Online Learning Environment Navigation Guide
Introduction
Learning how to navigate the online classroom environment is essential to your academic success. GCU’s Learning Management System (LMS) LoudCloud and the GCU Web site have many resources to help you become a successful graduate student. Directions View the LoudCloud Walk to Class Tutorial as well as search LoudCloud to find answers to the first 9 questions below. Search the GCU Web site for answers to the second set of 10 questions below. You should complete the guide while navigating LoudCloud and the GCU Web site.
Use this completed guide to assist you when completing the “Navigating the Online Learning Environment Quiz” due at the end of Module 1.
LoudCloud Questions
- List the tabs and other items on the screen when you first enter a course in LoudCloud. Home-Calendar-Tasks-Resources-Connect-Reports-Announcements Cale
...ndar- weekly assignments Forums-Assignments-Announcements-performance
- From the course home page in LoudCloud, click on the “Tasks” tab and then click on “Forums”. Make notes on the various forums and their purposes. -Main forum-DQ questions and responses Individual forum -Questions to instructor forum
- Under the Resources Tab, inside the Student Success Center, click on the Writing Center link. What writing style is required for most 500-level courses at GCU? -APA 6th edition style
- Under the Resources Tab, inside the Student Success Center, click on the Support Services tab at the top. List the services available under this tab. -Financial aid-technical support-library-tutoring
- Under the Resources Tab, inside the Student Success Center, click on the Succeed at GCU tab at the top. Click on the GCU Tutorials link. What tutorials are available for student
at this link? -research assistance: library-writing and research tools -classroom assistance: online learning, cla, student support services and portal -student support: career services and tech support
On the left-hand side of the screen, you will see links that allow you to limit your search to various formats. Most of the Library's resources are electronic and can be accessed directly on the web site.
GCU Web site Questions (http://www. gcu. edu)
- Locate and click the Spiritual Life link on the right side of the screen. You will
notice a navigation pane on the left side of the screen. Click the “+” sign next to Chapel and the Gathering. What information is listed under Chapel and the Gathering? - Watch prior services
List the phone numbers of the following departments located in the Student Contact Information section:
• Career Services-1. 02. 639. 6606
• Center for Learning Advancement-1. 602. 639. 8901
• Academic Advising-1. 800. 800. 9776
• Finance Counselors-1. 800. 800. 9776
• Office of Academic Records-1. 800. 800. 9776
- On the Home page, notice the icons on the top right header area. What are the other icons listed next to the“[pic]” for the GCU Facebook page? -Twitter, you tube, linkedin, google, gcu blogs
- On the Home page, click the Student Life tab located at the top. Scroll down to the Living on Campus section, then click on
Wellness Center. What is the Health Center’s official name? Cooke health and wellness center
Students are challenged to develop these tools and to push their intellectual limits in order to become successful in their careers. Vision Grand Canyon University is a premier Christian university educating people to lead and serve. Mission Grand Canyon University prepares learners to become global citizens, critical thinkers, effective communicators, and responsible leaders by providing an academically challenging, values-based curriculum from the context of our Christian heritage. The curriculum at GCU is designed to prepare students with the skills and knowledge needed in the contemporary job market.
Students are challenged to develop these tools and to push their intellectual limits in order to become successful in their careers. In addition, the curriculum fosters personal discovery so that students realize within themselves the elements of compassion and accountability. A uniquely important element of the GCU mission statement is the defining attribute of its Christian heritage. The GCU community defines its culture by the way its members reflect a committed relationship with Christ and create the GCU experience in a manner that reflects His teachings to support students and graduates through a successful life journey.
style="text-align: justify;">These normative Christian values are integral to the development, maturity, and education of ethical and morally respectable citizens who continue on the path of life-long learning. Each element or objective of the GCU mission statement is uniquely addressed in the GCU curriculum and by the GCU culture, which shapes a rich learning environment from which students graduate with professional and life skills. When learners graduate from GCU, our expectation is that they will be global citizens, critical thinkers, effective communicators, and responsible leaders. Also under the About Us tab, locate the four pillars of Grand Canyon University. -academic advancement-christian camaraderie-extracurricular excellence-wellness&wellbeing
Navigate from the About Us tab to the Academics tab. Read about Accreditation near the bottom of the page. What did you learn? -As an accredited university, Grand Canyon University holds both college-specific and program-specific accreditations.
The Higher Learning Commission and its predecessor have accredited Grand Canyon University continually since 1968, obtaining its most recent ten-year reaccreditation in 2007.
Navigate from the Academics tab to the Student Life tab. Scroll down the page to locate and click on Bookstore. Click the Online Bookstores link and then through to the Grand Canyon Online Students section. What sort of materials can a student purchase from this site? -GCU apparel and gifts, textbooks, computer software.
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