2. VIRTUAL CAMPUS PORTAL
Welcome! to the world of e-Learning. You are
about to access one of the most comprehensive
community based e-learning systems available in
the market today. It combines the powerful
benefits of both online community building
applications and a comprehensive learning
management system that helps you build your own
VIRTUAL CAMPUS Portal.
3. VIRTUAL CAMPUS PORTAL
THREE MAJOR ROLES
1. Mentor- are allowed to join and participate in the
community, and are allowed to create/manage courses
online.
2. Student- are allowed to join and participate in the
VIRTUAL CAMPUS Portal Community, and enrol in
courses created by mentors.
3. Administrator-control mentor functions, with additional
administration tools such as user management, poll
management and content management for both the e-
learning system and the HR system.
4. Go to www.virtualcampus.net
LOGGING IN
You will see a log-in screen. Enter the username
and password that you have been given or
assigned. The system automatically detects if
you are a mentor, student or administrator.
5. FORGOT PASSWORD
Sometimes you can forget your password. If you do lose your
password, you can retrieve it by clicking the FORGOT PASSWORD
link on your login page. Just enter your email address on the field, and
it will email the password to your address. Make sure you input the
email address that you used to register into the VIRTUAL CAMPUS
Portal.
Valid characters for username and password.
Avoid using special characters such as *,/,%,$,^,[,]. Make sure that
there is no space on your username or password.
How to choose a strong password - To make sure your password will
not be abused by other users, try to follow the guidelines for
creating strong passwords. Combine letters and numbers
Make sure your password is not easy to guess (such as your birthday,
your pet’s name, and nickname.)
Add complexity by mixing up upper case and lower case.
Avoid sequences (12356, abcde..etc.)
Avoid using your login name as your password
6. If you forgot your password, Click the “Did you forgot your
password?” and then put your email address and then submit.
8. Menu- is where you can jump to certain applications of the VIRTUAL
CAMPUS Portal. Try clicking on a main menu (HOME, COURSE, SOCIAL
,MAYCAL, TOOLS). If you don’t see the menu drop down, there may be
browser compatibility issues.
Header -is the thin top banner that shows the owner of the portal. At
the top right corner is a search box. To search for anything in the
portal, just type in a keyword, and click on the search button. You can
also press Enter.
9. THE SOCIAL NETWORK COMMUNITY
An online tool for Administrators, Mentor &Student to communicate
collaborate and build learning communities. In your home page, you will
see the different areas where you can click on to go to other
applications. You can post Contribute Article, Feeds, Forum, Classifieds,
Link, Wiki, Latest photo, Chat, Blogs, Group, Events, Portfolios,
Question, People, Who’s Online, Reference.
10. Click Tools> People> (Choose Network that you want to add) Click the
Request for Contact button. See the picture below
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12. FEEDS
allow you to be notified of any new actions, comments, or uploads done
by a contact. The contact should be part of your contact list before you
can view any of their feeds. In the feeds section, you can post a status
or a message to share within your community or network.
To update your status, Click SOCIAL on menu bar and just type in the
text box, and click on POST. Your status will automatically be updated.
Every feeds found on the system has a COMMENT link. Just click on it,
and a text box will drop down. Just fill up and post your comment. This
will automatically reflect the next time a user logs on.
14. FORUMS
Forums allow all the people in the group to collaborate with each other in
multiple topics where opinions can be expressed in a seamless manner.
Posting a new topic
To post a topic, simply click TOOLS>FORUM>POST button in the forum page.
Enter the title, the category, a brief description about your forum, and start
posting on your new forum.
Replying to a topic
To reply to a topic, simply click on the “Reply to This Post” button when reading
a forum thread.
17. BLOGS
are the same as blogs. Posting Blogs allows a person to express an idea that
will also be read by an audience.
Posting a new Blog
To post a topic, simply click TOOLS>BLOGS>CREATE button in the blog page.
Enter the title, the category, a brief description about your forum, and
start posting on your new forum. See image below:
18. NOTIFICATIONS
are there to alert you of anything that goes on in the portal,
especially within your network. Notifications are in the form
of sentences to help you understand it.
To view notifications, click the Bell Icon
19. MY FILES
You can upload files and share with other network.
Uploading a New File
to upload a new file, simply click FOLDER ICON>CREATE A
FOLDER>UPLOAD TO FOLDER link on the File page. You can
then browse for the specific file in your computer and click on
the upload button afterwards to upload the file. See image below.
20. CALENDAR
allows you to add schedule or any related matters.
To create schedule Click MyCal on menu bar and then click the date to put
the details of your schedule.
21. MATH EQUATOR
EQUATION EDITOR IS A FORMULA EDITOR THAT ALLOWS USERS TO CONSTRUCT MATH
AND SCIENCE EQUATIONS IN A WYSIWYG ENVIRONMENT.
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22. PRIVATE MESSAGE
Users can send messages to other users in the system. Internal only
to compose new message, click the PEN icon on menu bar and then click
COMPOSE button. See image below.
23. PROFILE
The My Profile Section is where you can view, edit, and add necessary items
to your profile.
To update/edit Profile, Click your name on the menu bar and the click EDIT
link under your profile image. See image below.
25. GROUPS
Creating a New Group
By clicking on TOOLS>GROUP>CREATE NEW GROUP, you can input your
group details. You can create as many groups as you want.
26. INVITE MEMBER TO YOUR GROUP
To invite your network to your group, Go to your FRIENDS PROFILE then
click the Group icon. See image below.
28. Change Your Profile Picture
To change your profile picture, Click your PROFILE PICTURE, ALBUM,
choose a picture and then click Make Profile Photo. See image below.
29. CHAT
Users can currently enter the general chartroom’s.
To create your own Chat room, Click TOOLS>CHAT and put the desire
group chat name
32. PORTFOLIOS
Mentor &Student can create their own portfolios and display their
projects, links, files and blogs all in one place.
To create your Portfolios, Click TOOLS>PORTFOLIOS> first put the
details of your portfolios and then click ADD PORTFOLIO ITEM to add
some pictures, videos, project, etc.
33. Learning Management System (LMS)
It provides an instructor with a way to create and deliver content,
monitor student participation, and assess student performance.
Also allows your instructors and students to accesstheir courses
online. With features such as assignments, study groups,
projects, lesson creator, glossary and more, you canlaunch
courses 24x7 from anywhere
34. MENTOR can create as many courses and subject item which students can
enrol in.
Click on CREATE A NEW..button link.
-Fill up the form located on the bottom of the screen.
Course Code – Type in a unique, descriptive code that best describes
your course in a short way. For example: ART-001, MATH-002
Course Title – Name your course.
Description – Tell your audience a little something about your course.
Credits – If your course would cost something, type in the number of
credits that will be deducted from the student once he enrols. If this is
not applicable, just put 0 (zero).
Initial Status – If you course will be accessible, choose On. You can reset
this later on.
-Once you click on CREATE THE COURSE button, you will see it
appear on the list. Clicking on the course name will bring you to your Course
Home.
-You can turn on or off a course by clicking on [Turn On/Off] link.
Turning Off your course will disallow entry. You will see the change beside
the field.
Status
-To EDIT your course, click on the EDIT button. Here you can
change the values of your course
35.
36. Two types to Create Course
I have to approve his enrollment request
Student has to enter an Enrollment Key
37. COURSE HOME
Course home is the page where the mentor can manage their own e-learning
course. It consists of the menu and the content frame
39. CREATING NEW LESSON
In order to create a new lesson, you first click on the CREATE> LESSON.
Fill up the fields of your lesson and click on the “Create and Submit”
button afterwards. See image below.
40. ADDING SUB LESSON
To ADD SUB LESSON, Click LESSON MODULES> and then click Cross
Icon
41. ASSIGNMENT
An Assignment is work that your students need to accomplish based on
specific instructions from you as a mentor. This can be in the form of a
submitted document or directly creating it on the portal.
To Create New Assignment, Click CREATE>ASSIGNMENT
42. TASKS AND ACTIVITIES
Tasks and Activities are scheduled either for online or offline. This
can either be an activity outside of school, within the campus or
online.
To Create Activities, Click CREATE>ACTIVITIES
43. PROJECTS
Creating a New Project
Click on the CREATE button top of the page to make a new project. Fill in the
fields and the project content and then submit the form so that the
project can be saved.
44. GLOSSARY
Navigating words in the Glossary
Clicking on the Course Glossary will allow you to see the words
that you have added to the glossary. You can grab words from the
dictionary in order to add to the glossary as explained by the
section below.
To reveal words in the glossary, you can either use the drop down (Jump
to..) or click on the alphabet hyperlinks.
Adding words into the glossary
To add words to the glossary, click on the link Find a Word to Add to
Glossary.
First step is to see if your glossary word is in the built-in dictionary. To
search, enter the word in the Quick Look up field. Change the Drop down
to Any of the Word.
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45. From the list of search results, choose the word that you want to add to
the glossary. If you word is not in the dictionary, click on Add a Word link
to include your term in the dictionary.
Then click on Add to Glossary link.
46. STUDENT ROSTER
The Student Roster is your complete list of students currently enrolled in
your course. You may also click on Student Requests to accept enrolees who
requested to join/enrol.
Editing Student Rights
-When you click on the Student Roster link, you will be able to see all
of your students. Clicking on the View link on the Rights column will allow you
to see the student rights in the next page.
-You can enable or disable the rights of each student in this section. Choose
Allow or Deny per function listed.
47. Click on the Save button once you have finished editing a student’s rights
48. GRADE BOOK
Clicking on Grade Book will show you two things:
-The List of grade book items you have added for the class. To edit the
grades of the student, just enter the points (in numeric format) on the
blue text box provided. You can also add your comments. Then click on
the Submit button. Remember that you should add to the grade book
before items can appear here. You will learn how to add to the grade
book later on.
-The list of automated scores that the student was able to get after
taking the exams that you have created for the class.
49. ANNOUNCMENT
Announcements will be automatically broadcasted to your students. Simply
type in the announcement, subject, and validity date. The announcement
will be broadcasted when you click on the “Create Announcement”
button.
50. STUDY GROUPS
You can and are allowed to view the study groups in your class. You can enter
the study group as an observer or send a message to the study group. Clicking
on Groups link will reveal all the study groups that have been created by your
students.
You can also create your own study group and add students to it. Click on
CREATE STUDY A GROUP link under the Groups section. Enter the necessary
information and click on the button to create your group. To View this, click on
ENTER GROUP. Here you will see groups you created and groups you have
been accepted in. Find the group you created on the list, then click on ENTER.
51. TEST MAKER
The built-in Test Maker system allows the mentor to create mixed item
exams in one exam paper
Multiple choice – Multiple Choice questions are the most common types of
exam items. It consists of a question and usually four choices for the user
to choose from. Usually only one answer is correct.
Matching type – Matching Type questions allow a user to match column A
to column B.
Enumeration – Enumeration consists of an instruction to list down the
answers, usually in random order.
Identification – Identification items consists of one question and one
answer.
True or false – Allows the user to answer TRUE or FALSE to one question.
Essay – An essay question is an item that requires a answer in paragraph
format
52. Creating an Exam
First, you must add items to your exam.
From the drop down menu, choose the type of question you want to
add to your exam.
53. Input your exam name and all the other relevant fields, after you
add your exam items using the “Add an Item” tool located at the
bottom of the screen.
After you have completed your exam bank, simply click on the Create
Test button and your exam will be saved.
You can try out your exams by clicking on Preview Exams link.
-Here you will see the list of exams that you have created.
Edit – You can click here to edit exam details, or Add/Remove
questions.
Delete – This will remove the exam from the course.
54. PERFORMANCE CENTER
The Performance Center allows you to manage the scores and grades of you
students. It allows three graded submissions :
Exams – Exam Scores are generated automatically from the Test Maker tool
once a student finishes the exam.
Grade Book– The Grade Book allows you to create Grading Periods, and add
items into the grade book. There are two ways of adding to the Grade Book.
One is by clicking on Add Grade Item link after you create a grading period.
The other one is by clicking on ADD TO GRADE BOOK link found in
Assignments, Projects, Forums, and Tasks/Activities.
55. Click to Toggle Edit Grades here
Click Submit to Update Grades
56. COLLABORATION TOOLS
Virtual Collaboration features multi-party collaboration with different
tools that can get your message across clearly.
57. Real-time multi-user whiteboard– With the very interactive white
board system, you can present images and draw on top of it to deliver your
message across. You can also take a snapshot of your presentation.
Image upload and download– Images can be uploaded for download or for
whiteboard presentations. Supported file types: .ppt, .pptx, .pdf, .jpg, .gif,
.png
Text chat with User List– It features a multi-user text chat.
Crystal-clear liveaudio& video– Clear audio& video conferencing allows
interactive meetings and presentations.