1. Introduction

Introduction

Welcome to Introduction to Online Learning!

In this course, you will earn credit towards three CTS modules: COM1255 (ElLearning Management Systems), COM1005 (Visual Composition), and COM1910 (CTS Project A) by working through four different units.

In today's world of learning and education, you have more choices than students have ever had in the past. Many students are now opting to take courses online. This can open up course options to you that may not be available in your own school and allow some flexibility in terms of when you complete your course work and the pace that you work at. Many students in college and university also take some of their courses online. So, now is a great time to dip your toe into the world of online learning and to learn what it is all about.

Rocky View has an online school called RVS Online, which offers a wide variety of courses to students within the division.

In this unit, you will be learning all about the tools that you will need to know how to use to successfully navigate through and complete a course in a learning management system (LMS) called Moodle.

An LMS is a software application that delivers and manages instructional content, tracking, and assessment of student work in the delivery of an educational course. There are many different learning management systems (eg. D2L, Blackboard Collaborate).

Your RVSCHOOLS email account

It is very important that you check your RVSCHOOLS email account daily, as it is the primary way that your teacher will contact you and for you to receive important information related to your course. Do not email your teacher from any other personal email accounts.

To access your email account:

Type gmail.com into any browser.
Check on the first link that comes up in the search.
Enter YOUR username@rvschools.ab.ca and password

Accessing your courses in Moodle

Moodle Moodle works best with Mozilla Firefox Web Browser. Here is a link to download free Mozilla Firefox on a PC or Mac. Follow download and installation instructions if you do not have Firefox on your computer.

https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/new/

Congratulations! If you are reading this, it means that you have already figured out how to access a course in Moodle. If you would like to see a display of all of your online courses, you can click on "RVS - Moodle" on the far left on the Nav Bar OR, you can click on the Dashboard, from any course page. If you click on the three sets of lines in the white button on the top left corner, it will collapse or open the left-hand side navigation.

Course Access in Moodle

Once you are ready to begin your course, send your teacher an email to their gmail account, to let them know that you are in their course and that you are ready to begin. Indicate which school you attend.

Teacher contact information

On the top left hand corner of your course homepage you will find:

your teacher's name
your teacher's email address
your teacher's phone number
course announcements

Teachers prefer if you email them at their rvschools email address. Make sure you label your subject line of your email to indicate what your email is about. If you have a course specific question, indicate what course you are referring to and the unit and lesson number in your subject line. Teachers have many courses, so this information is valuable and will result in a timely response. Please allow for 24 hours for a reply to an email.

Accessing Course Information

Clicking on the course INFO tab will give you access to

course outline
required resources
file labeling convention
course support documents
tech support info
Other information items that you teacher feels is important for you to know.

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