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Module 1: Portal Services. The “Big Picture”. OTLS. OTLS – Online Teaching and Learning Program Teachers and students communicate in an interactive online environment Supports teachers in assessing students and creating innovative teaching and learning programs for individuals
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OTLS • OTLS – Online Teaching and Learning Program • Teachers and students communicate in an interactive online environment • Supports teachers in assessing students and creating innovative teaching and learning programs for individuals • Enables teachers and students access to endorsed syllabus materials
Collaboration • Collaboration • Webmail, instant messaging and web conferencing • Enables teachers to share resources, ideas and experiences • Allows communication with students • Fosters new online communities
Online Professional Learning • Online Professional Learning • Delivers flexible online professional learning – anywhere, anytime • Teachers expand their knowledge, share ideas and gain practical skills that impact on their teaching programs
SIS • School Information System – Curriculum Information Management • Assists teachers with planning for and assessing student learning • Centrally managed reporting to parents creates efficiencies for teachers and school leaders and ensures comparability
Digital Content • Digital Content • Online access to endorsed curriculum and syllabuses • 27,000 approved, digital resources – easily searchable and relevant • Teachers can create and share their own resources – an evolving content repository
Students access the portal via the same address that a teacher uses: http://portal.det.wa.edu.au
Students sign in using their allocated username (firstname.lastname) and password
In the left panel, students have access to: • Notifications (online services maintenance e.g. when certain services are closed off for upgrades) • Password Management (change the portal password or set a user validation question) • Help Guides (links to help guide documents)
In the middle panel, students have access to: • Personalise link: enables students to set the type of image displayed in their portal • Mail link: opens webmail, which has the same functions as teacher webmail, including access to the Corporate Directory.
In the right panel, students have access to: • OTLS: clicking the blue ‘barnacle’ launches OTLS; • OTLS Help: the link provides technical support and links to assist students accessing the OTLS from a computer outside of school; • Collaborative Projects: if the teacher has enrolled this student in a collaborative project, then it can be accessed from this portlet; • Favourites: students can add their favourite websites to this portlet for easy access