EduNxt Programme

EduNxt PROGRAM- AGENDA

Module 1 :EduNxt Orientation Objectives Step-1 Logging in EduNxt Portal Step-2 EduNxt Portal Homepage /

Dashboard Step-3 Entering a Course in EduNxt

Portal Step-4 Features in Course Instance Step-5 Features in Course Book Step-5 Attempting the Quiz

Step 1: 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.

Figure 1: EduNxt website Login Page Providing the login credentials (login ID and password) in the space provided and clicking on the login button leads to EduNxt portal Homepage.

Step 2: EduNxt Portal Homepage /Dashboard

Dashboard – Hosts features such as Calendar, News & Alerts, Due this week, My courses and My Mail.

My Courses – Leads to Course page where all the courses enrolled will be listed.

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.

My Chat - Direct entry to the chat session platform. Help - Academic or Technical related query resolution

space

Step 2: EduNxt Portal Homepage /Dashboard

News and Alerts- Announcement related to university and Learning Centres are posted in this space. For Example: Learning Plan, Chat Schedule, Chat recording links, Assignment etc.

Calendar - Tasks, activities planned and announcements get reflected in the form of highlighted dates.

My Mail - -Link to My Mail section. -Received and Sent messages can be viewed in

this section. Due this week - Pending activities like assignments,

quiz or any other “To Do” activities are displayed.

Homepage /Dashboard

My Courses

Lists all the courses to which the student has enrolled.

My Community update

Community Updates registered for a particular course are displayed here

Step 3 - Entering a Course in EduNxt Portal

In the EduNxt portal, each subject is a course. For example, MB0038 – Management Process and Organizational Behaviour is a course in 1st Semester MBA.

Procedure to enter a Course: 1. Click on My Courses in Homepage.

2. Click on a course. For Example: Fall 2010-Semester 1-Statistics for Management.

Step 4 - Browsing the Course Instance

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 course instance.

2. Learning Material Learning Material comprises of study

material / resources. Course Book – Consists of unit-wise E-

SLMs, SLM‟s, PPT‟s, Practise 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.

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 Class Groups – Lists different groups

formed under the class. Blogs – Features faculty blogs on the

course. Forums – Features forums pertaining to

any topic or subject 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 videos are posted in this space. Chat Mentor – Audio files of chat sessions are posted

in this space. Articles – General and subject related articles are

uploaded in this space. News – News related to cousre. Links – Weblinks related to course for reference is

displayed. Case Study – General and subject related case

studies are uploaded in this space.

7. Community Admin

Manage Content – It features links through which various resources can be added.

8. Wall Messages

Any query related to 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.

Step 5 - Browsing the Course Book

Course Book consists of 15 units, Case Studies, Articles, Model Question Paper and Assignment at the top of the window, as shown in figure below. Unit tab is used to navigate between these sections.

Each Unit consists of the following resources: 1. E Self-Learning Material 2. Self-Learning Material 3. Power Point Presentations 4. Multiple Choice Questions 5. Application and Evaluation – Case Studies

and Articles. 6. Frequently Asked Questions These resources are listed on the right side of

the window as shown in figure above.

Resources in Course Book

1. E SLM 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 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

2. Self-Learning Material (SLM)

Softcopy of the SLM in pdf file is made available for students to view or download.

3. Power Point Presentation PPT which is a summary or flashcard of

the SLM can be viewed or downloaded.

4. Practice / Multiple Choice Questions Unit-wise 1 mark, 2 mark and 4 mark multiple

choice questions are made available for students to access their learning.

5. Application and Evaluation (Articles and Case Studies)

General and subject / unit specific articles and case studies are uploaded to form additional learning material.

6. 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.

7. Model Question Paper Model Question Paper of the course is

uploaded along with answer keys. The student needs to click on the attachment to view or download the MQP file.

8. Assignment To submit the assignments students need to download

the assignment question paper uploaded in the Course Book.

Step 6 – Attempting the Quiz Procedure to attempt Quiz 1. Click on My Courses in the Homepage

2. Select a course to attend quiz on that course.

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

4. In the Right side of the course book page, 1 mark. 2 mark and 4 mark question quiz are listed under Practise. To enter 4 mark questions click on 4mark question link.

5. Click on Attempt link

6. Questions appear in a separate window. Attempt the question and click on next to attend next question.

7. Click on view quiz results to check whether the answers chosen were correct or wrong.

Question Hour

Contact Us:

(Academics Related Matter)

For IT related queries, please write to Smitha.pai1@smude.edu.in

For MBA related query, please write to academics.mba@manipalu.com

For any queries regarding courses, please write to us info@sidvin.ac.in

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