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Nexus - Personal Learning Environment for Enhanced Learning Experience

Nexus is a Personal Learning Environment developed by CIT that allows you to easily access, aggregate, and manipulate digital content. Customize your learning space, incorporate social activities, and extend your learning beyond traditional systems. Access Nexus by logging in with your NUSNET UserID and password.

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Nexus - Personal Learning Environment for Enhanced Learning Experience

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  1. Nexus connect.live.learn Jeffery Tay Centre for Instructional Technology cittka@nus.edu.sg Last Update:28 July 2008

  2. What is Nexus • Nexus is a personal learning environment (PLE) developed by CIT. • It is a space for you to view what’s important to you at a glance, • With it, you are able to easily and quickly • Access, aggregate, configure and manipulate digital entities • Build your own needs based learning space • Extend your learning beyond traditional systems • Incorporate your social activities with your learning Confidential

  3. How do I access Nexus? Open your web browser In the address bar, type http://nexus.nus.edu.sg Login using your NUSNET UserID and password

  4. Your space Confidential

  5. Easy Search Confidential

  6. Easy Search • Multiple search engineshave been pre-loaded into your space • You can perform searches directed to these search engines straight from your space Confidential

  7. Commands Confidential

  8. Commands • Messages – Shows you the list of messages which have been sent to you. Includes your password expiry • Support – Brings you to the support page • Logout – Logs you out of the system Confidential

  9. Customization Confidential

  10. Customization • Clicking on menu gives you the various customization options • You can browse for and add new widgets to your tabs • You can change the layout for the tab • You can add RSS feeds to your tab Confidential

  11. Tabs Confidential

  12. Tabs • You can associate a tab with widgets that you feel is related to it. • Drag and drop any tab to reorder your tabs • Click on an inactive tab to switch focus to the tab • Click on an active tab to edit the tab name • Click on the arrow beside the tab to expose other tab functions Confidential

  13. Widgets Confidential

  14. Widgets • These are the main information unit. • Different widgets provide different information. • Drag and drop any widget to reorder them • Click on the widget footer to toggle widget size • Click on the pencil icon to view widget functions Confidential

  15. What do I start off with • NUS Learning Tab – Containing IVLE, NUS Communities and Library Confidential

  16. What do I start off with • Communication tab containing NUS Messaging, and NUS Mail Confidential

  17. What do I start off with • Important Student Information! Confidential

  18. What do I start off with • Walkthru of Nexus Confidential

  19. Sharing of Tabs Confidential

  20. Sharing of Tabs • You have the ability to share a tab you have created with other users. • Sharing of tab is a 3 step process • Input the people you want to share the tab with • Set their permissions • Confirm and submit • Click on the arrow beside the tab you want to share and click “Share Tab” Confidential

  21. Sharing of Tabs – Step 1 • Start by entering the userid or emails of the people whom you want to share the tab with. • Click “Next >” once you have added the users Confidential

  22. Sharing of Tabs – Step 2 • There are 2 ways of giving permission, using the simple version which lets you give them read, read & write or all rights • Or you can go for the detailed permissions • Click “Next >” once you are done Confidential

  23. Sharing of Tabs – Step 3 • You can change the Email subject and body • You can also change the name of the users • Click “Finish” to complete the tab sharing and Nexus will notify them Confidential

  24. Sharing of Tabs - Notified Confidential

  25. Modification of Shares • Once you have shared the tab, you can click on “Share Tab” again to modify the tab’s share permissions. • From here you can • Update user’s access permissions • Remove users from the share • Share to more users Confidential

  26. Questions? • URL: http://nexus.nus.edu.sg • Contact Information • Jeffery Tay • cittka@nus.edu.sg • 6516 4647 Confidential

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