How to Use a Course

Starting a Course

To start a course module, firstly select the course that interests you. The courses are listed on the homepage and can also be found by selecting 'Courses' from the navigation menu. The list of courses can also be found by moving your cursor over the 'Courses' button on the menu where you can move the cursor up and down the list and select a course topic.

Once you have selected a course, an overview of the course is presented with the options of 'Start Course', 'FAQs' or 'Directory'. Clicking on the 'Start Course' option will start the course.

Working Through a Course

Each course contains a number of linked pages that are displayed in sequential order. To move forward through the course, simply click on the 'Next' button which can be found in the bottom right hand corner of each page or the 'Right Arrow' found at the top right. To move back a page, click on the 'Back' button or the 'Left Arrow'.

You can leave the course at any time by clicking on the 'Exit' button in the bottom left hand corner of the page or the 'X' button found in the top right. On leaving a course you will given the opportunity to complete a feedback form or to view entries in the CommunityCLICK directory or FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) relating to the topic of the course you were taking. You can also resume the course from the point you left it or start the course again.

Scrolling Through Text

The pages you view in a course are of a fixed size, and as such some pages require 'scrolling' where the text would otherwise not fit the page size.

In such cases, two arrows will appear alongside the text. By moving your mouse over the 'up' or 'down' arrows the text will move up or down.

Demonstrations

Each course contains a number of animated demonstrations that provide a walk through of how something may be done. You will see a box appear on the page that will have a button labelled 'start demo' (this appears once the demonstration has been loaded). Click on this button to start the animation. Once the animation has finished, another button will appear entitled 'restart animation'. Click this to restart the animation, or move on to the next page of the course module by clicking 'Next'.

These animations are presented using Macromedia Flash and require version 6 or greater of the Flash Player software to be installed on your computer. If you do not have Flash installed or are running a previous version, you will see a 'Macromedia Flash' logo and an instruction to click on the logo to download the Flash Player from the Macromedia website (as illustrated on the right).

Quizzes

At the end of each course module after the course summary page, you will have a chance to test your understanding of what you have learnt from the course by answering four multiple choice questions. You will find each question on it's own page. Each question will have four available answers and all you need to do is select the circle next to the answer you think is correct. If the answer you select is right, a green tick with the word 'Correct' appears on the right hand side of the page. If however your answer is wrong, a red cross and the word 'Incorrect' will appear along with an explanation of the correct answer.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) & Directory

You are able to view FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) and find useful links in the CommunityCLICK Directory that relate to the topic of a course module from any page of that course. At the bottom of the page you will find two buttons. One that says 'FAQs' and one that says 'Directory'. Simply click on either button to leave the course to view FAQs or Directory entries. From the FAQs or Directory page you can return to the course module at the page you left it by clicking on the 'Resume Course' button.

See Using the FAQs for more information about how to use the CommunityCLICK FAQs or Using the Directory to learn more about how to use the CommunityCLICK Useful Links Directory.