The following tools may or may not appear in all courses. Sometimes they may appear on the homepage, but usually they will  appear on a separate "Student Tools" page (a sample of some of these tools can be found in Additional Resources on the homepage.

Support tools below are listed alphabetically. To test your browser for audio, click on the icon in the toolbar.

Discussions (Bulletin Board/Forum)

Discussions is a place where public messages are posted. You can find out more on forums at What is a discussion?

Calendar

With the Calendar tool you can view any scheduled events. You can add private entries to the calendar (visible only to yourself) and, if the instructor has allowed it, public ones (visible to everyone in the course) . A list of new events pops up when you access the calendar.

Chat

The Chat tool lets you 'talk' to lecturers or students online. Find out more about this tool on How do I chat online?

Compile

The Compile tool lets you condense several pages into one. This is useful when printing out the course contents.

Electronic Mail

Electronic Mail allows you to send private messages to the lecturer or other students. Email is described in more detail on How do I use email?

Glossary

This tool presents a glossary of terms and definitions. There may be an icon on the homepage or a link from within the learning material.

Homepages

The Homepages tool allows you to create your own web page. Clicking on this icon will take you to a list of student names. You can view any user's homepage by following its hyperlink. To customize your own page, click on your name. The window will now be divided in two frames. The bottom frame provides you with the attribute options that you can set for your homepage. The top frame will display the page as you update it.

Index

The Index tool lists the index entries. This is similar to an index in a book where keywords are listed along with the page references.

My Progress

This shows information and statistics graphs about which parts of the course have been accessed. A history of pages visited are displayed.

My Record

The My Record tool allows you to view your assessment results. This only applies if the lecturer has released them.

Password

This tool allows you to change your password.

Image Database

Here, you can view, search, and retrieve images from the databases created by the lecturer.

Student Presentations

This tool allows students to upload files to the course. Students, usually working in groups, can do online presentations. Clicking on this icon divides the browser window in two frames. The top frame lists the groups and their respective presentations. Clicking on a group name lists the login ID's of the members in the lower frame while clicking on a project link creates a new window containing the presentation. The group to which you belong will have an "Edit" image next to its name. Clicking on this image will take you to the file manager where you can upload and organize your presentation files. Note: You must name your starting file "index.html" otherwise the project name will not be hyperlinked to your presentation.

Resume Session

This tool will return you to the section of the course you were working on during your last login.