Scholar 360 Tour

Scholar360 Tour

Below are video tutorials outlining how to interact each section of the LMS. For an in depth view, contact us for a personalized tour and a demo account.

Personal Pages

Course Pages

» Course Materials

» Digital Drop Box

» WIKI/Glossary

» Test Manager

Home | VIDEO TUTORIAL
This is your personal site on the network. This is where all your personal and academic information is organized and stored. You’ll notice an “image” box in the upper right hand corner. This is where you will either upload a picture of yourself or a picture that represents you. Next to the image button you’ll also see several buttons (e.g., home, blog, calendar). These are tools that are included to help you get the most out of your educational experience. We will consider each button below. There is also a log-out button in this area. The system automatically logs you out after 30 minutes of idle time. This is to protect your personal information. In addition, you will also notice that the bottom right hand side of the screen contains a listing of the latest “course posts.” These are posts from the different courses that you enrolled in. Click on any post to be automatically forwarded to the full post on that course site.

Profile | VIDEO TUTORIAL
This is a quick overview of who you are. The profile is broken down into “personal” and “academic” components. Click on “edit profile” in the upper right hand corner to add, subtract, or change your profile information. To upload a photo, click on the “browse” button and then select a picture or image from your computer. This information will be made available to individuals in your academic setting. The amount of information you choose to include is entirely up to you. Typically, under FERPA (http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html), institutions are allowed to share the following directory information without your consent: student's name, address, telephone number, date and place of birth, honors and awards, and dates of attendance. If you do not want any of this information listed, then leave these areas blank.

Blog | VIDEO TUTORIAL
Blog is short for weB-LOG. A blog is often characterized as an online notebook or journal. It is automatically organized so that the most recent entries are at the top. You “post” in your blog by clicking on the “create new post” button. You then enter a title for your post and the text in the “body” portion of the post. Once you have posted, you can edit or delete your post at any time. You will also notice that there is a comment button. Other people can “comment” on your post by clicking that button. That way a dialog unfolds about whatever it is you are discussing in your post. The community and course posts work this same way.

Friends | VIDEO TUTORIAL
This page lists the different people that you are connected to on the network. You can sort relationships into friends, advisors, or teammates. Friends are people you are close to. Advisors are typically professors, administrators, and mentors. Teammates are individuals that you are working on a project with that spans semesters or courses. You add people to your friends list by visiting their profile page and clicking on “add this person as…”. Once you have added them, each time they post your “friends” page will automatically be updated and tell you that there is a new post on their page. Similarly, you will also be alerted each time that a new comment is made on their page. Once you read the posts and comments, your “friends” page will automatically be updated and the posts and comments will be reduced to zero.

Messages | VIDEO TUTORIAL
This is a lot like email. Messages sent to you will be stored on the network and immediately forwarded to the email account with which you signed into the network. All emails and associated documents will be deleted after 6 months. You can also send mail and attachments to anyone on the network by simply typing in their username and the corresponding message.

RSS Reader | VIDEO TUTORIAL
RSS stands for Rich Site Summary. This allows you to subscribe to particular Web sites that have RSS feeds. For example, most people visit between 3-5 different Web sites a day. They get their news at one site, look at humor content at a different site, and review articles from their favorite magazine on a different site. RSS allows you to subscribe for free to each of these sites so that all their content is organized and brought to you. That way you no longer have to spend time visiting each site. Every time that your subscribed Web site updates it content it will automatically forwarded to you. How do you subscribe to a Web site’s RSS? Go to the site and look for a box that says “RSS Feed”. Click on that and copy that URL. Next go to your Scholar 360 “RSS Reader” page. Click on “manage your RSS feeds.” Type in the name of the “RSS_feed” in the box that says “RSS Name” and copy the RSS feed URL into the box that says “RSS_address”

Calendar | VIDEO TUTORIAL
Use the calendar to schedule events, meetings, clients, classes etc. on a daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly basis. Either click “add” on the monthly or weekly schedule or click on the time on the daily schedule. You also have the option to make an event recurring for a specified amount of time. For example, if you have a class that meets every Monday from 1-2:30, then you can click “recurring” and it will automatically schedule that class for you for the rest of the semester.

My Files | VIDEO TUTORIAL
This is your personal storage place on the network. You can make a folder for each course that you take. In that folder you can store the syllabus, powerpoints, and any papers that you wrote for the course. Similarly, you can also add other folders in which to store non-course related materials (e.g., photos of your family or a recent trip you went on). The idea is that you no longer have to store hard copies of your materials in a file cabinet that you take with you each time you move. Rather, all of your academic materials will be safely stored in one place; available to you anytime, anywhere, from any place.

Courses | VIDEO TUTORIAL
This page lists all the courses and communities that you have joined or in which you have enrolled. The main page lists the number of unread posts and comments for each course of community. Click on the title of the course to be forwarded to the course site. You can also click on “browse all” to see all of the communities and courses that exist on the network. Some will be open and others will be closed. You can ask to be invited by closed communities by clicking the “send request” button after you click on the community button.

Course Materials | VIDEO TUTORIAL
The instructor and students can create files to upload and store course information. Instructors can create folders for powerpoints, readings, videos, or other information. Similarly, students can create folders for salient course information.

Digital Drop Box | VIDEO TUTORIAL
This page allows you to automatically forward any assignment you have to any instructor in any course. Simply choose the course you are enrolled in from the drop-down menu. Type in the name of the assignment, and any accompanying description, and upload the file. Next, click “send” and it will automatically be sent to your instructor.

Discussion | VIDEO TUTORIAL
This is a bulletin board or message board for the course. Faculty and students can post on topics directly or peripherally related to the course. They can also add files (e.g., documents, photos, music) to each post to give it more dimensionality. Faculty and students can also comment on each post; this allows a dialog to unfold.

Syllabus
This allows you to open or download the course syllabus.

WIKI/Glossary | VIDEO TUTORIAL
WIKI stands for What I Know Is. It is also the Hawaiian word for “quick.” A wiki is basically a user created glossary. Students and faculty can add course terms and edit one another’s work. In addition, they can upload photos to match the definitions they’ve created. This is an excellent study tool. Instructors can have students submit definitions throughout the semester. Students can use it as a study guide. For an example of a worldwide wiki, please see wikipedia (www.wikipedia.com).

Instructor
Contains a direct link to the instructor’s home site on the network.

Send Email | VIDEO TUTORIAL
Instructors use this to send emails and attachments in a quick and easy way to individual students, all students in the course, all students, all faculty, or everyone in the institution. This function is only available to instructors.

Test Manager | VIDEO TUTORIAL
If you are an instructor and you’d like to create a test, quiz, or survey to be administered and scored online, then use the test manger function. To begin, click on the “add new test” button in the upper right hand corner. Fill in the name, description, instructions, start and stop time. Next, click “add test” and then click on the “go” button to add a new question. Type in your question, point value, feedback if answered correctly and feedback if answered incorrectly; if you want to edit your question, then click on the “edit” button. After that, click on “manage answers.” Add each answer and select the correct answer. Once you have added all your questions, click on the “finished creating test” button in the upper right hand corner. Once you have finished your test, it will automatically be sent to the “test center” for students to take the test during the time that you have specified. This function is only available to instructors.

Grade book | VIDEO TUTORIAL
Use the gradebook to specify assignments and track students’ grades. To begin, click on “Add Gradebook Item.” Select the type of assignment (i.e., final, essay, quiz), describe the assignment, set the date, choose whether or not you want the student to be able to view their grade and specify the number of points. Next, click on the sheet of paper under the edit student’s grades header and across from the particular assignment you are focusing on. Finally, enter each student’s grades for that particular assignment.