Before You Begin

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Step 1: Music Teachers Oz Website

The website has been designed into rooms. You may enter the project room, the public room, the context room, the student room or the researchers rooms. Buttons to enter these rooms can be found at the top of the page. Links for these rooms can also be found at the bottom of the page. You can enter these rooms freely, reading about the project in each of the rooms.

Step 2: Moodle Site

The Moodle site is an area where people interested in music education can go to interact with other people.

Students can access their reflective journal, discussion boards, case studies, a dreaming room and project wiki's.

Researchers and Lecturers can access their reflective journals, chat rooms, student’s discussions  and their own discussion board.

The Public can access the news and a public forum.

Information about role of students
As a pre-service teacher, we would like you to engage in all elements of this project. These elements include:

• proposing solutions in the 'collaborating' Wiki site;
• commenting on others’ solutions and meeting the teachers in the discussion forum;
• reflecting upon your experiences of engaging with these case studies in your online reflective journal;
• gathering and evaluating effective online resources for use in the classroom.

Step 3: Logging onto Moodle Site

When you enter the moodle site, you will see a series of rooms. Click on the room that you wish to enter. When you see a sign, you can only enter the room once you have the key from your lecturer or the administrator. Different keys will open different doors.

You can either click on the room or the item in the room. This will bring you to a login area. If you are a first time user, you will need to fill out the login menu to the right. To do so click on a button called “create a new account”. If you already have a username and password, enter these on the left hand side of the screen.

First Time Users

When you first log on, you will be asked to create your own username and password. You will also need to enter your first name and surname. When you enter your surname, make sure that you incorporate your institutions name. For example Smith USQ, Smith GRIFFITH. A confirmation email will be sent to your email account. You may then log on (by entering your username and password on the left hand side of the screen) and access the rooms.

Login Area

Every time you enter the moodle site, you will need to log in. When in this site, if you look up at the top right hand top your screen it will tell you if you are logged in.

Step 4: Logging Off

Once you are logged in you are free to navigate between the different rooms and activities. The site will automatically log you off when you close the window.

If you have any questions about the navigation process, please email us at: musicteachersoz

Note on streaming video files from the Moodle site

If videos are not working, it may be the internet browser that you are using. If you are using a PC computer, Internet Explorer is the most suited browser. If you are using an Apple MAC, Safari is the most suited browser.

Where to find specific information on this site

Below you will find the site map for this site. Each link will take you to the appropriate area.

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