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Introductory Task Item 7

The document outlines the organization of course materials on a virtual campus, detailing various icons such as 'Tasks and Assignments', 'Course Tools', and 'Academic Resources'. It explains the differences between reflective tasks, self-evaluated tasks, and assignments, as well as the purpose of 'Psst...notes' and the functionality of the 'Search course contents' feature. Additionally, it highlights the accessibility of the Student Guide and provides a bibliographical reference for a reading under the 'Readings' icon.

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Introductory Task Item 7

The document outlines the organization of course materials on a virtual campus, detailing various icons such as 'Tasks and Assignments', 'Course Tools', and 'Academic Resources'. It explains the differences between reflective tasks, self-evaluated tasks, and assignments, as well as the purpose of 'Psst...notes' and the functionality of the 'Search course contents' feature. Additionally, it highlights the accessibility of the Student Guide and provides a bibliographical reference for a reading under the 'Readings' icon.

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THE ICONS: "ACADEMIC RESOURCES", "COURSE MATERIAL", "TOOLS"

AND "TUTORS"
Aim: To find out how the course content is organized, how the icon “Tasks and
Assignment” works, and what the icons “Tools” and “Readings” hide. It is worth
spending some extra time on this task as you will probably use these icons quite a lot
during the course.
1. How are the study materials organized on-line?
They have been organized into icons within the Virtual campus. The icons that
one student can access are Introductory Tasks, Course Materials, Your
Classroom, Questions and Answers, News, Course e-mail, Academic Calendar,
Events Calendar, On-Line Course Chat, Academic Resources, Course Tools,
Coffee Shop, Course Tutors, Technical Support, Letters to the Director, and an
Opinion Section.

2. Where do you need to click to do your assessed work (Tasks and


Assignments) for the course?
You need to click on the Course Materials icon. Then, you need to click on the
tasks and assignments icon.

3. What differences are there between the Reflective tasks, the Self-evaluated
tasks and the Assignment?
The self-evaluated tasks do not have a numerical grade and they are an optional
component of the course, yet they serve the purpose of helping the participant
progress and assimilate the issues introduced in the course materials, as
suggested in the study guidelines. On the other hand, the assignments are graded
numerically and, therefore, make up a final grade.

4. What can you find in the “Course Tools” icon?


In the “Course Tools” icon you can find the Search Course Content and a table
of Recommended Software sub icons. In the former, you can enter the topic you
need to look into; and in the latter, you can find different r tools to visualize
audio, image, or written material.
5. What are the “Psst...notes”?
They are a series of short notes prepared by Mr. Julio Valladares. These have
been designed in order to help participants understand some of the concepts
about an array of issues assigned, especially, before the participant submits a
final version of his or her work

6. What does “Search course contents” allow you to do?


It allows you to find the order of subjects designed for each of the participating
groups. Besides, once you enter any of the topics, one can find the table of
contents of the different subjects.

7. Where can you find and read the Student guide?


You can access the Student Guide by clicking on the Academic Resources icon.
8. What does the Student guide help you do?
It helps the student have a very complete vision of the whole organization of the
course materials. It also provides the student with useful information to deal
with different occurrences along the use of the virtual campus.
10. Provide a bibliographical reference for one of the readings found under the
“Readings” icon on the “home” page.
Nunan, D. (1988): The Learner-Centred Curriculum, Cambridge: Cambridge University
Press.

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