My Courses Features

7/31/2010 11:41:58 PM ET

	View your future courses (on My Courses)
	In My Future Courses you'll see a list of online instructor-led courses you've registered for that have not started yet. (See a sample layout of My Future Courses.) Courses are presented chronologically by start dates. (If a course is restricted, see About Restricted Courses.) If you need additional help, please go to Additional Reference Information. Back to My Courses Help

View your past courses (on My Courses)

In Past Courses you'll see a list of any online instructor-led courses you've completed within the last four weeks; and any self-study courses in which you've completed some lessons or tutorials, but have not accessed within the last four weeks. See a sample layout of My Past Courses. (If a course is restricted, see About Restricted Courses.) If you need additional help, please go to Additional Reference Information. Back to My Courses Help

Read announcements (on My Courses)

You can view CompuMaster Online Training announcements and corporate announcements on My Courses. CompuMaster Online Training announcements are important messages from CompuMaster Online Training. Corporate announcements are generated by your training administrator and are prioritized 1-10. Announcements with a priority of 1 are the most important and generally contain time-sensitive information which should be read immediately. If you need additional help, please go to Additional Reference Information. Back to My Courses Help

	Access Information Technology News (on My Courses)
	From My Courses, you can access great articles on what's happening in Information Technology. Access to this feature may not be part of your subscription. If you cannot see this feature on the site, ask your administrator about feature availability. If you need additional help, please go to Additional Reference Information. Back to My Courses Help

View assessments and recommendations

To view any current assessments and recommendations that you have from My Courses, click the My Assessments and Recommendations link. The listing that displays is broken into two parts: Assessments in Progress - For assessments in progress you will see the course title (linked to the syllabus for that course), the start time of the assessments, the number of questions answered, the total number of questions, and a "Continue Assessment" link. Courses with Outstanding Recommendations - For recommendations you will see the course title (linked to the syllabus for that course), the number of topics recommended, and the number of topics taken to date, and links for Start Course/Continue Course and Retake Assessment. Notes To view a course listing of courses with assessments, click the Courses with Assessment link in the left navigation bar. A special alert message will display above the My Courses box if you have any recommendations or assessments pending. If you have no recommendations or assessments pending, the My Assessments and Recommendations link will display. Access to this feature may not be part of your subscription. If you cannot see this feature on the site, ask your administrator about feature availability. If you need additional help, please go to Additional Reference Information. Back to My Courses Help

Start assessment

You can launch or continue an assessment in My Courses from My Recommendations and Assessments, a Self-Study syllabus or the Assessments Course Listing. To launch an assessment: Click the Take, Retake, or Continue button next to the respective course. The Assessment Launch page will display with a message asking you to wait for the assessment window. Click the right arrow on Assessment page to proceed to the first question in the assessment. If you are continuing an assessment, click the right arrow until you get to the question you need to start at. As you click the right arrow, it will display the question you are on out of the total number of questions in the assessment. Notes After the assessment window is launched, the assessment launch page will continue to display the same message. The requirements for assessment for you, as a student, are set by your training administrator. If you have any questions regarding requirements, please contact your training administrator. Access to this feature may not be part of your subscription. If you cannot see this feature on the site, ask your administrator about feature availability. If you need additional help, please go to Additional Reference Information. Back to My Courses Help

Take assessment

Once you have launched the assessment page you can take the assessment for that course. To take an assessment: Click the right arrow to proceed to the first question. The Question page will display with the name of the course being assessed at the top of the page. As you click the right arrow, it will display the question you are on out of the total number of questions in the assessment. Click the button or check box next to the answer that you want to select and click the right arrow to move to the next question. Notes If the question has a graphic associated with it, the graphic displays in the upper left corner of the page. If the question is a multiple answer question, the words "Please answer all that apply" will display above the answers. Otherwise, select a single answer for the question. "I don't know" is always an option listed at the bottom of the answers. If you click "I don't know" any other answers that were selected will be cleared. Access to this feature may not be part of your subscription. If you cannot see this feature on the site, ask your administrator about feature availability. If you need additional help, please go to Additional Reference Information. Back to My Courses Help

Remove Unwanted Online Instructor-Led Courses (Drop a Course)

If you have registered for an online instructor-led course you no longer wish to attend, you have the option to drop the course from your current or future course list. To drop a course: Access the My Courses page Click the online instructor-led course title found either in the My Current Courses or My Future Courses box. You may have to click the Show Courses toggle button to display your Future Courses. On the Syllabus page, click the link that says "Change class registration..." (located in the right hand box titled "Course Activities") On the Change Class Registration page, click "drop me from this course." On the same page, click the Change Registration button at bottom to apply your change. Note Access to this feature may not be part of your subscription. If you cannot see this feature on the site, ask your administrator about feature availability. If you need additional help, please go to Additional Reference Information. Back to My Courses Help

Access Reference Books

Reference Books enables you total access to technical reference books. You can search for books and browse by categories for a variety of information. In addition, the bookmark feature enables you to bookmark pages in books for future reference, write and save your own comments concerning the book, and place that book in My Bookshelf for future quick reference. Using Reference Books you can: Access My Bookshelf to add or remove books and create a bookmark Search for books by title or content Browse groups of books with related content by category Find tips and techniques in the Resource Center Link to other sources of information organized by CompuMaster Online Training department. Note Access to this feature may not be part of your subscription. If you cannot see this feature on the site, ask your administrator about feature availability. If you need additional help, please go to Additional Reference Information. Back to My Courses Help

Access Message Boards

Most of the interaction at CompuMaster Online Training is conducted on Web-based message boards. A message board allows you to post messages for others to read and to organize those messages into topics. You can access Message Boards from the community forum link in My Courses. To access the community forum: Click the Your Community Forums link. The community forum frame loads in the current browser window. In the left frame all available forums are listed. Note Access to this feature may not be part of your subscription. If you cannot see this feature on the site, ask your administrator about feature availability. Back to My Courses Help

Access vLab exercises

The vLabs exercises link gives you access to our vLabs training site. This link is offered only to students who subscribe to specific Networking and Internetworking libraries, or have already purchased vLabs from our Store. Access to this feature may not be part of your subscription. If you cannot see this feature on the site, ask your administrator about feature availability. vLab technology is real, hands-on experience with real networking equipment. It is not a simulation or a computer-based training program. Each lab provides an experience similar to working on a production network at a company. If you are enrolled in the Internetworking Department's Cisco library, your subscription includes 16 vLab sessions. As these sessions were specifically chosen to support the Online Instructor-Led CCNA-ICND course, we recommend that they be used with this course. If you are currently enrolled in the Computer Professional, Hardware and Networking Operating System or MCSE library, you have the ability to enhance your subscription with 14 pre-selected labs to provide a broad-based exposure on the subject matter and to lay the foundation of fundamental knowledge needed for Microsoft Windows 2000 Server. These labs are listed in the Store as the "Starter Pack." Students who subscribe to these libraries may purchase additional sessions to complement the sessions in the Starter Pack. You can access your vLab sessions by clicking the vLabs Exercises link. If you need additional help, please go to Additional Reference Information. Back to My Courses Help

Access Brainbench

To take a Brainbench Certification(TM), follow these steps: Go to the My Courses Page or the Learning Advisor Page, and click the Brainbench link. When you see the Brainbench main menu -- which displays the Brainbench FAQ link that brought you to this page -- choose an exam from the dropdown list. Click the Request Brainbench Certification(TM) Exam button. Answer the questions and submit your exam for a score. Note Access to this feature may not be part of your subscription. If you cannot see this feature on the site, ask your administrator about feature availability. Back to My Courses Help