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GetstartedwithAthena

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CONTENTS

Introduction............................................................................................................................................................3

LogginginandConfiguringAthena.........................................................................................................................3

HowdoIlogintoAthena?..............................................................................................................................3

HowdoIupdatemyProfilepictureinAthena?.............................................................................................4

HowdoIchangethelanguageIviewAthenain?...........................................................................................5

UnderstandingAthena............................................................................................................................................6

Thehomepageandmainmenu.....................................................................................................................6

HowdoIgettomycourse?............................................................................................................................7

WhatisaFavouritecourse?...........................................................................................................................7

Notifications...................................................................................................................................................8

Messages........................................................................................................................................................8

AthenaforTeachingandLearning..........................................................................................................................9

InsideyourCourse..........................................................................................................................................9

WorkingwiththeOverviewpage...................................................................................................................9

FollowUpTasks............................................................................................................................................10

AthenaCoursePlanner.................................................................................................................................10

UsethePlannerdropdownmenutosortandviewplans...........................................................................11

‘Planviewer’.................................................................................................................................................12

CourseResourcessection.............................................................................................................................12

Howtosubmitanassignment......................................................................................................................12

AthenaMobileApp–poweredbytheitslearningApp.........................................................................................14

Howtodownloadandlogin.........................................................................................................................15

Whatinformationdoesn’tappearintheApp?............................................................................................16

NotificationsintheApp................................................................................................................................17

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INTRODUCTION

Welcometothisstudent’suserguidefortheStockholmUniversityonlinelearningenvironment,Athena.Theonlinelearningenvironmentisdesignedtobeintuitiveandeasytouseregardlessofthetypeofdeviceyouchoosetoaccess,howeverthisdocumentationisavailabletosupportyouingettingfamiliarwiththeenvironment.

MoreinformationthanwhatiscoveredinthisintroductionguidecanbefoundontheStockholmUniversityserviceportal.Theserviceportalisavailablehere:https://serviceportalen.su.se/

UsersknowtheStockholmUniversityonlinelearningenvironmentasAthena,howeveryoumayseethenameitslearningwhennavigatingthesystem.ThereasonforthisisthatAthenaispoweredbythesoftwareandlearningsolution,calleditslearning.

LOGGINGINANDCONFIGURINGATHENA

Athenaisaccessiblebymostdeviceswithamodernwebbrowser.ItisrecommendedtouseSafari,GoogleChromeorFirefoxwhenaccessingthewebversionofAthena.Asageneralrule,alwayskeepyourwebbrowserupdatedtothelatestversionavailable.

AthenausersalsohaveamobileappavailableoniOS(iPhoneandiPad)andAndroiddevices.SimplysearchforitslearninginAppleAppStoreorGooglePlayStore.

HOWDOILOGINTOATHENA?

StaffandstudentsatStockholmUniversitywilllogintoAthenausingthesameuniversityaccountthattheyuseforotherITsolutions.Athenaisavailableatthefollowingwebaddress:https://athena.itslearning.com

WhenyouvisittheAthenaloginpage(https://athena.itslearning.com)clickonLoggainmeduniversitetskonto.YouwillberedirectedtotheStockholmUniversityloginpage,whereyoucanenteryourusernameandpassword.

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AfterclickingLoginfromtheStockholmUniversityloginpage,youwillberedirectedbacktoAthena.Note:thefirsttimeyoulogintoAthenayouwillbeaskedtoconfirmthelanguageyouwouldliketousewhenviewingAthena.SelecteitherEnglishorSwedish,butthiscanbechangedatanytimeinthefuture.

Afterloggingin,youwilllandontheAthenaHomepagewhichlookslikethis:

HOWDOIUPDATEMYPROFILEPICTUREINATHENA?

1. ClickonyournameinthetoprightcorneroftheAthenawindowtoopenyourpersonalmenu.

2. SelectYourSettings.

Youwillbetakentoanareawhereyoucanchangeyoursettings,configureAthenaandcontroltheconnectiontopersonalcloudaccounts.

3. ClickonChangedetailstoviewyourpersonaldetailsandfindthePicturesectionwithyourprofilepicture.

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4. ClickChangePicturetochooseafileonyourcomputerwhichshouldbeyournewprofilepicture.Followthepromptstouploadanewpicture.Remembertosaveaftercompletingyourwork.

HOWDOICHANGETHELANGUAGEIVIEWATHENAIN?

1. ClickonyournameinthetoprightcorneroftheAthenawindowtoopenyourpersonalmenu.

2. SelectYourSettingsfromthedropdownlist.

3. SelectCustomiseitslearningtochangethelanguageyouusetonavigateAthena.

4. WithintheCustomiseitslearningscreenyouhavetheabilitytochangethelanguageandthestandardsandformatsyouseewhennavigatingAthena.StandardsandformatsarethewaythatdatesandtimesaredisplayedwithinAthena.

Recommendation

ItisrecommendedtoselecteitherEnglish(UK)orSwedish,forboththeLanguageandStandardsandformatssection.

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UNDERSTANDINGATHENA

THEHOMEPAGEANDMAINMENU

WhenfirstloggingintoAthena,yourhomescreenwilldisplayrecentupdatesfromyourcourses,yourtasks(orfollowuptasks)andupcomingevents.Thispageisdesignedtoquicklygiveyouanoverviewofwhatishappeninginyourcourses,theactivitiesyouareexpectedtocompleteandotherpersonallyrelevantinformation.

ThisisatypicalviewwhenauserlogsintoAthena.

1. TheGlobalMenustayswithyouwhenyounavigateinAthena.Hereyoufindthequickaccesslinkstoyourcourses,yourcalendar,theserviceportalandmore.

2. TheNotificationsareashowsimportantnotificationstoyou,andnewmessagesthatyouhavereceived.

3. ThePersonalmenuisavailableunderyournameandphoto.

4. TheRecentupdatesareashowscoursebulletins(announcements)andnewelementsinthecoursesyouareaparticipantin.Thisiswhereyoucanseewhatishappeningacrossallfavouritecourses.

5. TheTaskscontentblockliststasks,assignmentsandteststhathavebeenassignedtoyoubyyourteacher.

TheAthenamenubarprovidesmultipleoptionsfornavigation:

• Homewilltakeyoubacktoaggregatedupdates,tasksandevents.• Coursesprovideadropdownlistofyourfavouritecourses.ByclickingonAllCourses,youwillbeable

toviewthosethatarenotyourfavouritesorthosethatwerearchived.o Youcanfavouriteacoursebyensuringthestarnexttothecourseisyellow.

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o Noticethatyoucanseewhencourseswerelastupdated,visited,thestatusandyourroleinthecourse.

o Ratherthandeletingcourses,theyareoftenarchivedfromyeartoyear.Thisallowsyoutovisitpastcourseworkandstudymaterial.Noticetheshowoptionwillrevealactiveorarchivedcourses.

• Groupsallowyoutoaccessyourprojectsandinformationdashboards.o Projectsareinformalspacesthatcanbeusedforspecialinterest

groups,collaborativespacesorstudygroups.o Dashboardscanbeenabledforinstitutestouseasinformational

spaces.• Calendardisplayseventsscheduledinyourcoursesorcommunitiesaswell

asanaggregatedviewofcourseplanners.

HOWDOIGETTOMYCOURSE?

AllcoursesarefoundwithintheCoursestabinthetopbarofAthena.Ifyouareamemberofmultiplecourses,youcanaccessthemallbyclickingAllCourseswithintheCoursedropdownmenu.

TheCourseMenualsocontainsasearchboxtoquicklyfindcoursesthatyouareenrolledin.

Coursesaredisplayedintheordersincewhentheywerelastupdated.Thismeansthatmoreactivecourseswillbedisplayedatthetopofthecoursemenu.

IfyoucannotseethecoursewithinAthena,itmaybepossiblethatyouarenotyetenrolledinthecourse.

WHATISAFAVOURITECOURSE?

Athenaallowsalluserstomarkacourseasafavouritecourseorremoveacoursefromyourfavourites.

WhenacourseisremovedfromyourFavouritecourses,thefollowinginformationwillberemovedfromyourStartpage:

• UpdatedandnewcoursematerialwillnotshowunderRecentUpdatesintheStartpage.

• Bulletinsfromannon-favouritecoursewillnotbeshownontheStartpage.

• ThecoursewillberemovedfromtheCourseMenudropdownlist.YouwillhavetoselectAllCoursestofindit.

Eventhoughacourseisnotafavourite,theaboveinformationwillstillbeavailablewhennavigatingtothecourseviatheAllCoursessectionintheCourseMenu.

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ItisrecommendedthatyoukeepallcoursesasaFavourite,soastoavoidmissingimportantupdatesornewsfromthosecourses.

NOTIFICATIONS

Thebelliconandmessageiconprovidesnotifications,similartotypicalsocialmediawebsites.AsastudentatStockholmUniversity,youwillreceivenotificationsduringthefollowing:

• FeedbackhasbeenprovidedonanAssignmentyousubmitted.• Youhavebeenrequestedtoreviewfeedbackandresubmit

work.• YouhavebeeninvitedtoaProjectbyanotherstudentor

teacher.• Feedbackhasbeenprovidedinataskthatyouparticipatedin.• AteacherhascompletedassessmentinaTestthatyouparticipatedin.• Atestattemptthatyouhavetakenhasbeendeletedbyateacher.• AnotherstudenthassubmittedanAssignmentorsavedadraft,andindicatedthatyouareagroup

member.• Ateacherhassentaremindertocompleteanactivity(TestorAssignment).• Youhavecommentedonacoursebulletin,andanotheruserhasaddedacommenttothesame

bulletin.• Auserhassentyouamessageoranewattachment.

MESSAGES

TheAthenaMessagetool(foundunderthespeechbubbleiconinthemainmenu)allowsyoutoaccesstheinternalmessagesolution.Selectingallmessageswillopenapopupmenutoaccessmoremessageoptions.

TosendamessagetoauserinAthena,simplyclickNewandbegintypingtheuser’sname.Toclarifywhoauseris,youcanclickthe‘I’iconnexttotheirnametoseealistofcoursesyousharewiththeuser.

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ATHENAFORTEACHINGANDLEARNING

INSIDEYOURCOURSE

UsetheCourseslinkwithinthemainmenutoopenthedrop-downmenu,andselectacourse.

Onceyouareinsideacourse,youwillseeaCourseMenubeneaththeMainMenu.

Themenuoptionsinclude:

• Overviewpagecontainingrecentupdates,coursebulletins,tasksorfollowuptasksandcourseevents.Inaddition,theplansofthedaywillbeshownwhentheplannerisused.

• Plansisthecourseroadmap.Itishowyounavigatethroughthecoursecontent,activities,objectivesanddescriptions.

• Resourcesisthe“filingcabinet”ofthecoursewiththefilefoldersandresourcesinthecourse.• Statusandfollow-upincludesyourassessmentrecordandotherreportsusefultotrackyour

progressionthroughthecourse.• Participantslistsallthestudents,teachersandadministratorsinacourse.Youcanalsofindwhich

CourseGroupsusershavebeenassignedto,andmessageyourcoursegroupdirectly.

WORKINGWITHTHEOVERVIEWPAGE

SimilartotheHomepagewhenyoufirstlog-in,acoursehasanOverviewpage.Theoverviewpagegivesyouaquickglanceofthecourse’smostimportantchangesandupdates.

1. TheBulletinssectionshowsyouthelatestannouncementsfromthecoursesteachers.Anannouncementcouldbehighlightinganimportantresources,sharinganimportantupdateorawayinwhichyourteacherkeepsalivelydiscussiongoingoutsideoftheclassroom.Note:YoumayalsoseerelevantplansabovetheBulletinssection,dependingonhowyourteacherhasstructuredtheircourse.

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2. BelowtheBulletinsisablockcalledLatestchanges(notshowninthisimage)whichshowsupdatesornewmaterialfromyourcourses.Thiscouldbecontentuploadedintothecourse,newactivitiesyouareexpectedtocompleteortoday’spresentation.Keepaneyeonthisareatoseewhatishappeninginyourcourse.

3. TheTasksblockshowsonlytasksforthisspecificcourse,whereasalltasksareshownontheHomepage.Inthisview,thestudentislookingattheirCompletedtasks.Activetasksarethosewhicharenotyetcompletedoryouareaskedtoredo.HiddentasksarethosethatyouhavechosentoremovefromtheActivetasklist.

4. TheEventssectionshowscalendareventsthatyourteacheroradministratorhasenteredintothecourse’scalendar.

FOLLOWUPTASKS

TheFollowupTaskscontentblockshowsyoutasksthathavebeenassignedtoyouinthecoursesthatyouparticipatein.Tasksareelementswithinacoursesuchasassignments,customtasks,testsandmore.Ataskissomethingthatyouareexpectedtocompletewithinthecourse.

TheTasksblockhasthreeviews:

1. Active–currenttasksthatarenotyetcomplete.2. Completed–tasksthatyouhavecompletedandmayhavereceivedfeedbackon.3. Hidden–tasksthatyouhave‘hidden’fromtheActiveview(thiscanbeusedto

removeoptionaltasksthatyouchoosenottocomplete).

Tasksaresortedchronologically,withthetasksbeingduesoonestatthetopofthelist.Tohideataskfromtheview,clickthexiconnexttothetask.Withinthelistofhiddentasks,youcanclick‘Show’toreturnthetasktotheActivelist.

ATHENACOURSEPLANNER

ImmediatelytotherightoftheOverviewtabwithinthecoursemenuisthePlanstab.Thistoolconnectstopics,learninggoals,studymaterial,activitiesandunitdescriptionstogether.ThePlannerisdesignedtoguideyouthroughthesubject,whilealsoallowingyoutostudyaheadorviewprevioustopicsatyourownpace.

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UsingthePlanner,youcanlookthroughthecourseandseetheconceptsandtopicsthatwillbecovered.BelowyoucanseeanexamplePlannerwithnumberspointingtospecificareasofthePlanner.

1. ClickintothePlannerbyusingtheCoursemenu.2. UsethedropdownboxtofilterthePlanner

byupcomingtopics,aspecifictopicofinterestorplansinthepast.Note:yourteachermaynothaveinputdatesintothePlanner.IfthePlannerhasnodatesinputbyyourteacher,thefiltersbasedontimesuchas‘Allupcomingplans’willnotshowanyresults.

3. ThisareashowsthespecificPlanthatyouarelookingat.Inthisexample,thetopicis‘Module1:Marketinginthe21stCentury’,andthereareseveralsmallerplansthatmakeupModule1.

4. Theplandetailsshowinformationsuchaslearningobjectives,requiredreading,connectedresourcesandactivities,andadescriptionoftheplanitself.Yourteachermayhavecustomisedthisviewtosuittheirstyleofdeliveryorthetypeofcoursebeingconducted.

USETHEPLANNERDROPDOWNMENUTOSORTANDVIEWPLANS

WhenviewingyourcoursethroughthePlan,itisimportanttousethedropdownmenutoselectthetypesofcontentthatyouarelookingfor.Forexample,youcanlookatallcontentrelevanttotheprevioustwoweeks,thenexttwoweeks,oraspecifictopicortheme(Topic).Ofcourse,itissometimeseasiesttojustclickAlltoseeallspecificplanswithinyourcourse.

Thisflexibilityallowsyoutochoosespecificallythetypeofcontent,activitiesanddescriptionsthatyouarelookingfor.

Note:eachinstitutionorcoursecanusetheirPlannerdifferently,soitisagoodideatoinvesttimeinlookingatthevariousviewsandgettingcomfortablewiththelayoutofyourcourse.

Eachtopicorthemeofthecoursecanbeopenedandcollapsedbyclickingonthenumberofplanswithinthetopic.

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‘PLANVIEWER’

Whenyouclickonaresourcewithinaplan,youwillseethefull-screenPlanvieweropenup.Thisallowsyoutoquicklyscrollthroughallresources,activities,learningobjectivesanddescriptionsoftheplans.

1. Usetheforwardandbackwardbuttonstonavigatetonextandpreviousareasoftheplan.

2. Usetheindexicontoshowalistofallelementswithintheplanandquicklynavigatetothem.

3. ClosetheplanwiththelargeX.

COURSERESOURCESSECTION

ItisrecommendedtousethePlannertoworkyourwaythroughthecourseresources,activitiesandobjectives.However,sometimesyoumaywishtoviewallthecontentthatexistswithinacourse.ThiscanbefoundwithintheResourcessectionofthecoursemenu.

Thissectionisafilingcabinetofallcoursecontentandisorganisedinfolderscreatedbyyourteacher.

HOWTOSUBMITANASSIGNMENT

TheAssignmentToolisacommonlyusedactivitywithinAthenathatasksuserstosubmitworksuchasanessay,areportorevenavideo.YourassignmentscanbefoundwithinyourtaskcontentblockontheStartpageorwithintheOverviewtabofacourse.

Whenlookingatanassignment,youcanseekeydetailsabouttheassignmentontheright.Thisincludesinformationsuchasthecurrentstatus(whetheryouhavesubmittedornot,orwhetheryouarebeingaskedtoresubmit),theduedate(ifany)andtheassessmentscalethatwillbeusedtogradetheassignment.

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Ontheleftoftheassignmentyoucanseethedescriptionoftheactivitythatyouarebeingaskedtocomplete.Whenyouarereadytosubmityourwork,clickAnswer.

Whensubmittinganassignment,itisimportanttofollowtheinstructionsgivenwithinthecourse.Athenaallowsyoutosubmitplaintext,videofiles,sourcecode,PDFfilesandothertypesofcontent.

IfusingtheAthenaRichTextEditortoinputyourresponsetotheactivity,choosemoreoptionsalternativetoopenuptheeditorandbeabletoformatyourtext.

Toattachafile,clickAddfileandthendragafileintotheareathatsays“ordropyourfilehere”.

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Finally,youneedtosubmityourassignmentbyclickingSubmit.NOTE:Assignmentsubmissionisfinal.Ensurethatyouhaveattachedthecorrectfilespriortosubmittingtheassignment.Asanalternative,selectSaveasdraft,andreviewthesubmission,beforeselectingSubmit.

Submit:yourassignmentwillbesubmittedtothecourse’steachingstaffforreview.

Important!Oncesubmitted,youwillnotbeabletomodifyoralteryourassignment.

Saveasdraft:yourassignmentisnotyetsubmittedtotheteachingstaffandiscurrentlyawaitingforyoutoreviewthework.

ATHENAMOBILEAPP–POWEREDBYTHEITSLEARNINGAPP

TheonlinelearningenvironmentusedatStockholmUniversityisknownas‘Athena’,butisactuallypoweredbythesoftwareandlearningcompanyItslearning.ThismeansthatyouwillseethewordItslearninginvariousplacesofAthena,andalsothatyouwillusetheItslearningappwhenusinganiPhone,AndroidphoneoriPad.

TheItslearningappallowsyoutoquicklygetaglimpseinsideyourcourses,messages,tasksandcalendar.Theappmakesiteasytocheckteacherfeedback,sendamessage,reviewapresentationoreventakeatest–fromyourmobilephone.

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HOWTODOWNLOADANDLOGIN.

TheItslearningappisavailableoniOSandforAndroidmobilephones.UsinganiOSdevice,openAppstoreandsearchforitslearning.WhenusinganAndroidmobile,usetheGooglePlayStoreandsearchforItslearning.Note:theincludedimagesaredemonstratinginstallationonanAndroidmobilephone,howevertheprocessissimilaronaniOSdevice.

1. SearchforitslearninginAppstoreorGooglePlayStore.2. LocatetotheorangeItslearningappicon.

3. OnceyouhavelocatedtheItslearningapp,selectInstallorfollowthenormalprocesstodownloadandinstalltheapponyourdevice.Beawarethatdownloadingtheapponameteredmobilenetworkmayuseyourdataquota.ConsiderconnectingtoWiFibeforedownloadingtheapp.

4. SearchforStockholmsuniversitetwhenaskedto‘searchforyourschoolorsite’.

5. UseyourStockholmUniversityaccounttologinbypressingonLoggainmeduniversitetskonto.

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6. Whensettinguptheapp,youwillbeaskedifyouwanttoenableNotificationsandconnectyourcalendar.Thisscreenshotshowsenablingnotifications.ItisrecommendedthatyouEnablenotifications,sothatyourphonewillvibrateorringwhenAthenasendsyouanotification.Thesecanbeconfiguredlater.

7. Atthetopoftheapp,youcanseetheIndexbuttonontheleftwhichbringsupyourpersonalmenu.Fromhereyoucanconfigurenotifications,logout,andaccessotherimportantlinks.Youcanalsobrowsetocourses,messages,calendarandtaskseasilywithintheapp.Thebelliconshowsthenotificationsthatyouhavereceived.

Note:iOSandAndroidversionsoftheappareslightlydifferent,soyourgraphicsmayappeardifferentfromthoseshownhoweverthemainconceptsandstepsaresimilar.

WHATINFORMATIONDOESN’TAPPEARINTHEAPP?

TheItslearningappmakesiteasytoaccessyourcoursesandcommunicationtools,regardlessofwhereyouare.However,notallareasofAthenaareavailablewithintheapp.Examplesofwhatisnotincludedintheappare:

1. Projectspacessuchasstudygroups,collaborationareasandsocialclubs.2. Dashboardsshowinginformationfromyourinstituteorothermembershipsyouhave.3. Somesmallfunctionalitieswillnotbeavailableintheappormaybeavailableinareducedway.

Items1and2(oneandtwo)intheabovelistarefoundunderthe‘Groups’menuwhennavigatinginsideAthenaviaawebbrowser.

Itisthereforeimportantthattheappisusedtosupplementyourstudy,ratherthantotallyreplacetheneedtologinwithawebbrowser.ItisrecommendedtocontinueusingawebbrowseronyourPC,laptoporotherdevice,inadditiontotheItslearningApp.

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NOTIFICATIONSINTHEAPP

TheItslearningappwillnotifyyouwhenyoureceivenewnotificationsinAthena.Thenotificationsarethesameaslistedearlierinthisdocument,underNotifications.Notethattoreceivenotificationsyoumustenablethemwhilefirstloggingintotheapp,oratalaterpointusingthepersonalmenu.