Tutorial 1:

WawasanLearn & WOU Digital

Library
 WawasanLearn

• WawasanLearn is Wawasan Open

University’s Learning Management
System (LMS).
• WawasanLearn uses Moodle – an open
source web application in creating an
effective online learning system.
• The address to access this LMS is:
http://lms.wou.edu.my
 WawasanLearn:
What can you do?
• Access course materials
• Have group discussions with students
within your group
• Host public discussion with your Course
Coordinator, tutor and fellow students
• Share resources within your group
• Access softcopy of Tutor Marked
Assignments (TMAs)
 Login Page

Login here
 Main Page
Course
List of Schools and Summary
Courses available for
the current semester
List of your Listing of Upcoming
course(s) Events
Calendar – highlight
events which is set
in the upcoming
events

Search for a course by Latest News

entering any keyword
related to the course The list of online users
for the last 5 minutes
Example: WUC 131 Main Page

Types of
course
activities

Section Link
How to navigate?

Navigation
Bar
 Main Activities

• Forum
• Quizzes
• Resources
 Forums
• Students will be able to:
– participate in online discussions with
course coordinator, tutor and other
students
– upload and share resources or useful links
with your fellow course mates
• Make sure the file size does not exceed
the maximum limit before
attaching/posting it to the forum
• Any forms of forum posts are editable
within 30 minutes of the last posting.
Forum Access

Accessing the
forum
Adding Forum Discussion

Add new
discussion button
Important Areas For Forums
Give a title for
your discussion
topic

HTML editor –
type your
discussion here
Help icon

Students are
allowed to attach
resources by
Use the button to
browsing using Consider
post the forum
this button file size

Maximum
attachment size
(set by CC)
Inserting a link
Icon to insert a link to a
resourceful site

Button to confirm
the link
Replying Discussion

Link to reply this

post
 Replying Discussion

Type in your reply

Click this button

and your reply will
be posted
 Quizzes / exercises

• Online Quizzes are available for students

to practice. The online score will not
affect the final marks at the end of the
semester.
Accessing Quizzes

Accessing the
Quizzes
Resources can be in
various format like
•Image (*.jpg)
•flash (*.swf)
•MS office (*.ppt, *.doc,
*.xls)
• PDF files

Accessing
the
Resources
Accessing Resources

List of all the

resources
available in
course
 Accessing Digital Library
1 http://www.wou.edu.my

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4
Single Sign-on (via Student
Portal)
 Single Sign-on (via
MyDigitalLibrary)

Student is
required to
login using
their student-
ID
 Finding Library Books: Where do I
start?

OPAC: MyCatalogue
The place to find
books, journals,
audio-visual
materials &
more owned by
WOU libraries

http://www.wou.edu.my/library/finding_mycatalogue.aspx
 How can I search in
MyCatalogue

• Basic search - search for words in any part of

the bibliographic record
• Advanced search - search for keywords within
headings, can select one or more logical
connectors to combine your keywords
• Expert search – can do a precision search
using a combination of keywords, search
categories, search operators and parentheses
• Refer to the Catalogue Help section for detailed
instructions
 Basic Search
Example (author search) : kotler OR kot* OR kotler, philip
 Advanced Search (using Boolean operators
AND, OR, NOT )
Example: mar* (title) AND Asian (title) AND armstrong (author)
 Limit your keyword search

• Use Boolean Logic to Boolean Logic

limit and refine your
search
• Every search engine
is different - read the
directions for each
search engine to get
the most out of your
search.
“ ”
 Expert Search (combination of keywords,
search categories, operators and parentheses)
Example: t:management s:information a:mcleod
 Locating Library Materials

LOCATION CALL NUMBER BARCODE STATUS

Main HD30.28 .D245 2003 0000004135 Available
Main LB1028.5 .A83. Vol.24 0000005162 DUE
9/21/2006
Main KL RCQA76.73 .C15.D424. 0000006289 Available

To locate the displayed item in the Library

• Check that the item status is available at your
library
• Copy the Call Number information
• Locate the book on the shelves
How to find digital library
resources

http://www.wou.edu.my/library/finding_mydigitallibrary.aspx
Finding an E-Journal
 Eg: Emerald Management (e-
journal)
You can view and download articles in HTML and PDF
formats

PDF Format
 Finding World Wide Web
Resources

Examples:
• Locate general information
• Current news events
• Statistics
• Points of view
• Opinion on your topic
 WWW Resources

http://www.wou.edu.my/library/finding_usefulref.aspx
Internet Searching Tools

Directories Search Engines

Used when we do Used when we want to go
not know exactly to a particular piece of
what to search information quickly

Meta Search
Used for difficult
to find information
 Before you begin your
search
Think of the following:

What is your topic?

What are the key concepts in your topic?
Are there other ways in which you can express
these key concepts?
Search Engine: When to
use?
 For getting specific information on a topic

 When we know the exact titles, phrases,

image, rather than a general subject
Examples:
• AltaVista (http://www.altavista.com)
• Excite (http://www.excite.com)
• Google (http://www.google.com)
• Hotbot (http://www.hotbot.lycos.com)
• All the Web (http://www.alltheweb.com)
 Directories
• For general information on broad topic
• To explore different areas of broad topic
• Arranged by subjects
• Can search by using keywords or listed
categories

Example:
Look Smart(http://www.looksmart.com/)
WebBrain (http://www.webbrain.com)
Yahoo! (http://www.yahoo.com)
Yahoolingans(http://www.yahooligans.com
 Meta Search
To search multiple databases simultaneously for difficult
to find information and gives a consolidated report of its
findings(all the best search engines piled into one)
With one single click, it searches the best results from
the combined pool of the world's leading search engines
-- instead of results from only one single search engine.
Use a metasearch engine as a starting point when you are
looking for a unique word or name, or an overview of what
is available
Example:
• Dogpile (http://www.dogpile.com)
• Metacrawler(http://www.metacrawler.com)
• AskJeeves (http://www.askjeeves.com)
 Capturing electronic
information
Different methods for capturing or saving your
search results:
• printing
• copying and pasting
• downloading to disk
• forwarding to an e-mail account
• Procedures vary greatly depending on which
database your are using and how you are
accessing it. Consult the online help for further
information
Thank you