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VCPHVirtualClassroomThisistheVirtualClassroomhomepage:
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Onthele5sideyouwillseegreyblocks(Loggedinuser,Messages).
Intheupperrighthandcornerofthescreenyoucanverifythatyouareloggedin.
AttheboFomyouwillhavethe“Mycourses”secGon,withlinkstothecoursesinwhichyouareenrolled.
Inthecenter,youcanaccesstheHelpDeskandthecoursesinthefollowingcategories:Self-learning,Withtutoring,Open,CallforapplicaGonsandUpcoming.
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CoursecategoriesintheVCPHVirtualClassroom
Callforapplica>ons.Thesearecourseswithtutors,inwhichapplicaGonstoparGcipatearesGllbeingaccepted.TheselecGonprocessisguidedbyPAHO’stechnicalcooperaGoncriteriaandtheparGcipantprofilethathasbeendeterminedforthecourse.CoursecoordinatorsmakeeffortstoensureparGcipaGonbyalleligiblecountries.
Courseswithtutoring.CoursesthatincludeinteracGonwithtutorsandtheotherparGcipants.Generally,thesecourserequirespecificGmecommitments(usually8to10hoursperweek)
Self-learningcourses.Thesecoursesareopenaccess.YoucancompletethemindependentlyatyourownpacewithoutdefinedGmes.
Upcomingcourses.PAHO/WHOcoursescurrentlyinthedesignphase.
Opencourses.Tutoredcoursesthathavealreadyfinished.Youcanaccessallthelearningresourcesandmaterials.
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ThecoursesintheVirtualClassroomhavedifferentformatsandthemesthatdefinehowthecoursecontentandacGviGeswillbedisplayed.InthenextfewslidesweexplainthemostcommonformatsofVCPHcourses.
Topicsformat
Inthisformat,eachmoduleorthemaGcunitisshownunderneaththeother.Thecontentscanbefoundinthecentralpartofthescreen(1-orangebox)andtheremayormaynotbeblocksonthesides(2-green).
MainFormatsoftheVCPHCourses
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InthisformateachmoduleorthemaGcunitisonatab.Youcanaccesseachtopicbyclickingoneachtab(1–lightblue).ThecontentsandacGviGesarelocatedinthecentralpartofthescreen(2–orange)andtheremayormaynotbeblocksonthesidesofthecourse(3–green).
TabsFormat(One-topicformat)
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GridformatInthisformat,eachmoduleisshownwithitsimage.Whenyouclickontheimage,awindowwillopenwiththecontentsandacGviGesofthemodule.PresstheXintheupperrighthandcornertoreturntothemainpageofthecoursewithallthemodules.
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Howtoreturntothemainpageofacourse
Whenyouareonanycoursepage(assignment,forum,grades,file,etc.),youcanreturntothemainpageofthecoursebyclickingontheshortnameinthenavigaGonroute,asindicatedinredintheimage.
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BlocksBlocks are grey and canbe found in columns at the le5- and right-hand sideof courses. Theyoffer different opGons. Below and on the next page we present a descripGon of the mostcommonblocksinMoodle.
TheAdministra>onblockissensiGvetoboththecontextandtheuser'srole.Thismeansthatthecontentsoftheblockchangeaccordingtowhereyouare:theclassroomhomepage,coursemainpage,assignment,forum,etc.Similarly,theopGonswillbedifferentforcoordinators,tutors,andstudents.InthepictureweseetheAdministraGonblockasitappearsonthemainpageofacourseforstudents.
Someblockscanbemovedtothesideofthescreen,usingthe“Dock”icon.
Thecontentsoftheblockcanbehidden,usingthe“-”icon.Toshowthecontentsagainclickonthe“+”icon.
ThePeopleblockhasalinktoapagewithalistofallcourseparGcipants(students,tutors,coordinators),withtheirnames,picturesandothergeneralinformaGon.
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Blocks
TheCommentsblockallowsyoutopostcommentsnotonlyonthemainpageofthecourse,butanywheretheblockhasbeenadded.Thisallowsstudentstoexpresstheiropiniononanyelementofthecourse.
TheOnlineusersblockallowsparGcipantstoviewonlineuserseitherinthecourseorintheclassroom,dependingonthepagewhereyouareatthatmoment.
TheAc>vi>esblockallowsaccesstoallcourseacGviGes.Forexample,ifyouclickon“Forums”,youcanaccessalltheforumsinthecourse.
TheMessagesblockdisplaysthelistofpendingmessagestobereadandalsotheuserthatpostedthem.
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UserMenuOnceloggedintheVirtualClassroom,intheupperrighthandcorneryouwillseeyournameandprofilepicture.Ifyouclickthere,theUsermenuwillopen,showingdifferentlinks:
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A. Dashboard B.Profile C.GradesD.Messages E.Preferences F.Logout
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Ifyouneedassistance,pleasegototheCampusHelpDesk:
hUps://ayuda.campusvirtualsp.org/?q=en
VIRTUALCAMPUSHELPDESK
www.campusvirtualsp.org
Followuson:
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