ETUDES-NG is a course management system designed to provide faculty and students with a powerful, web-based collaboration and learning environment. Based on the Sakai Project&rsquos open source platform ( http://sakaiproject.org), ETUDES-NG is a custom implementation of Sakai by Foothill College which includes additional tools and solutions based on their classic ETUDES (Easy to Use Distance Education Software) system.

You may use the system to supplement traditional instruction, deliver hybrid or online courses, and collaborate with students. You can have a course site to post your syllabus and schedule, distribute and accept assignments, share information with the class, set up chat rooms for class discussion, distribute grades, conduct tests and surveys, and link to information on the Web. You can enable or disable any of the available tools and use only the ones that are relevant for your needs, i.e. hybrid or online course.

Through this system, you need not create and maintain separate course web sites, discussion boards, and grade records. You can post files online for easy access by students, link to other online instructional tools, or incorporate existing course material.

The Gateway

The main URL of the system is the ETUDES-NG Gateway. Depending on what server your course sites are hosted at, you may have a different gateway login. From the Gateway, you can access some basic information through the left navigation menu before logging into your sites:

Instructors and students cannot alter or edit information on the Gateway page.

Login

To log into the system enter your user id and password in the boxes at the top of the page and click the Login button. You will gain access to your workspace and any course site in which you are a student, instructor, or other participant.

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