Transcript IVLE Integration

Nexus
connect.live.learn
Jeffery Tay
Centre for Instructional Technology
[email protected]
Last Update:28 July 2008
What is Nexus
 Nexus is a personal learning environment (PLE)
developed by CIT.
 It is a space for you to view what’s important to
you at a glance,
 With it, you are able to easily and quickly
 Access, aggregate, configure and manipulate digital
entities
 Build your own needs based learning space
 Extend your learning beyond traditional systems
 Incorporate your social activities with your learning
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How do I access Nexus?
 Open your web browser
 In the address bar, type http://nexus.nus.edu.sg
 Login using your NUSNET UserID and password
Your space
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Easy Search
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Easy Search
 Multiple search engines
have been pre-loaded
into your space
 You can perform searches directed to these search
engines straight from your space
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Commands
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Commands
 Messages – Shows you the list of messages which
have been sent to you. Includes your password
expiry
 Support – Brings you to the support page
 Logout – Logs you out of the system
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Customization
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Customization
 Clicking on menu gives you the various
customization options
 You can browse for and add new widgets to your
tabs
 You can change the layout for the tab
 You can add RSS feeds to your tab
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Tabs
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Tabs
 You can associate a tab with widgets that you feel
is related to it.
 Drag and drop any tab to reorder your tabs
 Click on an inactive tab to switch focus to the tab
 Click on an active tab to edit the tab name
 Click on the arrow beside the tab to expose other
tab functions
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Widgets
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Widgets
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These are the main information unit.
Different widgets provide different information.
Drag and drop any widget to reorder them
Click on the widget footer to toggle widget size
Click on the pencil icon to view widget functions
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What do I start off with
 NUS Learning Tab – Containing IVLE, NUS
Communities and Library
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What do I start off with
 Communication tab containing NUS Messaging,
and NUS Mail
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What do I start off with
 Important Student Information!
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What do I start off with
 Walkthru of Nexus
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Sharing of Tabs
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Sharing of Tabs
 You have the ability to share a tab you have
created with other users.
 Sharing of tab is a 3 step process
1. Input the people you want to share the tab with
2. Set their permissions
3. Confirm and submit
 Click on the arrow beside the tab you want to
share and click “Share Tab”
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Sharing of Tabs – Step 1
 Start by entering the userid or emails of the people
whom you want to share the tab with.
 Click “Next >” once you have added the users
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Sharing of Tabs – Step 2
 There are 2 ways of giving permission, using the
simple version which lets you give
them read, read & write or all rights
 Or you can go for the detailed permissions
 Click “Next >” once you are done
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Sharing of Tabs – Step 3
 You can change
the Email subject
and body
 You can also
change the name
of the users
 Click “Finish” to
complete the tab
sharing and Nexus
will notify them
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Sharing of Tabs - Notified
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Modification of Shares
 Once you have shared the tab, you can click on
“Share Tab” again to modify the tab’s share
permissions.
 From here you can
1. Update user’s access permissions
2. Remove users from the share
3. Share to more users
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Questions?
 URL: http://nexus.nus.edu.sg
 Contact Information
 Jeffery Tay
 [email protected]
 6516 4647
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