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WawasanLearn
Student Orientation
January 2010 Semester
What is WawasanLearn?
• WawasanLearn is WOU’s Learning
Management System (LMS) that provides
you with supplementary learning resources
and activities related to your course(s).
Why WawasanLearn is important?
• Contains supplementary course materials. For
example,
multimedia and
PowerPoint files
for you to view or download.
• You will be able to participate in online
discussions:
– group discussions with other students
– public discussions with your Course Coordinator, tutor
and other students
• Contains softcopy of your Tutor-marked
Assignments (TMAs)
Accessing WawasanLearn
• To access WawasanLearn, use the student
portal under MY LMS tab or alternatively,
visit:
https://lms.wou.edu.my
This will be the first screen you will see
Click on “MY LMS” then click “here” to access
WawasanLearn
Alternatively
Upon typing in
https://lms.wou.edu.my
you will see the first page of the
WawasanLearn
Notice that ALL the courses on
offer by the Schools are displayed
here. You would be able to go into
your registered courses
Login Page
Login here by
typing in your
username and
password
Upon clicking in, you will be taken to the
webpage of your current registered course(s)
Choose any
course you
would like to
view by
clicking on the
course name.
For example:
Basic
Computing and
the Internet
Course Main Page
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Every course is
represented on a 3pane format.
The middle pane is
divided into 2
sections:
– Announcements
and Online
Forums
– Supplementary
Course Materials
LEFT pane displays the
“Activities” available and the
list of your registered course(s)
RIGHT pane displays the
calendar and latest
announcements
WawasanLearn’s course main page
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Your tutorial forums
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Your Course Coordinator’s
and tutor’s
announcements
are here
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2 sections:
Supplementary
Course Materials,
Assessment etc.
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4
Your tutorial resources
are available in the
folders here
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How do I navigate within WawasanLearn?
Click on the title on
the header of your
course page to
navigate ‘backwards’
without using ‘back
arrow’
Forums in WawasanLearn
• Serve as a collaborative learning tool that allows
you to participate in course related discussions
with your Course Coordinator, tutor and
coursemates.
You are encouraged to participate actively in the Tutorial Forum instead
of the Public Forum. The Public Forum is more suitable for discussing a
wider range of topics and may not be specific to the needs of your
tutorial group.
Reminder:
You can only edit your forum postings within the first 30 minutes.
Starting a discussion
Click on any of the
forum to start a
discussion
Next, you will see a page like below..
To participate in this
discussion, click on
the “Add a new
discussion topic”
button
This is the page where you will type in your discussion.
When you are done, click on the “Post to forum” button.
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Provide a title for
your discussion
topic
2
Type your
discussion contents
here
3
Use this button to
post the forum
Replying to discussion
Click here to reply
to the discussion
How do you share web links?
You would still need to use the forum discussions to share links on the page.
When you are done, click on the “Post to forum” button.
1
Provide a title for
your discussion
topic
2
Paste your
web links
here
3
4
Click OK
Click the insert a
resource link icon
here
Quizzes
• Online Quizzes are available for your
practice.
• The online score will not be counted as
part of the final grade.
Example of an online quiz
Choose your answer
using the radio
button “ “
Click here to submit
your answers
Resources
• Types of documents like:
– Microsoft PowerPoint slides to enhance your learning of
certain topics
– Pdf files
for your supplementary reading
• Website Links
– Articles for forum discussions
– Online quizzes to test your knowledge
– Online interactive programs to test your knowledge
Tutor Marked Assignments (TMAs)
• The Tutor Marked Assignment will be made
available for you to download and view in
WawasanLearn
• You need to locate the second section of your
course page which contains a folder named Tutor
Marked Assignments (TMAs)
Click here to
view the
TMAs
Tutor Marked Assignments (TMAs)
• Click on the TMA file that you wish to download
Click here to view
and download the
TMAs
Tutor Marked Assignments (TMAs)
• Choose if you would like to download or view the
TMA
Click here to view and
download the TMAs
We hope this session will assist you in using
WawasanLearn and do have a rewarding experience.
Thank You