Welcome: what this account is for
What you can do here, what the words mean, and what makes your account different from an ordinary student one.
What you will learn
- What you use this system for
- The handful of words that appear everywhere
- Why someone at your employer may be able to see your progress
This is where your course lives. You use it to see when your classes are, find the work you have been set, hand that work in, take quizzes, and see your marks.
Your place was arranged for you
You are on this course because an employer, a sponsor or a family member arranged it — you did not sign yourself up. That has one consequence worth knowing from the start: somebody may be able to see how you are getting on. The next section explains exactly who, what they see, and how you find out.
Words you will see everywhere
- Course
- The subject itself — what is taught, at what level, over how many hours.
- Batch
- Your actual class: one group of people taking a course together, with its own dates, its own tutor and its own timetable. A batch has a number, and you will see that number all over the system.
- Session
- One class. A batch is made of sessions.
- Enrollment
- Your place on a batch.
- Assignment
- A piece of work you hand in by a date.
- Quiz
- A set of questions marked by the system, usually with a time limit.
- Examination
- A scheduled, supervised assessment.
- Grade book
- Every individual mark you have earned on a course.
- Transcript
- The formal, final record of how you did, produced at the end.
You do not need to read this in order
Every article here stands on its own. Use the search box, or jump to whichever one matches what you are trying to do.
What you should see
You know what the system is for and what the main words mean.
Related articles
- What your dashboard shows youThe home screen: your next class, what is overdue, and how your attendance looks.
- Why someone else can see your recordHow a manager or guardian gets access to your progress, what they can see, and how you are told.
- How to set up your accountYour name, your picture, your timezone and your password — and why the timezone matters more than you would expect.