http://intranet.liv-stu.co.uk/help Thu, 02 Dec 2010 12:54:02 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en If you require any additional sections within the course page it is easy to add them. First of all, turn editing mode on...   Next click on the "Settings" link in the "Administration" menu...   Now increase the total number of sections/topics by selecting the appropriate number from the "Topics/weeks" drop down menu...   Scroll to ... http://intranet.liv-stu.co.uk/help/teachers/course-design/adding-a-new-section/561/ To upload a file into your course are and link to it from the course page, please watch the following video tutorial... http://intranet.liv-stu.co.uk/help/wp-content/tutorial_videos/uploading-a-file/ http://intranet.liv-stu.co.uk/help/teachers/activitiesresources/uploading-a-file-to-your-course-page/553/ If you would like to set up a new VLE course area, please complete the following online form... http://intranet.liv-stu.co.uk/request/ This form is for STAFF members who would like to set up a new course page. Please fill this form out once for every page you would like to set up, supply multiple course ... http://intranet.liv-stu.co.uk/help/teachers/how-do-i-set-up-a-new-course-page/550/ There are many Resource and Activity modules that you can use within your VLE course page.  Try to use a variety of modules and resources throughout the page... Resource Modules: There are a number of tools you can create content directly within your course page or link to content you have uploaded... Insert ... http://intranet.liv-stu.co.uk/help/teachers/activitiesresources/resource-and-activity-modules-explained/536/ The primary purpose of the desription text (also known as ALT text) and title is to provide alternative, textual content when an image cannot be viewed. It is there to provide users whodo not see the image with replacement information, this should help them to make sense of the ... http://intranet.liv-stu.co.uk/help/teachers/course-design/add-a-description-and-title-for-images-to-aid-accessibility/529/ The assignment module gives you an easy way to allow students to submit work and provides a method of giving instant feedback and grades. Submitted assignments do not necessarily have to be file uploads, you can also create Offline Assignments to remind students of real-world assignments they need to complete.  Offline ... http://intranet.liv-stu.co.uk/help/teachers/activitiesresources/using-assignments-in-your-course-page/515/ Forums can be an excellent way to encourage discussion, reflection, collaboration and feedback from students. Forums allow you and your students to communicate with each other at any time, from anywhere with an internet connection.  Students don’t have to be logged in at the same time you are to communicate ... http://intranet.liv-stu.co.uk/help/teachers/activitiesresources/adding-a-forum-into-your-course-page/505/ Directories can be very useful for displaying large numbers of files in a single place on your course page. Listing groups of files in large numbers together can lead to your course page being hard to navigate, individual files can become difficult to find for students and the page and ... http://intranet.liv-stu.co.uk/help/teachers/activitiesresources/using-directories-to-display-large-numbers-of-files/481/ It is important that you try to be descriptive when putting your course page together, filling the page with a long list of links without any description will make things extremely hard to find for your students. When you turn editing mode on you will see that the VLE course page ... http://intranet.liv-stu.co.uk/help/teachers/course-design/be-descriptive-using-section-summaries-labels/477/ You may wish to stagger the appearence of the content on your course page by making use of the Hide/Show option next to each resource and activity link. One option is for you to hide content at the start of the year and then reveal relevant content ... http://intranet.liv-stu.co.uk/help/teachers/activitiesresources/how-do-i-open-new-content-as-my-course-progresses/465/