E-Learning Brochure - Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University · E-Learning Objectives: E-Learning...
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E-Learning Brochure
Transcript of E-Learning Brochure - Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University · E-Learning Objectives: E-Learning...
E-LearningBrochure
E-Learning Concept:A method to learn using information technology and advanced communication and multimedia, such as computers, mobiles, smart TVs, digital cameras, and video recorders. These devices need to be connected to networks and the internet in order to convey information to learners fast and cost-efficiently, which facilitates managing the learning process and assessing and evaluating learners’ performance.
E-Learning Objectives:E-Learning is an essential part of the whole learning process and an important tool to develop teaching methodologies in order to achieve the academic and professional goals taking into consideration the new changes in the future. The most important objectives of E-Learning are:
• Disseminating the culture of self-learning and self-reliance in acquiring various expertise and knowledge.
• Offering and creating an encouraging and enticing atmosphere towards meaningful learning due to what it has of modern technological tools.
• Boosting students’ skills in using information technology and communication in searching for information, which is very helpful in the learning process.
• Expanding the range of learning as it offers various sources of information, learning aids, interactive methods that students use wherever and whenever they want whether they are on or off campus.
• Offering learners enough flexibility and control over the content.
• Allowing easy communication between students and teachers as well as among students themselves.
E-Learning Forms at Deanship of Preparatory Year and Supporting Studies:
. 1 Oxford iQ Online: (please see the Department of English Language E-Learning Brochure)
. 2 Blackboard: a learning management system that is considered as one of the most important electronic services that the university offers besides others such as email, Students Information System, etc.
Blackboard offers the following:
• Accessibility to courses inside and outside classrooms (campus- home) anytime.
• Active communication and interaction with teachers via electronic/online methods (such as email, forums, chatting), in addition to communicating with other classmates.
• Various learning resources (videos, recordings, graphs and pictures, and text files).
• Progress reports
• Doing homework and assignments and getting results and grades immediately.
• Taking tests and getting the grades.
• Receiving emails, announcements, notifications, or grades from the course teacher.
• Receiving online learning support via seminars (video conference) on Blackboard that is presented by the course teacher to help students addressing issues in understanding certain parts of the course.
Assessment:Assessment is done automatically, without the interference of the course teacher, based on the number and frequency of student’s submissions, access, and constant interaction with different online activities such as homework, assignments and some midterms and finals on Blackboard. Different courses have different grades for participation and use.
Note:Students shall not be exempted from the course assignments under any circumstances; therefore, all students should be keen to complete all the requirements on time. Negligence, carelessness and slacking shall lead to a lower grade and eventually negatively affecting the final grade.
How to Register in E-Services:Click on the link below or use a QR code reader to scan the QR code below to open the tutorial on how to register in online services.
https://youtu.be/HJKbv1xddLA
Important Note:A password must include a CAPITAL letter, a small letter, and a symbol (such as @, _, -, or .)
• • After watching the video you should be able how to create a new password for the registration in the e-services. The username is your university number.
Username: university number
Password: the password you created in the previous step.
Note: The credentials (username and password) can be used to sign in different services including:
1. University Email: the username is the university number as follows:
Example: [email protected]
Use the same password of the e-services
2. Blackboard: the username is the university number as follows:
Example: 2180001234
Use the same password of the e-services
Using E-Learning – Blackboard:
The teachers will explain how to use Blackboard in their own courses. For further information to help you have the optimal use of E-Learning, click on the link below or use a QR code reader to scan the QR code below to open tutorials on how to use Blackboard.
https://sites.google.com/view/preparatory-blackboard-help
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Contact Us
Tel.: Orientation Program Email: [email protected]
Deanship Email: [email protected]
Twitter: University Website: www.iau.edu.sa
E-Learning Committee Contact InfoTel. : 0133331380
Email: [email protected]
In case you have a problem with E-Learning, kindly click on the link below and fill out the form describing your issue and send it. We will
do our best to address the issue as soon as possible.
https://goo.gl/forms/5TvLL85lnabQis5k1
