27905236 fronter start up guides

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Fronter MLE

Collected Quick Start

Guides

Ive collated these 18 one, two and three page guides written by LGfL to helpyou get started creating your Virtual Learning Environment.

Contents

Changing a Frontpage

Creating a Page

Creating a New Room

Deleting rooms

How to Change Room Names

Changing Access Rights

Copying to other Rooms

Adding a Tool to a Room Tool Package

Deleting a Tool from a Room Tool Package

Creating a Forum

Hand-in FoldersCreating a Test

Hiding Folders and using Student View

Individual Folders

Login info

Uploading personal documents to My Documents

Using Sound Recorder

To upload your Picture and Amend Details on your Contact Page

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Teachers with Owner Access to rooms can change which page they want tohave as their Frontpage.To create a new page go to your room and select the folder you want to havethe new page in (in this case the Resource folder). Click on create.

Give your page a name.

Select Page, click Save.

Select the template you want to use and click Next.

Create your new page and click Save.


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Tick the Add to Frontpage box.

If you are not in Edit mode you canalso tick the Add to Frontpage box.

If you have another page youwant to use as the Frontpageyou can open it and tick thisbox.

Go to your current Frontpage and click on Folders.

Tick the ResourceInformation box.

Use the green arrows to movethe page you want to becomethe Frontpage at the top of thelist.


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Creating a Page

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You now have thestandard Fronter texteditor, where you canadd text and format it.

When you are finishedclick Save.

You can add extracontainerswherever there isa plus sign.

Containers canalso berepositioned usingthe green arrows.

If you want to add a border to yourcontainer use the drop down Actionmenu and select Edit Properties.(You can also use this menu to Editthe content or delete)

Choose the border widthusing the drop downmenu and click on theblack box to launch theColour Picker, where youcan select your colourchoice.Click Save to return toyour page.

You can continue to add elements toyour page in this way.If you select Insert image you will beable to either select an image from afolder already in the Fronter room orupload an image from your computer. Ifyou select Insert forum then the forum

must previously have been created before you can add it to the page. Votes areadded by directly adding the information to the Vote container.


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Creating a New Room

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To create a new classroom you must have administration rights. Log in andthen click on Admin.

Click on the plus by your school name toexpand the information.

Highlight 04 Manually Created classrooms byclicking on it. (Do not create additional roomsin the 05 Imported corridors/rooms)

First you will need to create a corridor for you room to be in. You will be ableto add further rooms to this corridor. If a suitable corridor already exists omitthis next stage.

To create a new corridor click on New org. unit on the top right hand side.

Type in the title of your new corridor. Tick the box to make this a corridor

Toggle none as you dont need to create any sub categories and click Save.

On the next page you will be able to create new rooms.


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Creating a New Room

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To start click Create new Room.

Give your room a name.

Select a room Tool package and Save.

You should be taken to the Frontpage of your new room.

Click on Members. You will already be a member of this room as the ownerand you now need to add other members to your new room (see EnrollingNew Members in a Room.doc for instructions to do this).


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Deleting Rooms

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Teachers with Owner Access to rooms can close them and can use theinstructions on the first page, but to delete rooms you have created (on thesecond page) you must have administration rights.

Click on the room selector andselect the room you want todelete.

Remember to check that there areno resources stored in this roomthat you want. Once the room isfinally deleted they will be gone!

You can copy or move files toother rooms before you delete it.

You need to ensurethat members enrolledin this room are alsoenrolled into at leastone other room so theyhave access to a roomwhen they log on. (Thisshould only affect extrausers you havecreated)

Click on Room. Select Close from the drop down menu on the top left side.

Click OK in the box that opens.

If you then refresh your page you will see that it is no longer available to beselected in the room selector.

The room does still exist, but is not visible to users. To delete it finally aschool administrator has to follow the instructions on the following page. A

room can also be later reactivated by an administrator if not deleted.


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Deleting Rooms

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To delete a room you must have administration rights. Log in and then clickon Admin.

From the room selector choose Display all rooms.

Make sure you tick the Show closed rooms checkbox.

You should now be able to see your closed classroom, but greyed out. ClickDelete to delete it.

Alternatively if you want to reopen the room tick the checkbox and scroll tobottom of the page.

Here there are options to Close, Open and Delete Rooms.

You should get a warning page, where you have to tick the checkbox andclick done before the room is finally deleted.

A room has to be closed before it can be deleted. If an administrator closesand deletes a room from the Display all rooms page they need to be certainthat resources will not be lost and users left roomless.


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How to change room names

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To change room names you must have administration rights or be a roomowner.

Select the classroom you want to

change the name of in the Roomselector.

Click on Room in the Classroomtoolbar.

Select Edit properties from the drop down menu on the top right of the page.

You can change the name of your room here a spelling mistake has beencorrected.

Click Save at the bottom of the page.

You should be returned to the room front page. Alterations will not show in theroom selector until after the web page has been refreshed.


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To Change Room Access Rights

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To change access rights in a room you either need to be a room owner or anadministrator.

Use the room selector to go to theroom you want to change the

access rights in.

Click on Members.

You will already be a member of this class as an owner (or have access rightsas an administrator). Click on Edit.

Access rights can be modified for each individual by clicking Edit.

Change the access rights from the drop down menu that appears.


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To Change Room Access Rights

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The rights for that user are instantly changed. You can also remove usersfrom the room by clicking Remove.

A dialogue box will appear asking you to confirm this removal from theparticipant list. Only room owners or administrators can edit or remove roommembers.


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Copying to Other Rooms

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Documents and pages can easily be moved or copied in Fronter so long asyou have access to the source and destination classrooms. The administratorusers in a school can move and copy anywhere within their Fronter building.In two form entry or larger schools it may be a good idea to give all year groupteachers ownership of all the year group rooms so they can move items

between their classrooms themselves without having to ask the administratorto do it.

Find and select the item you want to copy.

Here Y3 Science Page needsto be copied from Class Y3Ato Class Y3B.The file for the Science Pageis in the Resources folder.

In the resource folder tick the files, in this case the Science page and thehidden resource folder then click Copy.

Initially you are given the choice of the Folders available within the room youare in.

Click on the drop down menu and selectmore to find any other rooms you are amember of.

Wait a few moments forFronter to refresh and youshould then find furtherchoices in the drop downmenu. Highlight the one you

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Copying to Other Rooms

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You should now see the availablefolders for the class you want to copythe file to. Select the one you want, inthis case Resources.

Click on the folder you want to copy to andclick OK in the dialogue box that appears.You should get another dialogue box sayingthe file has been copied.

If you have copied an invisiblepage resource folder you may geta message saying that it hasntcopied. Often this is not the case.The folder will have been copied,but not all of the resources. Thesewill have to be copied separately.

Be aware that any pages copied will still use the images in the original roomand therefore images and links will appear broken to users who only havemembership of the second room. These images and links will have to berebuilt in the new room. It is a good idea to log into the new room with anaccount, which only has access to that room to check that all appearscorrectly.


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Adding a tool to a

Room Tool Package

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Teachers with Owner Access to rooms can edit a Room Tool Package. Eachimported and manually created room will have been given a standard ToolPackage but you may wish to change this to suit the needs of the users of theroom.

In this room there is no Frontpage Tool, so you go straight to the Room toolrather than a Frontpage when you select the classroom.

To create a Frontpage select Customise Tool Package from the drop downmenu on the right.

Then click on New tool in the liston the left.

You will then see the choice ofnew tools that can be added toyour page. Select by ticking theFrontpage tool and then clickSave.


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Adding a tool to a

Room Tool Package

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You now need to move the Frontpage toolfrom the bottom to the top of the ToolPackage list so it is the one any user isautomatically take to when they selectthat classroom.

Click on Frontpage in the Tools section.You should be able to click on the greenup arrow to move the Frontpage up thelist.

You will need to do this to move the Frontpage above each of the tools until itis at the top of the list.

Once it is at the top of the list you need to click Save.

Other tools can be added, moved and deleted in the same way, but foryounger users it may be best to keep with an uncluttered list with only the

tools that are actually needed.


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Deleting a tool from aClass Tool Package

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Teachers with Owner Access to rooms can edit a Class Tool Package. Eachimported room should have been given a standard Tool Package but this canbe changed to suit the purpose of the room

In this room there is an extra resource folder called Help Notes that is no

longer needed.

Click on the Room tool so you cancustomise the tool package.

Select Customise tool package from thedrop down menu on the right.

Select the tool you want to remove and then click delete.

Depending on the browser you are using you may get the following message:

This means that there are still some resources stored in this folder and theyneed to be removed before the tool can be deleted.

Click OK and select the tool.


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Deleting a tool from aClass Tool Package

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You can see in this folder there are still two documents.Tick to select them and then click delete.

Depending on your browser click OK to confirm.

However, the deleted files do still exist in the recycle bin for this folder andyou will need to empty the recycle bin before you can delete the tool.

Click on the Folders button on the right to view the folders associated with thistool.

You should now be able to see the Recycle Bin and click on it.

The deleted documents are there. Tick to select and then click PermanantDelete. Click OK in the dialogue box.

The recycle bin is now empty, so you will be able to go back to theinstructions on the first page and delete the tool.


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Creating a Forum and adding it to a page

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You first have to create your forum in one of the Room folders.

Here it is going to be put in the Resources folder.

Click on the Resources folder.

Click on the folder you want tosave the forum in.

In this folder click on Forum.

Give your forum a title.

Add some further instructions or details in the description box. The text can beformatted using the editing tools. You can upload and add an image too or add a linkto a sound file where you have read the instructions.


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Scroll down the page to toggle the type of forum you wish to use. In this example it isa conversation forum. The page will refresh if you choose a different forum to adiscussion.

Make sure that the forumtimes will allow it to be open.

You can customise when the forum is available and change the contribution prompt.Click Save and in the next pagecheck how your forum will appear.

If you want to make changes clickEdit to take you back to the previouspage.

Go back and find the page you were creating.

Toggle the Edit box, then create a newempty container.

Click on Insert Forum


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You then need to select the folder you placed the forum in. In this example it is inResources, then Forums.

The available forums should now appear at the bottom of the page.

Toggle the forum you want and click Save.

The forum will nowappear in your page, inedit mode. Untoggleedit mode to view asthe finished page.further or change itsavailability.


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Hand-In Folders

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Hand-in folders can either be accessed through the Hand-in tool or they canbe created in any other folder. Pupils can hand in work in the form ofdocuments, presentations, other files or Fronter documents to the specifiedfolder individually or as a group. Teachers can access all the work in thatfolder, assess it and comment on it. The marks and comments can be viewed

from the portfolio tool. Pupils can be reminded to hand in work using theNotification tool.

To add the hand-in tool click on the Room tool.

Select customise tool package in the drop down list.

Choose New tool and let the pageload.

Tick Hand-in. Click Save.

It is possible to change the positionof each tool in the list by highlighting itand then clicking the green arrows tomove either up or down in this samewindow.

Here the Hand-in folder has been moved higher in the list. Click on it and thenclick Folder.

Enter the folder title anddescription.

The default openingtimes are from thepresent time to onemonth later with thenotification date setbetween. All these can

be changed. It is alsopossible to change other settings, if needed, then click Save.


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If pupils have the Notification tool on their Today page then they will be able toclick the link there to go directly to this folder when they are ready to hand inwork.

This can be done by clicking Upload file as you can to any other folder. Theywill only be able to see their own work. Once the closing date has passedpupils will not be able to upload further work or delete any previouslyuploaded.

If work is available tothe teacher

electronically (e.g. ona memory stick or onthe school network) itis possible to hand inwork for a pupil byusing the Hand in onbehalf of option.

To add a comment to each piece of work selectcomment from the dropdown menu by the file

name.

In the window that opens add your comment.

You can also evaluate and grade the work before clicking Save.

The hand in folder now gives an overview of the work and this is also nowvisible in the portfolio tool.


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Creating a Test

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Go to the folder you want to create a test in. In this case it is in a Test folder inthe Resources folder. Click on Test.

Give your Test a name and add a description if you wish. Click Save.

In the next window click Add question.

Type the question in the question box.

You can specify other settings.Click Save and new to devise another question.

To add images or moredetailed information Detailedquestion will give thestandard Fronter text editor.

There are different ways to display thequestions. This time select radio buttonis selected from the drop down menu.You can type in multiple-choice answersand indicate by the points scores whichare correct or better answers.


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For the next question the Text area category has been selected and a correctanswer suggested, along with possible points that could be scored. Tests withthese types of questions in might need to be assessed by a teacher, thoughyou can define key words in a text answer for automatic marking later usingText recognition by clicking on the question and selecting Text recognition

which will appear next to General once the question has been saved.

Continue adding and saving questions until your test is complete. You canreturn to edit a question further by clicking on it in the navigation pane on theleft.

Once all your questions are created click on the test name at the top of thenavigation pane to finalise the settings.

Toggle the Activate the test button and ensure that the test is open for theperiod you require. Select other options as appropriate and Save.

To view how the test will appear click Take the test.

In the Submission tabyou will be able to limitthe duration of the testand how many attemptscan be made.

In the Feedback tab you

will be able to choose toallow students to seeimmediate automaticmarking on completionof the test.


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Hiding foldersand using Student View

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To hide folders you have to be a room owner. Hidden folders can be seen bythe teachers (owners) of the room, but not by the students.

Some hidden folders are automatically created as you make pages to put allthe resources (images etc.) you have used on the page. It is probably best toleave these folders hidden. If a pupil inadvertently deletes an image in one ofthese hidden folders then it will no longer display correctly on your page.

Other folders you may only want to be visible to the pupils occasionally, e.g.

during a unit of work, and then hidden, but not deleted so they are availableagain in the future. Here the ICT Club owner has created folders for plans andresources. Those for September and October have already been hidden. TheNovember folder now needs to be hidden and a new folder for Decembercreated. To hide the November folder:

Tick the checkbox by the folder and click Editproperties.

Alternatively click on the triangle by the folder nameand select Edit properties from there.

You can change the Folder type by clicking the Hiddenfolder radio button and then click Save.

In this way youcan swap aroundwhich folders arevisible to pupils.

To create a newfolder forDecember goback to the

Resources folder, click on folder to get a new screen similar to that abovewhere you can give the folder a name and decide what type of folder it will be.


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Hiding foldersand using Student View

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If you want to see what the pupils have access to then you can enter StudentView mode. To do this Click on Room in the Room Tools.

Then select Activate studentview from the menu on the top right.

You will be returned to the room frontpage, but the green bar at the top of theroom tools indicates you are in student view.

If you now click on the Resource folder you will not be able to see the hiddenfolders.

To leave Studentview click on Go in the room selector to return to the roomfrontpage.


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Individual Folders

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Individual Folders can be created for students to store their work in their ownfolder in your classroom. These can be created in the My Work tool or theResources tool in your room.

Click on the My Work tool.

Click Folder.

Type the Title and add a Description (if wanted) and select Individual folders.

Click Save.

When the folder is opened the teacher with Owner access can see all thefolders, as below, but the students can only see their own.

By using the Edit properties, accessed from the Action menuit is possible for the teacher and students to customise theaccess to a folder thus allowing others access so studentscan collaborate on work within that folder.


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How to see the LoginInformation for imported users

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To see the Login details for Imported Groups you must have administrationrights. Log in and then click on Admin.

Click on the plus by your school name toexpand the information.

To see the staff information click on the plusby 02 Policy Groups and select the All staffgroup.

You could find the information for all thestudents by selecting the All students group.

However, in most circumstances it will beeasier to find out the passwords for the pupilsa class at a time, so go to the 06 Importedgroups node and select the group you needto know the passwords for. In this case thenew Reception class.

Click and highlight Year R. Then click the Tools tab.


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How to see the LoginInformation for imported users

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Click on List of Usernames and Passwords.

In the list that appears the usernames and passwords should be available.

As these users were not imported by Fronter the password is not availableand the message User is not registered in Fronter UAS appears. This willalso be shown if the user or administrator has changed a password followingan import.

The Names, Usernames and Passwords can be copied and pasted into aspreadsheet or a document.

You could follow the same procedure for the All Students group, but then thiswould produce a very long list of all the students in the school in alphabetical

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Uploading personal documents to My documents folder

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You can store personal documents in the My Documents folder in thepersonal tool bar, just as you might on a memory stick these documents willonly be visible to you and not to other Fronter users!

Click My documents.

To store documents click upload file.

Browse to find a single

document.

You can see how muchspace you have for yourfiles.

Locate the files foruploading and selectopen.

To upload more than 1 file chooseMultiple files and then browse againto locate the files on your computer.

You can browse formultiple files.

Or you can open awindow, select thedesired files and dragand drop into theFronter window.

When you have locatedall the files click upload.


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Using the sound recorder

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In Fronter 82 the sound recorder can be used directly into the text editor in the Pagetool. You will need to have a microphone connected to your computer.

Click the insert sound icon.

In the pop up window that opensclick the red record button whenyou are ready to record.Click the black button to stoprecording.Check your recording by clickingthe green play button.

If you are unhappy with the recording click the red buttonto have another go. You will get a message asking you toconfirm this before you can record again. The recordingwill start again as soon as you click OK.

When you have a recording you are happy with click Save.

You are returned to the text-editing window whichnow has a play button inserted. While in the texteditor the button wont work, but if you click Savethe link will work and the sound plays when theplay button is clicked on the finished page.

Fronter has automatically created the sound filein the invisible resource folder for that page.

To add sound recordings to other elements of Fronter, such as discussions, youwould first need to create the sound file in a Resource folder. Open the folder andclick Create.


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Using the sound recorder

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Give the file an apt andeasily identifiable name

and then choose recorda sound file.Click Save.

Record the sound file using the same process as above.

The next step is to add a link to the sound file, for example in a forum. Here thesound file reads the instructions for this forum.

Select Edit to amendthe forum.

Highlight whatever you want to link to the sound file, in this case text, but it could bean image and click Internal link.

Then use the internal link to attach the file.

In the window that opens browse to find the

correct file and select it.

Opt to have it open in a new window (then it canbe minimised and any text on the page remainsvisible).

Click Save. The highlighted text will now beunderlined, indicating that it is a link.

The sound link will open in a new window andplay.


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To upload your picture and amenddetails on your contact page

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To go to your contact page click on your name from any other page.

You may be taken to your homepage click on contact details.

To upload or change your picture click on Edit Image.

Click on the Browse button.

Browse through your computer files and select the image you want. Click Open.

For a digital image to display in Frontercorrectly it needs to be taken as portraitand once imported into the photopackage on your computer rotated andsaved in portrait format. Landscapeimages will appear distorted andsquashed


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To upload your picture and amenddetails on your contact page

Click on Save.

Your image will now appear in the Contact Card and when you contribute todiscussions and forums or use Fronter Instant Messenger.

Other personal information can be added, but be aware that other Fronter userswithin your school will be able to view your details, including pupils and potentiallyparents.