User Guides

This PDF file contains brief information about Learning Portal such as the URL address, how to login and reset/change the learning portal password. A demo on how to navigate learning portal, download course materials and submit assignments was conducted during the 2014 Orientation - ICT Briefing. For students who would like to know how to submit assignments, please refer to 'Guides for Students' in our Support page.

This guide is for students uploading assignments to Learning Portal

This guide is for students uploading work to Learning Portal using Turnitin.

This guide is for students who wants to learn how to reply to a forum post in Learning Portal.

This guide is for staff setting up assignments in Learning Portal

Turnitin is an Internet-based plagiarism-prevention service to which LASALLE subscribes. Follow the steps below to create a Turnitin assignment within Learning Portal.

Attached is the proposed structure of the content for a module to be created as topics in Learning Portal.  This structure/template will help us set consistency across all modules for a better viewing experience for our students.

The following instructions explain how to upload and display a single file in a section of your course.

A folder allows a teacher to display several related files to a single folder. Using a folder to display resources is neater than displaying files one by one in a list. It takes up less space on the course page.

Note: A label serves as a spacer on a Moodle course page.It can be used to add text,images, multimedia or code in between other resources in the different sections. It is a very versatile resource and can help to improve the appearance of a course if used thoughtfully.

A page resource creates a link to a screen that displays the content created by the teacher.

A URL (Uniform or Universal Resource Locator) is a link on the internet to a website or online file. Teachers can use the URL module to provide their students with weblinks for research, saving the student time and effort in manually typing out the address.

This will explain how to create a New Event in Learning Portal.  Staff can create events inside their modules.

The glossary activity allows participants to create and maintain a list of definitions, like a dictionary.

Forums allow staff and students to relay information back and forth to each other within the same course. This tool is great for feedback and discussion topics alike.