Blended Learning Manual 2014 - For All Blended Learning Courses

Cambridge English
Blended Learning Courses

Manual for Tutors
2014
Table of contents
1. Getting started
1.1 Logging in to Fronter
1.2 Changing your password
1.3 Entering your Today page
2. Customising your Today page
2.1 Customising the Today page
2.2 Choosing a display mode
2.3 Adding tools
2.4 Modifying tools
3. Updating your personal details
4. Your Course room and Welcome page
4.1 Entering your Course room
4.2 Welcome page settings and information
4.3 Welcome page icons
5. Using resource folders
5.1 Uploading documents to a resource folder
5.2 Creating resource folders
5.3 Customising resource folder access
5.4 Deleting, moving and copying resource folders
6. Using the Activity log
7. Using the Assignment Hand-in folder
7.1 Creating a Hand-in folder
7.2 Customising a Hand-in folder
7.3 Uploading tasks to a Hand-in folder
7.4 Participants submitting an assignment to a Hand-in folder
7.5 Tutors marking assignments in a Hand-in folder
7.6 Participants viewing marked assignments in a Hand-in folder
7.7 Folder opening period
8. Messages
8.1 Adding a message
8.2 Editing or deleting a message
9. Forums
9.1 Starting a forum
9.2 Reading forum posts
9.3 Contributing to a forum
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1. Getting started
Get started by logging in to Fronter.
1.1 Logging in to Fronter
• Go to https://fronter.com/cambridge
• Enter your username and password.
• Click on Log in.
1.2 Changing your password

When you log in for the first time, the system will invite you to change your password to
something you can easily remember.
• Enter your username and the old password.
• Enter a memorable, new password.
• Confirm your new password by entering it again.
• Click on OK.
1.3 Entering your Today page

After logging in, you may be taken directly to your Course room (if this is the case, skip
to section 3 of this guide). Alternatively, you may enter your Today page. You will see
your name (or a generic user ID) in the top right corner of the page.
2. Customising your Today page
You may like to modify your Today page to set it up so that you can display and access
useful information such as your Fronter calendar, messages and notifications.
2.1 Customising the Today page

To customise the Today page:
• Click on the tab titled Today.
Scroll down the page and click on Customise today in the bottom right-hand
corner of the screen.
2.2 Choosing a display mode

Choose a design for your Today page. Your Today page can be divided into two, three
or four areas so that different information can be displayed in different areas on the
screen. On the Customise today screen you will see five different designs for
displaying the information on the Today page.
• Click on the diagram showing the display that you would like for your home
page. Your areas will be listed below the display mode diagrams.
2.3 Adding tools
Add the tools you would like to appear in each area on the Today page. Tools help
you to access information from your course on the Today page. Here are some
recommendations:
• Messages – shows messages left in your Course room.
• Notifications – shows deadlines for submitting work.
• Calendar – shows your Fronter calendar with your appointments.
• Discussion contributions – shows the latest posts from course forums.
• News – shows news posted in Course rooms.
To add tools use the Customise today page.
• Click on New tool at the right of the area you are adding to.
• A list of available tools will appear. Put a tick in the box next to the tool or
tools you want to add.
• Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click Save.
• Repeat these stages to add tools to your other areas.
2.4 Modifying tools

You can change the appearance of the tools you have selected for your home page.
For example, you can make the calendar display seven days instead of five.
To modify a tool use the Customise today page.
• Click on the name of the tool on the Customise today page.
• The editing function will appear and you can make your changes by clicking
on the relevant tool name. For example, if you want to see 7 days on your
calendar instead of 5, change the number of elements to 7 and make sure Week
View is ticked.
• Click Save to save your changes.
• Click on Today to return to your Today page.
3. Updating your personal details

You can update or add personal details or change your password by using your
Profile.
• Click on your name or User ID in the top right corner.
• Click on My Profile which will appear beneath your name.
• This will open up your profile information:
• You can fill in the User info section or change your password in the Log in
info section further down the page.
• You are recommended to add your email address so that you can use
Fronter’s Forgotten Password option in future.
• Note: it is not possible to change your first and last name in the system.
• Click Save.
• Click on Today to return to your Today page.
4. Your Course room and Welcome page

4.1 Entering your Course room
Your Course room may open automatically when you log into Fronter.
If not, then:
• click on Rooms
• click Display all rooms
• Select your course from the list of rooms displayed by clicking on the link
(there will probably only be one course listed).
When you select your Course room you will see the Welcome page for your course.
4.2 Welcome page settings and information

The Welcome page gives information about your course.
• Click on Check your browser settings to check that your computer is
equipped to view the materials on the course.
• Click on Before you Start to see what equipment and software you need
for the course.
• Click on About the Course and Support (FAQs) to see information
provided to participants about the course.
• The links may have slightly different names depending on your course.
4.3 Welcome page icons

On the left of the Welcome page screen there are a number of icons which allow you
to move around the course. Different courses have slightly different icons, so don’t be
surprised if your course does not match the icons below:
Icons common to most courses:
• Start course / Course Units – shows a list of the course units. Click on a
unit to start the course or view a course unit.
• Forum – shows the discussion forums on the course.
• Room / Calendar & messages – shows messages and the course
calendar.
• Contact members – shows a list of people with access to the course and
the details they entered in their profiles.
• Assignment hand-in – stores assignments created by tutors and work
submitted by course participants.
• Activity log / Progress Tracker – provides details of participants’ activity
on the course and statistics relating to the work they have completed.
• Resources – these folders may be called Student resources, Shared
resources or Additional resources and are for tutors to share documents with
participants. The Classroom resources folder is for tutors to store documents.
5. Using resource folders

Tutors and participants can use resource folders to share and store documents.
5.1 Uploading documents to a resource folder
• Select the resource folder from the list on the left of the Welcome page.
• If the resource folder has been subdivided into further folders, click on the
folder you want to upload your file into.
• Choose Upload file from the options on the top right of the screen.
• Choose Single file upload.
• Click on Browse to choose a file from your computer.
• The file name and the title of the document will be copied from your
computer. You can add a description of the attached document.
• Make sure that the box next to Open in a new window is ticked.
• Scroll down and click on Save to save the file to the resource folder.
5.2 Creating resource folders

If you need to organise your documents into different folders, you can create new sub-
folders within the main resource folders.
• On the Welcome page select the resource folder you want to add to.
• Choose Folder from the options on the top right of the screen. This will
open up a drop down menu. Choose Regular Folder from the options.
Give the folder a title. You can add a description of the folder, but this is optional.
• Scroll down and click on Save.
Your sub-folder will now be added to the list in the main resource folder you chose.
You can upload files and documents into your sub-folder.

• In the resource folder page open your new sub-folder by clicking on the
name of the folder.
• Select Upload file from the list of options in the top right.
• Then select Single file upload.
• Click on Browse and choose the file you want to upload from your
computer. The file name and title will be filled in automatically. You can add a
description, but this is optional.
• Click on Save and your documents will be added.
5.3 Customising resource folder access
You can customise your folders so that they can only be seen by specific participants.
• Choose the resource folder you want to customise. Don’t open the folder.
• Click on the arrow to the left of the name of the folder you want to
customise.
• Choose Edit properties from the drop-down menu.
• Click on Customise access to expand the box.
After you open the Customise access menu, you can choose to allocate access to a
resource folder by selecting either the Select by room access option or the Select
from participant list option. The Select by room access option allows you to choose
whether only teachers can have access or whether teachers, guests and students can
have access. The Select from participant list option allows you to choose from a list
of all course participants, groups and individual users. See below for instructions on
how to use both options.
To use the Select by room access option:

• Click on Select by room access.
• Choose which participants should have access to the resource folder from
the drop-down box (eg Teachers only)
• Click on Save. Customised will appear in brackets next to the name of the
folder in the list on the resource folder page.
To use the Select from participant list option:

• Click on Select from participant list.
• Select which participants should have access to the resource folder by
clicking on the box next to the group or individual name.
• Click on Save. Customised will appear in brackets next to the name of the
resource folder in the list on the resource folder page.
5.4 Deleting, moving and copying resource folders

• Select the resource folder with the files you need to adapt.
• In the resource folder page that appears tick the box next to the name of
the resource folder you want to delete, move or copy.
• Select Delete, Copy or Move from the option on the left below the list of
files.
• When you select Delete, a text box appears asking you to confirm that you
want to delete the folder or document.
• When you select Copy or Move, a new page appears asking you to choose
access rights and to decide which location you want to move or copy the folder
or document to. (You will need to have created another folder to move the
resources into.) Note: documents can only be moved between sub-folders.
6. Using the Activity log

The Activity log allows you to monitor the activity of participants on the course. It is
possible to see:
• the number of times participants have visited the course
• the course units participants have looked at
• the amount of time participants have spent on tasks in a unit
• the number of forums participants have contributed to
• the work participants have submitted on the course.
To use the Activity log:
• Click on the Activity log icon to enter the Activity log page.
• Click on View All and select the name of the student or group you want to
monitor from the drop-down menu. Leave all of the other options blank.
• Click on View.
• The default settings allow you to view tasks participants have completed –
listed under Tests/Courses – and the work participants have submitted – listed
under Assignment Hand-in.
• To increase the amount of information you see, tick the relevant boxes next
to the options listed next to View statistics then click on View.
You can now view all of the participants’ activity including documents they have read,
forums they have read and contributed to – listed under Activity.
To view a demonstration, go to the following:
View statistics of files
http://fronter.com/courses/video/07_activity/070_020_activity.htm
View statistics of activity in rooms
http://fronter.com/courses/video/07_activity/070_030_activity.htm
7. Using the Assignment hand-in folder

Assignment hand-in folders are used by participants to submit work for the tutor to
mark. The Assignment hand-in icon appears in the list of icons on the left-hand side
of the Welcome page screen. Tutors may need to create Hand-in folders to set
assignments and organise participants’ work.
7.1 Creating a Hand-in folder

• Click on the Assignment hand-in icon to enter the Assignment hand-in
page.
• In the Assignment hand-in page choose Hand-in folder in the top right of
the screen.
• In the Hand-in – Create Folder page that appears, add a title for your
folder. You can also add a description, but this is optional.
• Before saving, customise your folder by adding opening hours,
notifications and customising access (see section 7.2).
To view a demonstration, go to:
http://fronter.com/courses/video/02_hand-in/020_020_hand-in.htm
7.2 Customising a Hand-in folder

You can establish opening hours for your Hand-in folder to set participants deadlines
for assignments. The default setting for the Hand-in folder is to assume that all trainees
on a course will be required to submit an assignment.
• In the Hand-in – Create Folder page look at the section called Customise
opening hours. Fill in the time you want the room to open then click on the
arrow next to the Open from box to choose an opening date from the calendar.
• Fill in the time and select a date for the Open to boxes to set when you
want the folder to close.
• Fill in a time and select a date in the Notification boxes. When you do this,
participants will receive a notification on their Today page when they log into
the course (this only applies if they have opted to receive notifications on their
Today page).
• Click on Save to move into the new Hand-in folder or continue to the next
point to customise access.
You can select which participants have access to your new folder by using the
customise access feature. You may like to do this if you have certain students
resubmitting their assignment, for example.
• In the Hand-in – Create Folder page click on the arrow next to Customise
access.
• Click on Select by room access or Select from participant list.
• Select which participants should have access to the folder by choosing a
group from the drop-down box on Select by room access or by clicking on the
box next to the group or individual name in the Select from participant list.
• Click on Save to move into the new Hand-in folder
7.3 Uploading tasks to a Hand-in folder
From your new hand-in folder you can upload tasks for students to complete. You can
also see a list of participants who can view the folder and details of tasks participants
have completed.
• Click on Upload task to upload the task(s) you want participants to do.
• In the Hand-in – Upload task page that appears click on Browse and
choose the document(s) from your computer that you want to add to your new
Hand-in folder. The file name and the title of the document will be copied
automatically into the File name and Title sections of the Hand-in folder. You can
add a description of the attached document, but this is optional.
Your file will appear in the Hand-in folder.

7.4 Participants submitting an assignment to a Hand-in folder

Participants click on the assignment Hand-in icon to enter the assignment Hand-in
page and select the folder they need to upload their assignment to, or they can follow
the link in Notifications on their Today page. Note, participants can only submit an
assignment to a folder which has been activated. If the folder is not currently open, it
will say Deactivated in brackets next to it. The tutor will need to open up access to the
folder before a student can submit work to it.
When participants open the folder they will not be able to see the details of any other
users.
• To upload work, participants choose Upload file from the options on the top
right of the screen.
• Choose Single file upload.
• In the Hand-in – Upload file page that appears participants click on

Browse to choose the file from their computer. The file name and the title of the
document will be copied from their computer. Participants can also leave a
comment in the Self-assessment box.
• Participants click on Save to save the file.
When participants click on Save they see the submitted assignment in the folder and
they can see the status of the assignment (marked or not marked).
7.5 Tutors marking assignments in a Hand-in folder

There are two features that tutors can use for marking assignments: tutors can make
comments directly onto the work submitted and tutors can provide a comment on the
assignment in a comment box.
• Click on the assignment Hand-in icon to enter the Assignment Hand-in
page then open the relevant assignment folder by clicking on it.
• To just read the assignment click on the assignment to open it.
• To read and make comments click on the down arrow next to the student’s
assignment title. Select Comment from the drop-down box and you will move on
to the Hand-in – Comment page.
• On the Hand-in – Comment page click on the assignment title to open the
assignment and make comments directly onto the assignment. Fronter will
prompt you to download OES software in order for you to use this feature. Follow
the instructions provided to open up the document.
• When you have finished commenting, Save the document. The
assignment with your comments will appear on the Hand-in – Comment page.
• You can add comments in the Comment box, give the participants a Grade
(optional) for the assignment and an Evaluation. The Evaluation will show as a
symbol next to the student’s assignment in the Hand-in folder.
• Click on Save to save your comments.

7.6 Participants viewing marked assignments in a Hand-in folder

Participants can see if their assignment has been marked by checking the status in the
Activity log. To read the marked assignment and to see the comments made and the
grade awarded by the tutor participants need to go to the Hand-in folder.
• Participants click on the assignment Hand-in icon to enter the Hand-in
page, then open the relevant folder by clicking on it. Participants click on the
arrow next to the assignment and select Read comments from the drop-down
box.
On the Hand-in – Comment page that appears participants can open and read the
commented version of the assignment and look at the tutor’s comments and the grade
awarded.
7.7 Folder opening period

Hand-in folders are open for the period set. After that time no further assignments can
be submitted. The folder will still be visible but it is closed. Folders that have been
closed will have the word Deactivated in brackets next to the name of the folder.
Deactivated folders can be re-opened by the tutor only. Click on the assignment
Hand-in icon to enter the Hand-in page.
• Click on the arrow next to the relevant folder and select Edit properties
from the drop-down menu. This will move you on to the assignment Hand-in –
Create Folder page.
• In the Hand-in – Create Folder page that appears, go to the Customise

opening hours section and reset the Open to date using the pop-up calendar.
• Click on Save.
8. Messages
8.1 Adding a message
It is possible for the tutor to send a message to all the participants on the course.
Messages you write will appear on the Calendar & messages page and on
participants’ Today page. To add a message:
• Click on the Calendar & messages icon.
• Click on New message.
• Write your message in the message box.

• Click on Save.
Your message will appear in the messages section in Calendar & messages and on
the Today page of course participants. N.B. Students will need to have customised
their Today page to have Messages visible.
http://fronter.com/courses/video/04_communicate/040_040_communicate.htm
8.2 Editing or deleting a message

• On the Welcome page click on the Calendar & messages icon to enter
the page.
• Click on Edit or Delete on the right of the messages section.
9. Forums
9.1 Starting a forum
• Click on the Forum icon to enter the Forum page.
• Choose Forum from the options on the top right of the screen.
• Give your forum post a title.

• Write your comment in the Description box.
• Select the type of forum you want to start from the list below the message.
9.2 Reading forum posts
• On the Welcome page click on the Forum icon to enter the Forum page.
Click on the Forum you want to read. You will move to the page with the forum posts.
• The first forum post for this discussion thread will appear and below it the
forum title will be listed. To read other contributions to this discussion click on the
cross next to the forum title and other contributions will appear.
• To read the contributions in the thread click on the relevant post.
9.3 Contributing to a forum
• On the Welcome page click on the Forum icon to enter the Forum page.
• Click on the Forum you want to contribute to.
• Click on Reply on the right below the message to respond to this message
or you can click on New contribution.
• When you have written your post, scroll down and click on Save.

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1.2 Changing your password

1.3 Entering your Today page

2.1 Customising the Today page

2.2 Choosing a display mode

2.4 Modifying tools

3. Updating your personal details

• Click on My Profile which will appear beneath your name.

• This will open up your profile information:

4. Your Course room and Welcome page

4.2 Welcome page settings and information

4.3 Welcome page icons

5. Using resource folders

5.2 Creating resource folders

You can upload files and documents into your sub-folder.

• Choose Edit properties from the drop-down menu.

• Click on Customise access to expand the box.

To use the Select by room access option:

To use the Select from participant list option:

5.4 Deleting, moving and copying resource folders

6. Using the Activity log

7. Using the Assignment hand-in folder

7.1 Creating a Hand-in folder

7.2 Customising a Hand-in folder

Your file will appear in the Hand-in folder.

To view a demonstration, go to:

7.4 Participants submitting an assignment to a Hand-in folder

• In the Hand-in – Upload file page that appears participants click on

7.5 Tutors marking assignments in a Hand-in folder

To view a demonstration, go to:

7.6 Participants viewing marked assignments in a Hand-in folder

7.7 Folder opening period

• In the Hand-in – Create Folder page that appears, go to the Customise

• Write your message in the message box.

8.2 Editing or deleting a message

• Give your forum post a title.

• To read the contributions in the thread click on the relevant post.

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