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Contents Module 1

EduNxt Orientation

Logging into the EduNxt Portal

How to login EduNxt portal?

EduNxt Portal Homepage / Dashboard

Where do you find Program details, Course details, Mail option

and News & alerts?

Entering a Course in EduNxt Portal

Where do you find subject/course list?

Browsing the Course Instance/Course Dashboard

Where do you find blogs, forums and calendar?

Where do you find wall messages and what are the different

procedures to send wall messages?

Where do you find reference materials like Videos, Articles,

and news?

Browsing the course book and Learning Units

Where do you find e-slm, ppts, mcqs, faqs, model question

papers, case studies, slm pdf files, assignments?

Attempting the Quiz

How to attend the quiz and how to view the quiz results?

Discussion Forum

What are the different steps to post the topics to the

discussion forum ?

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Blogs

What are the different steps to view the blogs ?

Mymail and the different ways to contact faculty members

Module 2

Webex Chat session

What are the different steps to be followed to enter the webex

chat session?

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MODULE 1 – EDUNXT ORIENTATION

Objective:

Provide orientation on EduNxt Portal to SMUDE Students.

EduNxt Orientation

The flow chart below describes the steps to be followed by the students

while navigating the EduNxt portal.

Attempting the Quiz

Browsing the course book

Browsing the Course Instance

Entering a Course in EduNxt Portal

EduNxt Portal Homepage / Dashboard

Logging into the EduNxt Portal

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Logging into the Edunxt Portal

The EduNxt Portal URL is

http://edunxt.smude.edu.in

The above URL leads to Sikkim Manipal University - EduNxt website Login

page.

Provide your login credentials (login ID and password) and click on the

login button to enter the home page of EduNxt portal (as shown in the above

figure).

Note: Students should use their „roll number‟ as login ID and password.

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Clicking on the Subject (under My Subjects) leads to New EduNxt portal

Homepage / Dashboard.

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EduNxt Portal Homepage /Dashboard

Dashboard: Hosts features such as Calendar, News & Alerts, My courses,

My Community Updates, My Mail and Due this week.

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Program: Provides complete program details for which student is enrolled.

My Courses: Leads to Course page where all the courses enrolled will be

listed.

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Note: In the „My Course‟ option you will get subject list along with the Drive

details. For example: In the above figure, you will find all the subjects

belong to „fall drive 2011‟.

My Mail: Space where mails regarding any queries can be sent.

Community: Space for collaboration, one to one, one to many network

building, own talent acquisition through blogs.

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Help: Academic or Technical related query resolution space.

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Brief explanation has been given below for the features that appear in the

dashboard.

News and Alerts

Announcements such as Chat Schedule, Chat recording links, Assignment

guidelines, Learning Plan etc. are posted in this space.

Calendar

Tasks, activities planned and announcements get reflected in the form of

highlighted dates.

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My Mail

Link to „My Mail‟ section.

Received and Sent messages can be viewed in this section.

My Courses

Lists all the courses to which the student has been enrolled. Clicking on the

course will lead to course instance or course dashboard.

My Community Update

Community Updates registered for a particular course are displayed here.

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Due this Week

Pending activities like assignments, quiz or any other “To Do” activities are

displayed.

Entering a Course in EduNxt Portal

In the EduNxt portal, each subject is a course. For example, MB0038 –

Management Process and Organization Behaviour is a course in 1st Semester

MBA.

Procedure to enter a Course:

1. Click on „My Courses‟ in Homepage.

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Click on a course. For Example: Fall 2011-Semester 1-Management Process

and Organization Behavior

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Browsing the Course Instance/Course Dashboard

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Following briefs about the features that appear in Course Instance:

1. Overview

About course – Features a brief introduction to the course and also

a video of the faculty in-charge providing details of the course.

Course Dashboard – Leads to the „course dashboard‟ page.

2. Learning Material

Learning Material comprises of study material / resources.

Course Book – Consists of unit-wise E-SLMs, SLMs, PPTs, Practice

MCQ quizzes, Application and Evaluation, Frequently Asked

Questions, Subject related Articles and Case Studies, Model Question

Paper with answer keys and Assignment.

Learning Units – All 15 units of the course are listed under this

section. Each unit hosts all the resources discussed in course book.

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3. Activity

Schedule - Course schedule will be displayed.

To Do – Assignment of the respective course will be displayed.

Announcements – Announcements pertaining to the respective

course such as Learning Plan etc. will be posted.

4. Assessment

Assignment of the respective course is posted. The assignment has to be

downloaded, attended and duly submitted to respective Learning Centres.

5. Collaborate

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Class Groups – Lists different groups formed under the class.

Blogs – Features faculty blogs.

Forums – Features forums pertaining to any topic relating to the

course. Students can post their views on the topic.

Calendar – Same feature as the calendar in Dashboard.

Wall – Separate link which directs to the wall message on the

course page.

6. Reference Material

Videos – Lesson videos, unit introduction videos and subject related

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videos are posted in this space.

Chat Mentor – Audio files/recorded links of chat sessions are posted

in this space.

Articles – General and subject related articles are uploaded in this

space.

News – News related to the course.

Links – Weblinks related to course for reference is displayed.

Case Study – General and subject related case studies are uploaded

in this space.

7. Wall Messages

Any query related to the course or any other resource in the course can be

posted in this space. The query will be attended by SMU faculty or LC

faculty of the respective course.

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Procedure to interact with students through Wall Messages

To write messages on the wall, write in the space provided in the box and

click on the “add” button.

The message added appears as shown in the figure below.

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8. Faculty

Any queries related to course or other resources can be sent to Faculty

by clicking on send message option.

9. Learn

Reflects the contents/resources of the Course Book.

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10. Practice

Displays MCQs of all the units of the selected course. One can attempt

the MCQs by clicking on it.

Browsing the Course Book

To select the course book, click on „Course Book‟ option under Learning

Material.

Course Book consists of 15 units, Case Studies, Articles, Model Question

Paper, Assignments and Resources at the left side of the window, as shown

in the figure below..

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Each Unit consists of resources like FAQs(Frequently Asked Questions), ESLM

(E Self-Learning Material), PPT (PowerPoint Presentation) and MCQs

(Multiple Choice Questions). Click on the „drop down list icon‟ which is

placed in front of every unit or Unit tabs to see the resources of every unit.

Brief explanation is given below for each of the resources:

1. Frequently Asked Questions :

Frequently asked questions pertaining to each unit and answer to

queries raised by students during chat sessions are uploaded so that

students can view and or download the same. Click on a particular unit

-> Click on „Application & Evaluation‟ tab -> Click on „FAQ‟ tab placed

under every unit to get the FAQs as shown in the below figure.

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2. ESLM: is Electronic version of Self-Learning Material. It is not the

replica of the printed SLM and is more interactive and to-the point. It is

basically activity and assessment oriented. They have integrated with

audio and video files.

It consists of:

Introduction to a unit through animation and video

Key Learning Objectives

Explanation of each learning objectives with practical examples,

activities and self- assessment questions

Summary

Terminal Questions

Click on the attachment to download

or view the FAQs document

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Click on a particular unit -> Click on „Learn‟ tab -> Click on „SLM‟ tab

placed under every unit to get eslm contents as shown in the below

figure.

Note: after summary you will get the soft copy of that particular unit (slm)

in the PDF format as shown in the below figure.

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3. PowerPoint Presentation(PPT): PPT which is a summary of the

SLM can be viewed or downloaded. Click on a particular unit -> Click on

„Learn‟ tab -> Click on „PPT‟ tab placed under every unit to get the PPT

files as shown in the below figure.

Click on the attachment to download

or view the SLM PDF file

Click on the attachment to download

or view the PPT file

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4. Multiple Choice Questions (MCQs): Unit-wise 1 mark, 2 marks and 4

marks multiple choice questions are made available for students to access

their learning. Click on a particular unit -> Click on „Practice‟ tab -> Click on

„Assessment‟ tab placed under every unit to get MCQs as shown in the below

figure.

Case studies, Articles, Model Question Papers, Assignments & other

resources of a particular subject is placed after 15 units (unit tabs) left side

of the window.

Below figures depicts how to access these resources.

Case studies: General and subject /unit specific case studies are uploaded

to form additional learning material. Click on „Case Study‟ tab -> Click on

„Application and Evaluation‟ tab to access the case studies of a subject.

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Articles: General and subject/unit specific Articles are uploaded to furnish

additional learning material. Click on „Articles‟ tab -> Click on „Learn‟ tab to

access the Articles as shown in the below figure.

Model Question Paper (MQP): Model Question Paper of the subject is

uploaded along with answer keys. Click on „Model Question Paper‟ tab ->

Click on the attachment to download

or view the Articles

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Click on „Application and Evaluation‟ tab to access the Model Question paper

and Answer Keys as shown in the below figure.

Assignments: Drive-wise asignments of a subject is uploaded here. To

submit the assignments students need to download the assignment question

paper. Click on „DE-Assignment‟ tab -> Click on „Access Yourself‟ tab to

access/download the Assignments.

Click on the attachment to download

or view the Model Question paper

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Resources: Additional resource like weblinks, videos, slm library (all slm

unit-wise pdf files), PPT library (unit-wise PPT files) etc. are uploaded here.

Click on the attachment to download

the assignments

Click on the attachment to download

or view the SLM & PPT library

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Attempting the Quiz

Procedure to attempt Quiz:

1. Click on „My Courses‟ in the Homepage.

2. Select a course to attend quiz.

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3. In the course page, click on „course book‟ option under learning material.

4. In the Left side of the course book page, 1 mark, 2 marks and 4 marks

question quiz are listed under every unit. For example to enter 4 mark

questions click on 4 mark question link as shown in the below figure

5. Click on Attempt link.

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6. Questions appear in a separate popup window. Attempt the question and

click on next to attend next question.

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When you click on „next‟ button the following popup window appears.

The above figure shows that you have already attended the first question

and you are about to attend the second question. Click on the „Next‟ button

to continue the question and „Skip‟ button to Skip the question and goto next

question of the quiz.

As shown in the above figure, click on the „Skip and Finish‟ button to

complete the quiz or click on „Close‟ button to close the window.

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7. Click on „view quiz results‟ to check whether the answers chosen were

correct or wrong.

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Discussion Forum

Discussion Forum refers to online discussion where users can come together

to get information and exchange ideas. Discussion Forum may also be called

Discussion Groups (DG) or Discussion Board.

Steps to add topic to the Forum:

1. Click on the Forum. (Goto My Courses- Select course- Select Forums

under Collaborate option)

2. Select the Forum for which you want to post the topic

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3. In the forum page, click on the “Create New Forum Topic” link.

4. Provide “Title”, “Description” and “Summary” of the Forum topic.

5. Select the “Status” as Active. Open the discussion topic under

“Configuration” by providing Start date and End date. Click on “Add

Forum Topic”.

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6. Upon clicking on the topic, forum topic, its summary and space for

posts appears.

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Faculty Blogs

Blog is generally maintained by an individual with regular entries of

commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or

video.

Steps to view the faculty blogs:

1. Click on the Blog. (Goto My Courses- Select course- Select Blog under

Collaborate option)

Blogs which are created under that particular course are displayed on the

right side as shown in the below figure. Click on each blog to view/read.

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My Mail

Student can contact faculty members in the following three ways:

1. My Mail

2. Faculty (through course dashboard)

3. Help

1. My Mail: My Mail facility is available in the homepage of EduNxt Portal.

This is used as a means to intimate students about contact class and chat

session schedule planned, activities planned or successfully completed in

LC‟s, discussion forum and blogs created in the LC Portal and so on and

so forth. Students can also contact faculty members through My Mail

option to solve their queries.

Procedure to interact with students through Mails

Step 1: Click on “My Mail” in homepage.

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Step 2: Click on “Write New Message”.

Step 3: Provide the email ID‟s of the recipients in the “To” box. Write the

“subject” in subject box and mail matter in “message” box. Click on the

“Send Message” button to send the message to recipients.

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“A message has been sent” to „recipient‟s names‟ appears.

2. Faculty (through course dashboard):

If student want to send any course specific messages/queries to their

respective faculty members, follow the following procedure:

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Step 1: Click on „My Courses‟ in the Homepage.

Step 2: Select a course to enter.

Step 3: Click on “send message” of “faculty box”.

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Step 4: Write your subject and message in the “Subject” and “Message” box.

Click on the “send message” button to send your message to faculty of the

respective course.

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3. Help: helps you to create a ticket on „Technical‟, „Academic‟ and

„Operation‟ related issues.

Follow the following steps to create a new ticket.

Step 1: Goto home page and click on the „Help‟ option

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Step 2: Select „Ticket Type‟ from the Ticket Type drop down list. Write

„Subject‟, „Description‟, „Name‟ and „Email‟ in their respective field and click

on the submit button to submit the query.

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MODULE 2: WEBEX CHAT SESSIONS

The Webex is a platform where the faculty members conduct chat sessions.

The chat sessions are more interactive and exam oriented.

In the chat session:

The students can view and hear live lecture of the faculty

The students can see the presentations shown by the faculty member

The students can ask subject related queries.

Note: User system should have the following Software installed –

- Java Script with cookies enabled.

Steps to be followed to enter the Webex platform

1 • ENTER EDUNXT PORTAL

2 • UNDER NEWS AND ALERTS CLICK ON THE CHAT

SCHEDULE

3 • CLICK ON THE ATTENDEE LINK

4 • WEBEX PLATFORM

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Step 1: Log into Edunxt Portal

Login using your login credentials.

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Step 2: Goto News and Alerts

The above figure shows the „chat link‟ availability in the dashboard under

„News and Alerts'.

On clicking the chat link, we will get an excel sheet with the chat links also

known as attendee links as shown in the figure below:

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Step 3: Attendee Link

Click on the attendee link as per the chat schedule and time.

On clicking the link, we will enter the chat session as shown in the following

step.

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Step 4: Webex Platform

The above figure shows the Webex Mentor Chat session.

Here the student has to enter his/her name and a valid e-mail ID.

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The above figure shows the Webex Mentor Chat session is in progress.

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The system will ask permission to run the programme in your computer for

the first time if you are entering the chat session. Click on „allow‟ button and

proceed further as shown in the above figure.

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The above figure shows that Webex is still trying to connect.

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The above figure shows that Webex session is in progress and if you want to

join the session, click on the YES tab and proceed further.

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The above figure shows the Webex session with:

(1) Participants:

Here we can find the number of participants in the chat session including the

host and the attendees.

(2) Chat:

In this space the attendee can chat/ask question to the host and the host

can answer them through chat maybe to one attendee or to all the

attendees.

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The above figure shows:

1. The picture of the host conducting the chat session.

2. The PPT (opened by the host).

3. One of the attendee greeting the host through chatting.

4. The host is responding to the greeting through chat.

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The above figure shows that at the end of the session, click on the “x”

(Close) button on the top right hand side. Once the close button is clicked,

you will get a pop-up screen giving the option to leave the session or cancel.

Click on Leave session to come out of the webex session or cancel if you

want to stay in the session.

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The above figure shows the Webex session is over. At the end of the webex

session the last page would be a feedback about the session.