Download Reflec ction T Tool – – User guide e for te eacher rs/tra iners

│ DISTAN
NCE LEA
ARNING
G FOR A
APPREN
NTICES
S│
Ibrahim Tan
ner OKUMUŞ, Ph.D. | Muğla
a University, Turkey | June 2010
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Corresponding
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Reflectio
on Tool - htttp://www.tef.m
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Purpose an
nd aims ........................................................................................................................ 1
Introductio
on ................................................................................................................................ 1
Log on to the
t system ................................................................................................................... 2
The interfa
ace............................................................................................................................... 2
My Accoun
nt ................................................................................................................................. 4
Questionna
aire .............................................................................................................................. 4
Notes ......................................................................................................................................... 5
Photos ........................................................................................................................................ 5
Videos ........................................................................................................................................ 6
Files ........................................................................................................................................... 6
Add Comm
ment ............................................................................................................................. 7
Calendar ..................................................................................................................................... 7
Purposse and a
aims This paperr targets voccational tea
achers and trainers
t
in their
t
supporrt of students’/apprentices’ reflection
on their lea
arning. By o
offering a mobile
m
tool for
f virtual usage. the te
eacher/train
ner achievess insight intto
the studen
nt's daily refflections.
The teache
er/trainer will
w be able to
t
• nav
vigate the in
nterface and
d log on to the system
• sele
ect studentss and switch between students' profiles
• bro
owse throug
gh the menu
u and the sttudents' fold
ders, questionnaires, ttext notes and media fiiles
• add
d commentss to the stud
dents' thoughts and prroductions
• use
e the calend
dar function
Introdu
uction
Reflection tool is a we
eb-based so
oftware tool, developed
d to supportt distance le
earning with
h
smartphon
nes. This too
ol is meant to support students/ap
pprentices in their refle
ection on th
heir daily wo
ork
and experiences. Teacchers/traine
ers can follo
ow their students, checck out their students' daily
d
portfoliio
e individual student.
and comment on the work of the
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The reflecttion tool is d
developed to
t work on both
b
PC and
d mobile ph
hones. The software au
utomaticallyy
detects the
e connecting
g media and provides the approprriate interfa
ace for the u
user.
This guide will presen
nt the use off the mobile
e version. However,
H
the same guid
de can be used
u
for the
e
PC version, since both
h have the same
s
functionalities. A
All the screen
n shots are captured frrom Nokia
E71. Otherr smart phones may ha
ave slightly different sccreen looks,, but the fun
nctionalitiess will be the
e
same.
Log on to the system When the user accessses the web
bsite, the log
gon
g 1) will app
pear first.
screen (Fig
If the userr is already registered in the system,
providing username
u
and passworrd will give
access.
If the userr does not h
have an acco
ount, the usser
needs to fo
ollow the “S
Signup here
e” link to reg
gister.
The users’ registration
n needs willl be approve
ed by
the system
m administra
ator. Once the
t administtrator
approves the
t user, the
e user can login to the
e
system witth credentia
als.
Fig. 1 – Lo
ogin screen
The sign-up page requires inform
mation from the
user , so th
hat he/she can be approved by th
he
system adm
ministrator.
• The
e user mustt be selected as
“Co
oordinator”, which is th
he default
sele
ection.
• The
e user seleccts a userna
ame and a
passsword.
• The
e user mustt provide firrst name, last
nam
me, e-mail address,
a
ho
ome phone, cell
pho
one, street a
address, citty and coun
ntry.
Mandatoryy fields are m
marked with
h a *. After
completing
g the fields, the user clicks on the signup button to complete
e the processs.
The accoun
nt becomess active afte
er the
administrattor has app
proved the user.
u
Figure 2: Sign
S
up pag
ge
The intterface When a tea
acher/traine
er logs into the system
m, a screen will
w appear for the use
er to interact with the
system (Fig
g. 3).
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The teache
er uses the reflection to
ool to follow
w the stude
ents’ work and view the
eir portfolioss. Therefore
e,
in order to start using
g the tool, th
he teacher must selectt a student:
Fig
g. 3: Interfaace for teacchers/trainer
ers
Click on the Select Stu
udent link. This
T
link willl
bring up a list of stude
ents. The te
eacher choo
oses
which stud
dent to workk with.
New menu
u items will tthen appear that are active
a
for the sele
ected stude
ent (Fig. 4).
The name of the seleccted studen
nt is highligh
hted.
The selecte
ed student can be chan
nged at anyy
time.
The menu items Quesstionnaire, Notes,
N
Phottos,
Videos, File
les and Add
d Comment appear.
a
All menu
items are bound
b
to th
he selected student
s
and
d the
active date
e. By default, the curre
ent date willl be
the active date.
The user can
c change the active date
d
by clickking
on a date on
o the calen
ndar.
Fig
g. 4. Teacheer menu iteems.
All the men
nu items ap
ppear at the
e top. A cale
endar can be
b used to navigate
n
to previous en
ntries. A
teacher/tra
ainer can on
nly view info
ormation en
ntered by a student. Only the Add
d Comment item is used
for teacherrs/trainers tto send bacck feedback to the stud
dents.
The user can
c safely lo
og out using
g the link givven at the top
t of the page.
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The menu items are:
• My account
• Sele
ect Studentt
• Que
estionnaire
• Nottes
• Pho
otos
• Videos
• File
es
• Add
d comment..
Now let’s go
g through each menu item one by
b one :
My Account This menu item lets th
he user view
w account
details.
The user can
c change the persona
al informatio
on on
this page.
Fig. 5. My account meenu item paage.
Questio
onnaire
The questi
tionnaire meenu shows the
t
teacher/tra
ainer the an
nswers given by the selected
student to the provide
ed questionnaire. A
ainer can on
nly view ansswers and
teacher/tra
cannot mo
odify them.
The questionnaire con
nsists of mu
ultiple choice
e
a free texxt questionss. There is also
a
a
questions and
possibility for
f free texxt.
Fig. 6: Queestionnaire
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Notes
On this pag
ge the teacher/trainer can see the
e free
text entere
ed by the se
elected stud
dent.
Fig. 7: Nottes
Photos
On the pho
oto page, th
he teacher/ttrainer can view
the photo album
a
creatted by the student.
s
of the uploaded
This page shows the thumbnails
t
images. Clicking on th
humbnails will
w activate the
full size piccture.
Fig. 8: Pho
oto Album.
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Videos
This page provides an
n interface for
f
teacher/tra
ainers to do
ownload vide
eos uploade
ed by
the studen
nt.
Fig. 9: Vide
deo Page.
Files
This interfa
ace is used for the teaccher/trainerr to
view files uploaded
u
into the syste
em by the
selected sttudent.
Fig. 10: Fille page.
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Add Comment This page is the only page that iss interactive
e for
the teache
er. Using this page, afte
er viewing all
a the
information
n entered by
b the stude
ent, the
teacher/tra
ainer can se
end feedbacck to the stu
udent
using the provided
p
texxt editor (Fiig 11).
The comments, which
h are entere
ed and save
ed by
the teache
er/trainer, arre immediattely viewab
ble for
the studen
nt.
Fig. 11: Co
omment pag
ge.
Calendar A simple ca
alendar inte
erface is pro
ovided.
The User can
c navigate
e through months
m
by
clicking on the double
e arrows at the top leftt and
right side of
o the name
e of the month. For the
e
current mo
onth, the ca
alendar usess colour cod
ding
to give info
ormation to the user. A selected date
d
is
shown in a green boxx. If anotherr date has any
a
entry, thatt date is sho
own in an orange box.
If the userr clicks on one of the previous dates, all
the menu items
i
will sh
how the enttries made on
the selecte
ed date.
Fig. 15: Caalendar inteerface.
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