Course: COTROnline Student Help Manual
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Welcome to
College of the Rockies Online Student Help Manual
On this page you will find How-To guides to help you navigate the website and complete your course assignments. If you can't find the help you need here, please contact the COTR Online Help Desk for assistance:
Email: COTROnline@cotr.bc.ca
Microsoft Teams: @COTROnline
Office: 104
Phone: 250-489-2751 ext. 3737
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Instructions: Clicking on the section name will show / hide the section.
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Getting Started: COTROnline
Here you will find:
- Directions for logging into www.COTROnline.ca
- Directions for finding your course(s)
- Directions for changing your profile, adding a photo, etc.
- Responses to Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
- Tips for succeeding at online learning
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Communications: Messages, Teams & Email
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Discussion Forums & Online Text Assignments
IMPORTANT: Adding Kaltura files - if you get bumped out of COTROnline when uploading a video file to Kaltura, try a different browser.
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Assignments: Online Text, File Upload, & Video Upload
IMPORTANT: Adding Kaltura files - if you get bumped out of COTROnline when uploading a video file to Kaltura, try a different browser.
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Wikis
Wikis allow you to work with classmates and create mini-websites with single or multiple pages - think Wikipedia
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MS Office - Installing & Using MS Word & MS PowerPoint
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Resource Pages
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For Continuing Education & Contract Training students
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Find out how to update your network password and access your course pages.
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Other Technology
This section provides help for:
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Troubleshooting Library Database Issues
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MS Office
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Table of contents
- Logging in to COTROnline & Finding Your Courses
- Quick Guide to COTROnline
- FAQs About Online Courses
- Computer Requirements for Online Learning
- Navigating "My Dashboard"
- Cleaning Browser Cache & Cookies
- COTROnline (Moodle) Icons Interpreted
- Text Editor Icons Explained
- Editing your COTROnline profile
- Succeeding in Online Learning - Some Tips
- Want to see a Sample Course?
- Textbooks & Course Materials
- Research & Writing Help
- COTR Counselling & Wellness
- Try Our Sample Course
- Study Tips to Succeed as an Online Student
- Participating in Discussion Forums
- Copy and Paste Content into your Discussion Post or Online Text Assignment
- Add a File to a Discussion Forum post
- Add an Image to your Discussion Post or Online Text Assignment
- Add a Website Link to your Discussion Post or Online Text Assignment
- Add Video or Audio to your Discussion Post or Online Text Assignment
- Forum Notifications - customizing what you receive
- Assignments - Complete an Online Text Assignment
- Assignments - Uploading a File
- Creating PDFs
- Assignments - Using Kaltura to upload a Video or Audio File
- Kaltura Resources - Using Kaltura to upload a Video or Audio File
- Kaltura Video / Audio Assignments - Acceptable File Formats
- Kaltura Media Gallery - Adding Content & Sharing a Video within a Course
- Video & 3rd Party Cookies