to the subject selected.
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The role of each member in the section selected is also listed as shown in the below figure.

Figure: Members in Subject space

How to send message to members belongs to particular subject? You can send message to any member by clicking on send message link. Write your message in Message box; Specify the subject and click on send message button. Your message will be delivered to that particular member.

Figure: Send Message Option in Subject space

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g. My Groups: Let you collaborate with various groups via discussions and postings. You may also create your own informal groups with various members across your communities to discuss and share ideas on topics of mutual interest How do I view the list of groups that I belong to?

Figure: My Groups Option in Goto Menu

Click on the My Groups link within the Go To menu and you will be able to see the list of groups that you are a member of.

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Figure: List of Groups

Click on the Group name link to view the group network with wall and activity streams for further collaboration. How do I post a message on the group network for all members to view?

Figure: Post Message on the group network

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Use the group wall to interact and communicate with all the group members. 2. My Reports: This feature focuses on performance reports. It comprises Program Progress report and Student Activity Report.

Figure: My Reports

How do I view my Program progress report? 1. Click on View reports link under Reports menu 2. Select the Program Progress Report and click on the Get Report button

Figure: Program Process Report

3. Select the program from the list of programs that you have enrolled to

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Figure: List of Programs under Program Process Report

4. Your program progress report is displayed

Figure: Program Process Report

3. My Updates: Once you have logged in, the dashboard contains various updates for you from other community members. Updates on alerts, announcements and messages are displayed in this section. Announcements such as Chat Schedule, Chat recording links, Assignment guidelines, Learning Plan, Exam dates etc. are posted in this space. Alert section reminds you of any pending actions to be performed by you. Click on the individual link open the announcements or alerts.
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Figure: My Updates

4. My Mails: Received and Sent messages can be viewed in this section. More information on how to view and reply to the messages covered in my mails section of subject dashboard.

Figure: My Mails

5. My Communities: Displays the list of programs and subjects you have enrolled to. Click on the My Programs tab to get the program list and click on the My subjects tab to get the list of your subjects.
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Figure: My Communities

6. My Community Updates: Gives you access to the collaborative tools such as blog, wiki and forum. You will find all blogs and forums created by your community and other community members here. Click on view all link to see all the blogs/forum updated in this section.

Figure: My Community Updates

7. To do: Pending activities like assignments, quiz or any other To do activities are displayed.

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Figure: To do list

8. Calendar: The calendar feature allows you to view the various events and activities planned for the particular selected date. Tasks, activities planned and announcements get reflected in the form of highlighted dates. For more information you can go through the calendar feature of subject space. 9. Other Links: This feature shares the information on learning process maps, collaborative tools, and exam schedules. Click on individual links to get detail information.

Figure: Other links

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Collaboration Tools: EduNxt portal provides you with the following collaboration tools: 1. 2. 3. 4. Discussion Forums Blogs Wikis Community Network Wall

Discussion forums: What is a Discussion forum? Discussion forums are frequently used in subjects in the learning management system. Student-to-student and professor-to-student communication and interaction are essential components of the learning experience. Discussion- forums facilitates this interaction. A discussion forum is an online discussion site where you can hold conversations in the form of posted messages. Discussion forums have a specific set of jargon associated with them; e.g. a single conversation is called a "thread." A discussion forum is hierarchical or tree-like in structure: a discussion forum can contain a number of categories, each of which may have several topics. Within a discussion topic, each new discussion started is called a thread, and can be replied to by as many members as wish to. You can participate in various discussions within your subject or the discussions in your groups:

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Figure: Discussion Forums - Categories

1 Discussion forum categories 2 Discussion topics within each category 3 Discussion messages (thread) within the topics Where do I find discussion forums?

To view the discussion forums (categories, topics and discussion threads within each topic) within a subject or group, click on the Discussions link within the subject dashboard or group network space:

Discussion forums:

Figure: Discussion Forums Categories

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Discussion topics within a forum:

Figure: Discussion Forums Topics

To view the latest set of discussion forum posts, view the My Community Updates block:

Figure: Forum updates on My Community updates block

How do I create a new message post on a discussion topic? 1. 2. Select your subject or group where you wish to participate in View the list of discussion categories and topics within the discussion forums community selected
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3. 4.

Select any topic of your interest Click on Create Message button

Figure: Discussion Topic Create Message

Note: You may not have the Create Message option if the group owner has locked the specific topic to be a read-only topic. 5. Enter your message details and click on Post button

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Figure: Discussion Topic Create Message

6.

Your message will be posted successfully

How do I respond to any discussion thread? 1. 2. 3. 4. Select your group of interest from the list of groups that you View the list of discussion categories and topics within the Select any topic of your interest and view the message posts Click on Reply button to respond to the discussion post belong to or any subject that you belong to community selected

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Figure: Respond to a discussion message

Note: You will have the edit message option only when you are the author of the respective message. Note: You may not have the reply option if the group owner has locked the topic to a read-only topic. 5. Enter your response details and click on Post button

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Figure: Discussion Topic Message Response

6.

Your response will be posted successfully

How do I insert an image or attach any other artefact along with my discussion post? 1. On your create message or reply message window, click on the

Add Attachments button

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Figure: Discussion Topic Message Add Attachments

2.

Select the relevant artefact from your mediacentre repository

and click on Add Selected button

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Figure: Discussion Topic Message Add Attachments from Media Centre

3.

The attachment will get added to the message post

How do I insert links to websites along with my discussion post?

icon

Figure: Discussion Topic Message Add Hyperlink

2.

Add the website URL that needs to be linked here and click on

Ok button
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Figure: Discussion Topic Message Add Hyperlink

3.

Website link will be inserted to your message post content

Figure: Discussion Topic Message Add Hyperlink

4. 5.

Click on Post button Link will be available as part of the message post

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Figure: Discussion Topic Message Hyperlink

Blogs: What is a blog? A blog is a type of website that is usually arranged in chronological order from the most recent post (or entry) at the top of the main page to the older entries towards the bottom. Blogs are usually (but not always) written by one person or a small group and are updated pretty regularly. Blogs are often (but not always) written on a particular topic there are blogs on virtually any topic you can think of. Blog collaboration tool on EduNxt has been provided to you in order to have a common platform to share your ideas and inputs with other student and faculty members. The main purpose is to encourage interactivity among students and professors. This tool will also allow the use of multimedia in a text based presentation. How do I view the faculty blogs? To view all the faculty blogs across all communities, click on the Blogs link in the main dashboard:

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Figure: Blogs

List of blogs will be displayed:

Figure: Blogs list

Click on a blog name link to access the blog page:

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Figure: Blog

To view the faculty blogs created within a specific subject or group, click on the Blogs link within the subject dashboard or group network space:

This will filter the blogs list to only those that have been created within the selected community. To view the latest set of blogs being commented upon or updated, view the My Community Updates block:

Figure: Blog updates in My Community Updates block

Click on the blog link to visit the specific blog page. How do I add comments to an existing blog post? Select a blog and view the blog posts by clicking on the Posts link within the Blog tools menu for the selected blog:

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Figure: Blog

Once you view the posts for a blog, select a specific post on which you wish to add comments:

Figure: Blog posts

Enter your comments and click on the submit button to add your comments on existing blog posts:

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Figure: Comments for a blog post

How do I add new posts to a blog? To add a new blog post, click on the create new post link within a blog:

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Figure: Create new blog post

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Enter the blog title, description and click on Create Blog post button to add your blog post.

Figure: Create new blog post

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 How do I create my personal blog? Go to My Network and click on the Blog Link:

Figure: My Network Blog

Click on the Create Blog button to create your personal blog in your network:

Figure: Create blog

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Figure: Create blog

Wikis: What is Wiki? A wiki allows a group of people to collaboratively develop a Web site with no knowledge of HTML or other mark-up languages. Anyone can add to or edit pages in a wiki -- it is completely egalitarian. Anyone can create new wiki pages simply by creating a new link with the name of the page. Pages are connected not hierarchically, but by hyperlinks between pages. According to the creator of Wiki, Ward Cunningham, wikis can be identified by the following characteristics:

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 "A wiki invites all users to edit any page or to create new pages within the wiki Web site, using only a plain-vanilla Web browser without any extra add-ons." "Wiki promotes meaningful topic associations between different pages by making page link creation almost intuitively easy and by showing whether an intended target page exists or not." "A wiki is not a carefully crafted site for casual visitors. Instead, it seeks to involve the visitor in an on-going process of creation and collaboration that constantly changes the Web site landscape." EduNxt Platforms LMS provides online based learning platform for students across various geographic locations. Wiki collaboration tool has been provided to you in order to have a common platform to share your ideas and inputs with other student and faculty members. This also works effective to share multiple versions of articles or write-ups across your subject or group instead of emailing documents. You may also use this for your projects as suitable. The wiki tool allows you to create web based content easily by: Adding images Changing font size, colour or type Adding tables Adding hyperlinks

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 Where do I find Wikis created on EduNxt? To view all the wikis created across all communities, click on the Wikis link in the main dashboard:

Figure: Wikis

List of Wikis will be displayed:

Figure: Wiki List

Click on a Wiki name link to access the Wiki page:

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Figure: Wiki Page

To view the Wikis only within a subject or group, click on the Wikis link within the subject dashboard or group network space:

This will filter the Wikis list to only those that have been created within the selected community. To view the latest set of Wiki being commented upon or updated, view the My Community Updates block:

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Figure: Wiki updates on My Community Updates block

Click on the Wiki link to visit the specific wiki page. How to create/edit/post content in Wikis? View the list of Wikis across all communities or within a specific subject or group:

Figure: Wiki List

Click on a wiki link to access the Wiki. Once you have selected a Wiki, you will be able to perform the following activities within that wiki: View the list of wiki pages and search Create new wiki page Go to a specific wiki page and view existing comments, add comments, edit comments and view history View page contributors

Page List - The page list links to a summary of the pages in the wiki
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Figure: Wiki Actions

Create new page - This basically is a link that creates a new wiki page.

Figure: Wiki Actions

On click of the Create new Page link in the Actions menu, enter all the details for the new wiki page and click on the Create new page button to

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create your page within the Wiki.

Figure: Create new wiki page

Go to a specific wiki page and view existing comments, add comments edit comments and view history - Site navigation menu shows the list of wiki pages in the selected wiki. You can click on the page link to access the specific wiki page.

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Figure: Wiki page comments

History - When you click on this link, the system will show the history of events for the page. Add comment:

Figure: Wiki Page Post comments

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Community Network Wall: What is a community network wall and what are its key features? This feature in the LMS enables collaboration among members of a community (subject/groups) and provides for social networking. The key features supported are as below: 1. View the community network which records all the members activities and also wall posts within the community 2. View members activities 3. Share photos/files and message posts with the entire community via the wall

Figure: Discussion Topic Message Add Hyperlink

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