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Topic My Virtual

2Learning Environment

(myVLE)

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of this topic, you should be able to:

Describe seven hardare components of a personal computer!

Define the concept of the "nternet!

#se Microsoft "nternet E$plorer effectively!

#se %D& tools to effectively read and navigate an online document!

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Describe four main menus of myVLE!

#se my'ourse tools for personalised and collaborative learning! and

pply strategies to improve your collaborative discussions ith your tutors andpeers

* INTRODUCTION

+his topic ill give you an overvie of ho to ma$imise your learning in #M-sonline learning environment .e ill learn ho to operate a personal computer(%') and ho to surf the "nternet .e ill also learn ho to use Microsoft "nternetE$plorer ("E), read a document in %ortable Document &ormat (%D&) and use

#M-s Virtual Learning Environment (myVLE)

THE PERSONAL COMPUTER

+he personal computer, popularly /non as the %', is the e0uipment used tocommunicate and retrieve information ll %'s have a similar basic structure

hich is made up of a number of hardare components as shon in &igure 12

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&igure 12: 7ardare components of a %'

.hat does each of these components do8 Let us loo/ at their functions in +able 12

+able 12: &unctions of 7ardare 'omponents

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7ardare 'omponent

&unction

'entral %rocessing #nit

"t processes the input data (from /eyboard, mouse or

('%#)

etc) and passes the data to the output components of the

computer "t is also referred to as the brain of the

computer

Video Display #nit (VD#)

"t presents to you the visual display of information that

you input "t is commonly /non as the monitor

9eyboard

+his is an input device for typing te$tbased information

3ou are able to communicate ith the computer through

this e0uipment

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Mouse

+his is an input device used mainly to point and select

items

#;B flash drive

+his is a data storage device that includes flash memory

ith integrated #;B (#niversal ;erial Bus) interface

%rinter

+his allos you to print on paper "t copies the information

retrieved from the '%#, hich you can also read on the

screen

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5o, let us relate the use of these hardare components to our ne$t section onthe "nternet

&or a more detailed guide, please chec/ the BB' ebsite <bsolute Beginner-s6uide to #sing 3our 'omputer= at the folloing #4L:

http:>>bbccou/>ebise

Did you find the practice on using the mouse useful8

SELF-CHECK 2.1

Listed belo are some functions of hardare components of the %' %lease ritedon the hardare component that fits the function

7ardare 'omponents

&unctions

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Displays the information that is /eyed into the computer

"s the main processing unit of the computer

Device used for typing te$tbased information

"s an input and output device that allos files to be stored

USING THE INTERNET

+he "nternet is often referred to as the orld-s largest computer netor/, or acollaborative collection of netor/s "t enables the e$change of informationbeteen computers +he e$act si?e of information available through the "nternet

is difficult to estimate, and because there is so much information, finding hatyou ant is not easy

The I!e"e!

+he "nternet is a large netor/ of computers connecting smaller netor/s around

the orld +he computers communicate via a communication protocol calledTransfer Control Protocol>"nternet Protocol (+'%>"%)

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Coec!i# !o !he I!e"e!

Let us loo/ into greater details on "nternet connection

Netor/ 'onnection

+here are to modes of "nternet connection: ired andireless &or ired netor/, e have the Local rea 5etor/(L5) and .ide rea 5etor/ (.5), dialup connection andbroadband connection &or ireless, the "nternet can beaccessed by using access points or hot spots 3our computercan also be connected to a ireless L5 or .5 orbroadband

+o further understand ired L5, let us loo/ at &igure 11

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&igure 11: "nternet setup for Local rea 5etor/ (L5)

Dialup 'onnection

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5o that you have learnt about netor/ connection, you maybegin to onder ho your home personal computer isconnected to the "nternet &or a start, you must have thenecessary computer e0uipment to ma/e the connection to the"nternet:

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(i)* 5etor/ 'ard (if applicable) @ card used specially for your computer toconnect to the "nternet via netor/ cable through L5

(ii)* Modem @ computer device that or/s as an interface beteen thecomputer and telephone line

(iii)* ;oftare @ +o connect to the "nternet, you need to install the relevantsoftare, ie email and eb broser softare

(iv)* ccount 5umber @ 3ou have to obtain an account for a connection from the"nternet ;ervice %rovider (";%) "n Malaysia, e have to maAor ";%s, MIMOS

Berhad providing Jaring , and Syarikat Telekom Berhad , providing TM Net +hereare other smaller ";%, namely MaxisNet , and TimeNet +o get an ";% service, youneed to register first Each user ill have an "D and a passord, to be used each

time you are connecting to the "nternet provider

dialup connection connects your computer to an ";% through a telephoneconnection modem is re0uired for a dialup connection to convert thecomputer-s digital signals to a form that can be transmitted over a telephoneline +o connect to the "nternet, the modem accesses the telephone line, dials thenumber for your ";%, and connects your computer to the "nternet as shon in&igure 1

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&igure 1: 'onnecting to "nternet ;ervice %rovider (";%)

%roadband 'onnection

Besides dialup connection, ";%s also provide broadband connection E$amplesof broadband services available in the local mar/et are Streamyx by TMNet andMY015 from Jaring

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&h'! C' (o) Do *i!h !he I!e"e!+

;ome of the useful aspects of being connected to the "nternetare that you can:

(a)* E$change emails ith friends and colleagues!

(b)* "nteract in the online discussion forums!

(c)* ;earch for information in the orld ide eb!

(d)* ccess and retrieve information from electronicdatabases! and

(e)* ccess te$t based and multimedia information thatincludes sound, graphics, video, etc

+he above are Aust a fe of the many uses of the "nternet

U,e"!',i# I!e"e! Cocep!

Let us loo/ at the "nternet concepts:

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&igure 1C: n e$ample of the front page of the #M ebsite

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&eb %age

document on the .orld .ide .eb #sually, a .eb page contains lin/s to other .eb pages

&eb Broser

.eb broser is the softare that allos you to vie the "nternet and movearound it Many .eb brosers are available to "nternet users, but the to mostpopular ones are Microsoft "nternet E$plorer and Mo?illa &irefo$

Uniform 4esource Locator (#4L)

Each ebsite or .eb page is identified by an address called a Uniform eso!r"e

#o"ator (#4L) &or e$ample, the #4L for the pen #niversity Malaysia ebsiteis http:>>oumedumy>

#4L can indicate to you here the information comes from, hether it is froman academic institution, government body or a company Most ebsite

addresses have the folloing pattern:

http:>>oumedumy>nesletterhtml

(i)*

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http:>>

@ ;tands for Hyperte$t Transfer Protocol @ the

protocol by the computer to access and deliver

.eb pages

(ii)*

@ .e ill be loo/ing at a ebsite held on a

computer (also called a <server=) /non as *

@ this part of the address tells you here the

computer that houses the information you are

loo/ing for is located

(iii)*

oumedu

@ .e ill be loo/ing at the ebsite of an academic

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institution (<edu=) hich calls itself <oum= +he

edu part of the address is called the ,omain s

you travel through the .orld .ide .eb, pay

close attention to hosts 6enerally spea/ing,

government and organisation ebsites post

information from their official records 3ou ill

be see/ing credible information, and most of the

information posted at government ebsites is

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documented, alloing you to validate your

finding 7ere are some host identifiers: .edu or

ac academic or educational organisation! .co,

com commercial organisation! .gov government

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organisation! .org nongovernmental, nonprofit

ma/ing organisations

(iv)* my @ Denotes a country code +he code for Malaysiais

y, .au is for ustralia, .fr for &rance, etc +his

basically indicates here the computer site is

located

(v)* >nesletterhtml @ "s the &ile name

Hyperlin/

Many eb documents contain hyperlin/s, hich are <Aumps=to other locations 7yperlin/s are typically displayed asunderlined te$t, graphical obAects, or pictures

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.hen you move the mouse pointer over a hyperlin/, themouse pointer ta/es on the shape of a hand ith a fingerpointing upard +o Aump to the hyperlin/ed location, clic/ thehyperlin/

ACTIIT( 2.1

&ind the meaning of these domains:

bbccou/

libraryathabascauca

pelandu/com

pnmmy

Mic"oo! I!e"e! E3po"e" 5MSIE6

+his section describes the basic s/ills that you ould need to useMicrosoft "nternet E$plorer .e ould li/e to indicate here thate are not promoting M;"E, but as e ill discuss most of the M;ffice applications in +opic , it ill be appropriate to tal/ aboutM;"E as an e$ample for a eb broser +he basic usage s/ills isalmost the same for other eb brosers ie 5etscape, Mo?illa,etc

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Starting M;"E

+he easiest ay of starting "nternet E$plorer is by choosing Start %rogram"nternet E$plorer (see &igure 1)

nce that is done, you ill go to the M;"E ebsite-s>homepage as shon in&igure 1F 7oever, sometimes the "nternet E$plorer-s homepage is changedto another homepage ie #M ebsite

Using M;"E 5avigation Bars

Li/e M; .ord, M; %oer%oint, and M; E$cel, M;"E has an almost similar set of navigation bars as shon in &igure 1F and are elaborated further:

Title Bar

+he title bar is normally a coloured bar across the very top of your screen hichgives you the name of the ebsite you have entered t the end of that colouredbar are the /eys for reducing, minimising and closing the screen

Menu Bar

+his bar lists functions related to File, Edit, Vie, &avourites, +ools, and Help(some of these functions ill be fully e$plained later)

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&igure 1: ;teps shoing ho to start M;"E

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&igure 1G: ne method of opening a eb document

"n the <pen= te$tbo$, enter the address for the document orfile you ant to open, using any of the folloing three methods:

+ype the name of the document or file into the <pen=te$tbo$ 'lic/ <9=! or

+o open a document or file you have accessed recently, clic/the donarro button at the right end of the <pen= te$t bo$and select the file from the dropdon list 'lic/ <9=

+here is a 0uic/er ay to open a eb page

'lic/ the Brose button "nternet E$plorer displays theMicrosoft "nternet E$plorer dialog bo$

+he most common ay of accessing eb pages is using the#4L of the eb page +ype the eb address into the addressbar (see &igure 1F), press return>enter and the site should bepresented on screen

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Saving a Document

3ou might ant to save a copy of a eb page to your hard dis/ so that you cane$amine it in detail hen your computer is offline

* +o save the current page, choose <&ile= =;ave s= "nternet E$plorer displays

the ;ave .eb %age dialog bo$ (see &igure 1H) 'hoose a location for the file asusual, specify a filename, and clic/ the ;ave button "nternet E$plorer closes the<;ave s= dialog bo$ and saves the file

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&igure 1H: ;ave as dialog bo$

Printing a .eb Document

+hese are to methods of printing a eb document and the steps are shon in

(i) and (ii) belo

+o print a eb page you are vieing, clic/ the %rint button on the toolbar "nternetE$plorer prints the page ithout displaying the %rint dialog bo$

+o display the %rint dialog bo$ so that you can choose printing options, choose<&ile= <%rint= "nternet E$plorer displays the %rint dialog bo$ as in &igure 1

3ou may use the properties in the dialog bo$ (eg si?e, source, reading) tomodify the output according to your preferred style

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&igure 1: %age ;etup dialog bo$

'lic/ <9= to print

Favourites

+he eb is proving to be a good source of information Most of the brosers youuse to <read= the eb have a builtin system to enable you to store usefulebsites so that you can go bac/ and loo/ at them again later E$plorer callsthese saved ebsites <&avourites=

3ou can use &avourites to pay a visit to the eb or gather together useful ebsites, in much the same ay as you might ma/e a trip to the library, here youmight gather boo/s and Aournal articles to loo/ at more closely in the future

ny time you discover a site that you /no you ould ant to return to, you canadd a shortcut for that site to the :&avourites= folder +o return to a favouritesite, you can select it from &avourites 7ere are the steps to use the &avouritesfolder:

'lic/ the <&avourites= button on the ;tandard Buttons toolbar

'hoose :&avourites= <dd to &avourites= +he Add &avourite dialog bo$ illappear as in &igure 12I

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Edit the &avourite name (/eeping in mind that short names are easier to find onyour &avourites bar or &avourites menu)

;elect the name of the folder in hich the &avourite should reside (choose either<'reate in= or <5e &older= if the folder you ant does not e$ist yet)

7oever, if the <'reate in= button is chosen, you can save in e$isting folders, fore$ample in &igure 12I, <Lontareb=, <lives= etc

"f <5e &older= is selected, give a name to your &older

(vii)* 'lic/ <9= hen operation is completed

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&igure 12I: dd &avourite dialog bo$

Po"!';e Doc)e! Fo"'! 5PDF6

5o hat do you understand about %D&8 +o /no more about %D& let us loo/at the folloing :

Introduction

+here are many types of format of files in the ebsites ie M; .ord, M; E$cel, M;%oer%oint, %D&, 7+ML, etc s such, it is important to /no ho to navigate thesefiles or documents ne of the most popular formats is the Portable DocumentFormat (%D&) %D& as developed by dobe ;ystems and as designed toe$change documents beteen computers and across computer platforms hilemaintaining file integrity +his means the content of the file cannot be easily changed+he file e$tension is .pdf %D& has become a standard document format used fordocument e$change

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crobat 4eader is the vieer for reading pdf files and has tools for file handling,navigation, vieing, and basic tools for creating selections

AdobeJ crobatJ 4eader

9noing the crobat vieer environment and navigating a document in crobatVieer is a fundamental tas/ +he more you /no, the faster you can movearound in crobat vieer

Donload and "nstallation of crobat 4eader

dobeJ crobatJ 4eader can be installed free of charge from the dobeebsite at http:>>adobecom

Navigating and Vieing %D& Documents

"f you have not yet used an crobat vieer, you ill ant to carefully loo/ over

the pages in this section to learn ho you can navigate, vie and search %D&documents (see also &igures 122 and 121)

#se the scroll bar on the right of the screen to read pages

#se the te$t icon to highlight te$t +o copy this highlighted te$t, clic/ the rightmouse button once and then clic/ copy

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#se the magnifier (magnifying glass) to have a bigger document vie

#se the find tool (binoculars) to locate /eyords

Saving %D& &iles

+o save a pdf Kfie, clic/ on the <dis/ette icon=

4efer bac/ to &igure 121 +o save the file, clic/ the icon

3ou ill get a dialog bo$ (see &igure 12)

;ave the file as you ould do hen in an M; ffice enviroment

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&igure 122: n opened %D& document in crobat 4eader

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other course materials and there is an online discussion forumthat enables collaborative online learning to ta/e place fcourse, to hat e$tent you gain from the collaborative onlinelearning depends on 0uality postings and active participationfrom you and your peers

Ho* !o Acce =LE+

MyVLE is integrated ith the #M portal s such, once youlogin to the #M-s ebsite, you are able to access myVLEBefore you can access myVLE, you must sign up or register for my#M account at the #M portal (see &igure 12C) "n +able12 e ill ta/e you through stepbystep on ho to register for my#M account

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+able 12:;tepby;tep on 7o to 4egister for my#M ccount

;tep 2: .hen the #M ebpage is displayed, clic/ on the &irst time login-button (&igure 12)

&igure 12: &irst time log in

;tep 1: fter hich you ill be in a ne screen as shon in &igure 12F 9eyin your "' number, ithout the hypen () and clic/ ;ubmit button

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;tep C fter you have successfully completed my#M ccount 4egistration %rocess, youcan no access the my#M portal using the selected username and passord (refer to&igure 12) 3our username is valid throughout the duration of your study ith #M andit cannot be changed 7oever, you can change your passord as and hen you ish

&igure 12H: my#M 5e 'onfirmation %age

;tep : 'lic/ on Login %age as shon in &igure 12 to log into my#M portal to access

myVLE 3ou ill then see my#M Login %age

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&igure 112: Main page

&rom the Main %age (&igure 112), you should be able to get to the page that youre0uire ith a ma$imum of three clic/s &rom here you can get to the area you needith one clic/ +he actual buttons on this page ill differ from time to time dependingon the program in hich you are registered, the semester and hat events arehappening at the time you access the page

(b)* List of courses

&rom the Main %age , you can go to the List of 'ourses page as in &igure 111 nthis page, you ill be able to access the different courses offered by #M

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your fello learners or to #M to clarify any 0ueries that youmay have

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&igure 11F: ssessment

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(i)* 'ourse 'ontent

.e ill ta/e you through course content step by step as shon in +able 1C

+able 1C: ;tep by ;tep on 7o ccess 'ourse 'ontent

;tep 2:

'lic/ Course 'ontent as shon in &igure 1)1D)

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;tep :

+o submit the assignment, clic/ %rose to search for the file and

clic/ Submit to send the assignment (&igure 1 (a))

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Communication and 'ollaborative Learning

+he myVLE allos you to interact, communicate and learn from your tutor andpeers anytime and anyhere +o carry out collaborative learning, you are providedith the folloing tools: online discussion and email (6mail)

Online Discussion

+he online discussion forum acts as your virtual classroom here discussions onimportant issues related to the content in the learning module should be held "nour training for e+utors, e have advised them that they should initiate thediscussion s soon as you see a discussion topic up in the discussion forum,please read, reflect and provide a focused anser Bear in mind you are not onlyre0uired to anser the 0uestion posed by your e+utor, but you are also re0uired

to read ansers given by your peers and respond to them as ell as post youron 0ueries t this point, e ould li/e to highlight to you that 0uestions thatneed direct ansers should not be brought up in the discussion forum ne$ample of such a 0uestion is, <.hat is #M-s blended learning approach8=&or 0uestions of such nature, you should ta/e the initiative to see/ the anser onyour on

+his nline discussion is an asynchronous communication tool here you can

interact and discuss a specific topic ith your e+utors and peers "t is acollaborative tool that encourages the sharing of ideas +o start a discussion topicor to post a reply, follo the steps belo:

#nder the online discussion, 6roup +ools is also included "t is anothercommunication tool here your tutor can interact and upload specific notes foryou and your peers in your class only

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&igure 1H: Main page

* 'ourse selection page

'lic/ing My'ourse button ill ta/e you here, to your 'ourse List page(&igure 1) +his is the page here you ill see the list of coursesthat you ill ta/e for the semester and your hole programme susual, you need to select the course that you ant to or/ on at thistime

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&igure 1: 'ourse list page

* +he 'ourse Main %age

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nce you have made your selection and clic/ed on the appropriate lin/, you illarrive at the 'ourse page +he course code and name can be seen in the pageheading +he rest of the page is e$plained in other places in this module +hee&orum can be accessed by clic/ing the e&orum button as indicated in &igure 1CI

&igure 1CI: e&orum page

* +he &orum %age

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'ongratulations, you have made it to the e&orum page for the course +his pagelists the &orums that are active in the course at any particular time 3ou ill befind your forum listed under your tutor-s name (see &igure 1C2)

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&igure 1C2: ctive e&orum

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* +he &orum

nce you have selected the right e&orum and clic/ed on it, you illarrive here +his is the actual e&orum page +his page contains anumber of useful functions, among them:

* +he ifeed search bo$ at the top +his is here you can search thecourse content from the e&orum +his gives you direct access tospecific information in your course content +his saves you having toflip through the module pages searching for the specific informationthat you need in your discussions on the e&orum

* Lin/s to the different topics in the course content +hese lin/s alsocorrespond to the content in your learning module Each of these lin/sill open a thread of topics brought up by the learners and tutors ofthe course under the specific topic

* +he dialogue bo$ here you can enter your thoughts, 0ueries oranything else that you thin/ appropriate

;o, no you are ready to start ta/ing part in the forums 'hoose atopic that you ant to or/ on and clic/ on the lin/ (&igure 1C1)

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* &orum Messages

+his is hat e&orum loo/s li/e inside the individual topics (&igure 1C) n thispage, you can discuss and e$change ideas, or/ together and much more onthe specific topic in the course +his helps you to concentrate on the topic at any

one time you enter the e&orum n this page, you ill see the common lin/s li/ethe i&eed search bo$ and the direct lin/s to the homepage and others on theright More importantly, you ill see the thread of conversation to hich you havecontributed and the responses from your fello learners +he livelier this e&orumis, the more useful it can be for individual learners +he most important aspect ofthis Virtual Learning Environment is to give you the feel of studying ith fellolearners "t reminds you that you are not alone and there are people around youho can lend you a hand ;o, hy not lend a hand to your fello learners andbenefit together from the interaction8

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+%"' 1 M3 V"4+#L LE45"56 E5V"45ME5+ (M3VLE) 7

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7/ +%"' 1 M3 V"4+#L LE45"56 E5V"45ME5+ (M3VLE)

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&igure 1CC: 'ourse content

(ii)* 6mail

Email is an asynchronous communication tool hich can beused to communicate ith your tutors and peers .e areassuming that you are ne students of #M and you ill usethe email facility via 6mail +o access email, follo the stepsshon in +able 1F

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&igure 1CG: 'ompose page

;tep : +o reply to the email in Inbo$, clic/ the email and you ill see &igure 1CH 'lic/Reply or Reply ll (if you ant to send the email to all recipients of that email) &ollothe directions in ;tep 1 above +his ill allo you to reply to the sender

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&igure 1CH: 4eply email

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+%"' 1 M3 V"4+#L LE45"56 E5V"45ME5+ (M3VLE) 81

IMPORTANT INFORMATION ON M(LE

"n this subtopic you ill learn the various important information on myVLE 5olet us loo/ at the folloing:

Ho to 'hange %assord at myVLE ;tep 2:

'lic/ 'hange %assord under ;ite +ools (&igure 1)

&igure 1: ;ite +ools

;tep 1:

Enter the folloing information (refer to &igure 1C)

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Visit the #M ebsite regularly to get the latest information>announcementsabout myVLE

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82 +%"' 1 M3 V"4+#L LE45"56 E5V"45ME5+ (M3VLE)

SELF-CHECK 2.2

nser the folloing 0uestions

(a)* 5ame three tools in myVLE that allo sharing of file and information

7o can an open and distance learner in #M benefit from using myVLE8

;even hardare components of a personal computer are central processing unit('%#), video display unit (VD#), /eyboard, mouse, 'D rom drive, printer andmodem

+he "nternet is a large netor/ of computers connecting smaller netor/s aroundthe orld +he computers communicate via a communication protocol calledTransfer Control Protocol>"nternet Protocol (+'%>"%)

.e have discussed ho to operate a personal computer! the to ays that illallo you to connect to the "nternet! and some important concepts of the "nternet

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