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Welcome to
College of the Rockies Online Student Help Manual
On this page you will find How-to's 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 - see footer at the bottom of the page for contact information and hours.
To see an example of what a course looks like, view our Sample Course - Learning How to Learn at College 2020-2021.
If you already have a COTROnline account, log into www.cotronline.ca, and search Sample Course, or click on the link above and use the enrollment key, welcome, to access the course.
or
Login to www.cotronline.ca as a Special Guest to access this course.
- Username: sguest
- Password: welcome
orClick on the link above to access as a guest, however the guest access has limited functionality.
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Instructions: Clicking on the section name will show / hide the section.
Getting Started
Here you will find:
- Responses to Frequently Asked Questions
- Tips for succeeding at Online Learning
- Directions for logging into www.COTROnline.ca
- Directions for finding your Course(s)
- Directions for changing your profile, adding a photo, etc.
Note: This applies for all students except Continuing Education and Contract Training students.
Communications - Messages, Teams & Email
Grade Book
Discussion Forums / Online Text Assignments
Note: some of the information provided here also applies to 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.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.
Assignments may require you to:
Upload a file
Respond directly using an online text box
Due Dates are shown; the colour indicates whether the due date is up-coming or past:
Quizzes & Exams
Wikis
Wikis allow you to work with classmates and create mini-websites with single or multiple pages - think Wikipedia
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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MS Office - Installing & Using MS Word & MS PowerPoint