1. GETTING STARTED IN THE ONLINE CLASSROOM
Trinity Online Learning Center
GETTING STARTED IN THE ONLINE CLASSROOM

2. Your online classroom consists of three columns of resources: click on these links for help and support, to access the bookstore, or submit assignments

3. The center column is where you will find all of your course learning activities and resources

4. You can jump to available weeks of the course using these links (may not work in Internet Explorer)

5. You can access the Hunter Theological Library through this link, which opens the library in another window

6. You can also view who the other Participants are in the course at any time

7. You can even update your own Profile when needed

8. Be sure to click the link to the Greetings from Your Instructor—it can contain important information about your course

9. You will want to immediately access the Study Guide (syllabus)—please read it carefully as it lists your textbooks and gives instructions on assignments

10. The Course Calendar reminds you of important start and end dates for the online discussions and when all remaining assignments are due

11. Be sure to click on the Make Your Learning Successful links to help you further understand how the online course works

12. To ask questions about assignments or the course, please use the Ask the Professor Forum link—on every visit to the classroom please be sure to also check for any messages from your instructor posted in the News and Announcements Forum

13. The Student Café is your place to chat at leisure with others in your
The Student Café is your place to chat at leisure with others in your course, share prayer requests, and so on—questions for your instructor about assignments or the course need to be posted in the Ask the Professor Forum

14. Each week your classroom contains two sections of resources—Learning Resources (links to lectures, documents, and presentation materials), and one or more Discussion Forum

15. Reminders appear in select weeks to prompt you and guide you in
Reminders appear in select weeks to prompt you and guide you in completing course assignments and assessments (exams)

16. Clicking on a Learning Resources link opens that resource for you to use (usually in a separate window)

17. The icon before a link indicates the type of resource provided—in this
The icon before a link indicates the type of resource provided—in this example there are links to: a web page or text box, an audio file, a Word document, a PDF document, a PowerPoint presentation, and an Excel spreadsheet

18. Clicking on a Discussion Forum link opens the window for that discussion

19. There are two ways to post your response to a discussion topic—the first way is to click the Add New Discussion Topic button

20. The second way is to click the Reply button to a message that is already posted

21. Both ways to post a response to a discussion topic open up a message window—you must give your message a subject heading and then enter your message in the message box

22. You can use these tools to format your message—when it is ready to be
You can use these tools to format your message—when it is ready to be posted, click the Post to Forum button

23. You can return to this presentation at any time to refresh your skills in using the online classroom—there are also other features you can use that are not listed here, just click a link and explore what you can do!

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