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Contents
7017 Certificate III in Tourism (Retail Travel Sales) and 7020 Certificate III in Tourism (Visitor Information Services).....................1 Essential Guide to anison Tool!o"...........................................................1 Contents......................................................................................................2 anison Tool!o" # a $earnin% &ana%ement S'stem..................................( Gettin% to t)e site online.............................................................................* +asic com,onents of anison Tool!o".......................................................$earnin% tools in anison Tool!o".............................................................. /t)er anison Tool!o" utilities.................................................................10 0rintin% and do1nloadin% in anison Tool!o".........................................11

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Janison Toolbox a Learning Management System

anison Tool!o" is t)e name of t)e $earnin% &ana%ement S'stem ($&S) 1)ic) a num!er of T23E online courses use as a learnin% ,latform. T)ere are several features of t)e ,latform 'ou 1ill 1ant to utilise 1)ic) are introduced )ere. 4ou 1ill !e usin% anison Tool!o" as 'our online soft1are for its5 ease of navi%ation and user6friendl' a,,roac) interactivit' and online learnin% deliver' ca,a!ilities. T)e anison Tool!o" su,,orts learners !' ,rovidin%5 structured access to learnin% materials 1it) learner control over ,ace and ,at)1a' t)ou%) t)e material structured on6line forums mana%ement of Stud' Grou, information a searc)a!le and inde"ed reference li!rar' an online %lossar' online mana%ement of assessment. 3rom t)e anison interface t)e learner is a!le to access t)eir course material as 1ell as5 see 1)at announcements )ave !een made !' t)e teac)er7facilitator see 1)o else is in t)eir Stud' Grou, access ans1ers and model res,onses to activities and tas8s maintain a collection of stud' notes store and access files on t)e 1e! server send e6mail messa%es to teac)er7facilitator and ot)er %rou, mem!ers c)at to ot)er %rou, mem!ers ,ost and read forum messa%es ,artici,ate in an as'nc)ronous forum discussion on a relevant issue access and maintain a course %lossar' 8ee, a list of 1e! references com,lete and su!mit assessment on6line.

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Getting to the site online

1. 2. /,en 'our 1e! !ro1ser T',e in 'our destination 9R$ ie location. 2s8 'our IT su,,ort ,erson to confirm t)is for 'ou. T)is 1ill !e via 'our Institute:s 1e! address follo1ed !'7tool!o"7des8to, e%

Logging on
1. 2. Enter 9sername and 0ass1ord in t)e a,,ro,riate !o"es. $eft &ouse Clic8 on $o%on.

Note: 4ou can onl' lo%on 1it) t)e 9ser ;ame and 0ass1ord ,rovided !' 'our teac)er. ;otice t)at 'our ,ass1ord can onl' !e seen as <<<<<. T)is is done to 8ee, ,ass1ords secure. If 'ou )ave trou!le lo%%in% on c)ec8 t)at 'ou )ave entered t)e correct username and ,ass1ord= redo if necessar' and clic8 lo%on a%ain. Remem!er t)at ,ass1ords are case sensitive. If 'ou )ave for%otten 'our ,ass1ord= use t)e lin8 to )ave it emailed to 'ou. 4ou s)ould no1 ma8e t)is 1e! address one of 'our favorites or bookmarks so 'ou can easil' find t)e site a%ain. ;ote5 T)is term ma' var' de,endin% on t)e !ro1ser 'ou are usin%. To do t)is5 1. Select Favorites/Bookmarks from t)e to, menu

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2. Select Add Favorites/Bookmarks at t)e to, menu of 'our screen. (. Name 'our 3avorite= ,er)a,s 'our course title= or leave t)e 1e! address 1)ic) a,,ears on t)e screen as >$o%on: ;e"t time 'ou 1ant to o,en 'our course material 'ou can sim,l' select Favorites/Bookmarks and c)oose >$o%on: = or 'our selected title= from t)e list. ?avin% lo%%ed on 'ou 1ill !e ,resented 1it) a similar course message centre screen to t)e one t)at follo1s.

Note: To ma8e 'our access secure 'ou s)ould c)an%e 'our ,ass1ord re%ularl'. To c)an%e 'our ,ass1ord5 1. clic8 on Name in t)e left )and ,ane (or section of a screen) under Utilities. 4our details 1ill !e dis,la'ed on t)e ri%)t )and ,ane. 2. select Change User Password and t',e in a ne1 ,ass1ord ('ou can also c)an%e ot)er details).

Basic components of Janison Toolbox

@)en 'ou first lo%on 'ou 1ill !e ta8en to t)e anison Tool!o" des8to, 6 t)is is customisa!le !' 'ou= t)e user= to 'our o1n ,references. 3rom t)e des8to, 'ou are first reAuired to lin8 to 'our Stud' Grou, 1)ic) 1ill ta8e 'ou to 'our course7modules= 1)ic) 1ill o,en in a ne1 1indo1. @)en 'ou

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ne"t lo%on= anison Tool!o" 1ill default to t)e last ,a%e visited if t)is o,tion is turned on. Note: T)e sin%le most freAuentl' made navi%atin% error 1itnessed amon% su!Bects 1)en usin% anison is distin%uis)in% t)e course level from t)e module level. To return to t)e vie1 1)ic) includes t)e &odules !utton= 'ou must clic8 on t)e course !utton at t)e to, left of t)e menu. @)en 'ou %et to t)e course s,las) ,a%e or module )ome ,a%e 'ou 1ill !e ,resented 1it) t)e anison Tool!o" menu !ar do1n t)e left6)and side of 'our screen. T)e various lin8s on t)e left6)and side menu !ar of t)e anison Tool!o" ,rovide different functions5 Introduction 6 dis,la's %eneral information a!out t)e course. Announcements 6 dis,la's a list of announcements t)at can !e added to !' trainers and vie1ed !' all users. Assessment Strategy 6 dis,la's %eneral information a!out course assessment. odules 6 dis,la's a list of modules 1)ic) are ,art of t)is course= 1it) eac) module title )avin% a lin8 to t)e &odule $i!rar' for t)at ,articular module. !inks 6 s)o1s a list of 1e! references for t)e course 1)ic) can !e maintained !' t)e teac)ers and added to !' learners (after verification !' teac)er7facilitator). Forum 6 dis,la's a course forum ,a%e 1)ere learners and trainers can ,ost messa%es re%ardin% t)e course. Study "rou# 6 dis,la's a list of all t)e students stud'in% in 'our online stud' %rou,. "lossary 6 ,rovides an online %lossar' of terms in 1)ic) 'ou can add additional terms and t)eir meanin%s. Chat 6 o,ens a 1e! c)at room s,ecificall' for 'our online stud' %rou,. !ogo$$ 6 lo%s t)e user off= conseAuentl' closin% t)eir session. Note: If an' of t)ese o,tions are not visi!le it is !ecause t)e course administrator )as not ena!led t)em for t)is course.

Learning tools in Janison Toolbox

@)en stud'in% t)e module online 'ou 1ill !e usin% t)e follo1in% learnin% tools from anison Tool!o" to su,,ort 'our online learnin%5 mana%ement tools # stud' %rou,= stud' Bournal communication tools # announcements= c)at= forum= email. To su,,ort 'our online learnin%= a !rief e",lanation of eac) of t)e mana%ement and communication tools 'ou 1ill use follo1s.

Study group
2n im,ortant feature of t)e online environment is t)e mana%ement of users and t)eir mem!ers)i, of stud' %rou,s. 2ll users of t)e anison Tool!o" environment= administrators= trainers and learners need onl' one user account. It is t)rou%) mem!ers)i, of a %rou, t)at a user is reco%nised as

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eit)er a learner or trainer= 1)at course t)e user is 1or8in% 1it) and 1)o are t)e ot)er users in t)e %rou,. 2s suc)= users can !e mem!ers of more t)an one %rou,= eit)er as trainers or as learners= underta8in% different courses 1it)in t)e same Tool!o" environment. 2s 'ou enrol in eac) module 'ou 1ill !e ,laced in a Stud' Grou,. T)e Stud' Grou, dis,la's eac) mem!erCs details. ?ere 'ou 1ill find lin8s to u,date 'our details and to c)an%e 'our ,ass1ord. C)an%in% 'our ,ass1ord to somet)in% t)at 'ou can remem!er is recommended alt)ou%) 'ou s)ould ;/T use 'our email ,ass1ord as it can !e seen !' 'our teac)er7facilitator 1)o 1ill )ave administrator ri%)ts to t)e course site. @it)in 'our Stud' Grou,= 'ou can5 find out 1)o is in 'our %rou, and a!out 'our teac)er7assessor Boin ot)er smaller %rou,s. T)e stud' %rou, ,a%e %ives students and t)e teac)er7facilitator fast access to t)e mem!ers of a %rou,. 4ou can email a mem!er of t)e %rou, !' sim,l' clic8in% on t)eir name. To access 'our Stud' Grou,5 3rom t)e anison left6)and navi%ation !ar scroll do1n and clic8 on Stud' Grou, under Student Data. 4ou can also access 'our Stud' Grou, t)rou%) t)e ournal !' clic8in% on t)e Stud' Grou, icon or des8to,. 3rom 4our Grou, students are a!le to see a list of all ot)ers currentl' enrolled in t)eir %rou,.

Study journal
T)e Stud' ournal is desi%ned to ,rovide students and teac)ers 1it) a sim,le (!ut ver' ,o1erful) interface to t)eir online studies. Some of t)e t)in%s t)e Stud' ournal ,rovides are5 an online diar' 1)ic) reminds 'ou of im,ortant events a notice !oard 1)ere 'our teac)er7s 1ill ,ost information an address !oo8 1it) email contacts for fello1 students and teac)ers a filin% ca!inet 1)ere 'ou can store files and lin8s a 1a' to %et to t)e C)at and 3orum facilities t)e ,lace to c)an%e 'our user details and ,ass1ord. 4ou ma' find t)at 'ou )ave access to onl' a limited selection of t)e !uttons on 'our o1n Bournal. T)is 1ill de,end on 1)at 'our teac)er )as set u,. To access 'our ournal5 3rom t)e anison Tool!o" des8to, clic8 on E9se Bournal !ar 1)en o,enin% courseE. 4ou can also access 'our Stud' Grou, t)rou%) t)e ournal !' clic8in% on t)e Stud' Grou, icon or des8to,.

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Announcements
T)e announcements ,a%e is a ,lace for teac)ers to leave messa%es 6 t)e' can !e set for s,ecific stud' %rou,s or for all students. If an announcement )as !een ,osted it 1ill !e t)e first ,a%e 'ou see after 'ou lo% into a module or t)e course site. 2nnouncements can !e read from eit)er t)e anison Tol!o" menu or from t)e des8to,. 4ou ma' also access an' announcements t)at )ave !een ,reviousl' sent. 9se t)is ,a%e to find out a!out im,ortant and time6de,endent messa%es suc) as5 tutorial and7or 1or8s)o, dates assessment dates reminders addition of ne1 learnin% material or assi%nments corrections to e"istin% material. 2nnouncements 1ill !e u,dated at irre%ular times so ,lease refer to t)em 1ee8l'.

Chat
T)is is a Cs'nc)ronousC c)at facilit' ie 1)ere mem!ers of t)e %rou, can Cc)atC 1it) one anot)er in Creal timeC ie live. C)at rooms are used to %et all stud' %rou, mem!ers to%et)er to )ave a conversation at a ,articular time. T)e C)at facilit' is availa!le from t)e des8to, and t)e module level. 9sin% t)e c)at room 'ou can t',e messa%es to ot)er Stud' Grou, mem!ers in real time and see t)eir res,onses. T)is tool 1ill !e used to )ave >meetin%s: 1it) fello1 Stud' Grou, mem!ers or t)e teac)er7facilitator 1)erever t)e' are located. 4our teac)er ma' sc)edule a to,ic for discussion at a ,articular time as ,art of t)e course.

Forum
T)is is t)e Cas'nc)ronousC c)at facilit' ie 1)ere students can ,ost res,onses to esta!lis)ed discussion to,ics. 2 forum is li8e a !ulletin !oard 1)ere users are a!le to leave messa%es for ot)er stud' %rou, mem!ers and t)e teac)er7facilitator and re,l' to e"istin% messa%es. T)e messa%es are >,osted: on t)e forum for ot)ers to read and res,ond to in t)eir o1n time. T)e forum ,rovides t)e o,,ortunit' for a Stud' Grou, to ,artici,ate in a teac)er6mediated discussion on relevant 1or8,lace related issues or ,ro!lems. T)e teac)er informs t)e Stud' Grou, t)rou%) t)e announcements 1)en and for )o1 lon% eac) module:s s,ecific discussion 1ill !e o,en. T)e discussion is as'nc)ronous # it does not reAuire ,artici,ants to !e availa!le at a set time # and several >t)readed discussions: can !e mana%ed simultaneousl'. 4our teac)er 1ill ,ost a to,ic for discussion and monitor t)e discussion t)reads. 4ou are encoura%ed to re,l' to t)e contri!utions of t)e ot)er mem!ers of 'our Stud' Grou,. T)e 3orum also ,rovides t)e o,,ortunit' for

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students to ,ost Auestions or discuss issues 1it) t)e teac)er= Stud' Grou, or individual students.

Email
S)ould 'ou 1is) to send an email to 'our teac)er= a s,ecific student or Stud' Grou, t)en 'ou s)ould clic8 on ESend EmailE icon from t)e Stud' ournal or from t)e des8to,. /f course= 'ou can also sim,l' email t)e student usin% 'our 0C:s email ,ro%ram (/utloo8 E",ress etc).

Memos
&emos or Student ;otes are in,ut !o"es usuall' attac)ed to activities or immediatel' follo1in% a ,a%e of information allo1in% 'ou to 8e' in ans1ers or notes directl' onto t)e 1e! ,a%e. &emos )ave an icon of small )and 1ritin% on a ,a%e and a,,ear closed 1)en 'ou first come across t)em. /nce 'ou clic8 on t)e icon 'ou can 8e' in 'our ans1ers or notes and t)en clic8 Save. /nl' 'ou can see 'our memo messa%e. /nce 'ou 8e' in and save a memo it is saved in t)e course1are data!ase and reloads ever' time 'ou return to t)e screen.

AutoNotes
2uto;otes is a ,o1erful tool t)at allo1s 'ou to record notes= attac) files and t',e in 1e! lin8s relatin% to t)e ,a%e or to,ic 'ou are vie1in%. Eac) screen or ,a%e )as its o1n 2uto;otes facilit' as a ,a%e icon in t)e anison tool!ar runnin% across t)e to, of t)e ,a%e. 9se t)is facilit' to ca,ture 'our ,ersonal t)ou%)ts or customised notes for ever' screen or ,a%e 'ou vie1.

Links
T)e $in8s !utton o,ens a ,a%e used to dis,la' a list of annotated 1e!sites. @e! lin8s 1it) a s)ort descri,tion can !e added !' !ot) teac)ers and students and can !e used to !uild a reference ,a%e t)at contains information relevant to t)e course. 2n' lin8s t)at 'ou add s)ould !e c)ec8ed and validated !' 'our teac)er7facilitator first.

Glossary - Tra elTerms

4our course contains a %lossar' called TravelTerms. 4ou can loo8 u, t)e meanin% of 1ords used in t)e course if t)at 1ord )as a !lue T ne"t to it. If 'ou clic8 on t)e T t)e meanin% of t)e 1ord from !TravelTerms is dis,la'ed. ;e1 terms and definitions can !e added and listed alon% 1it) t)e ot)ers. @)enever 'ou discover ne1 terms t)at 'ou 1ould li8e to reference later sim,l' clic8 on TravelTerms= t)en clic8 on t)e 2dd !utton to enter details of a term 'ou 1ant to add= and t)en clic8 save. T)e %lossar' automaticall'

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stores t)e term al,)a!eticall'. Students can also add t)eir o1n definition or notes in t)e >In m' o1n 1ords: column. Note: T)e %lossar' for t)is course is called TravelTerms and resides at t)e course level and is t)erefore common across all modules.

Other Janison Toolbox utilities !rogress

Students can see t)eir o1n results and ,ro%ress in all course modules for 1)ic) t)e' are enrolled.

!lanner
T)e ,lanner is an electronic calendar 1)ere 'ou are a!le to create diaries and self6sc)edulin% e% for recordin% 1)en %rou, seesions 1ill ta8e ,lace= 1)en assi%nments 1ere su!mitted= 8ee,in% trac8 of ,lanned c)at room meetin%s 1it) fello1 students and teac)ers 4ou can also 8ee, trac8 of ,ersonal notes and activities.

"e ie# tool

T)is tool a,,ears as a small 1)ite !o" in t)e to, ri%)t )and corner of eac) screen. @)en 'ou finis) readin% a screen and an' associated activities or tas8s= clic8 t)is !o" and a tic8 a,,ears. T)is mar8s t)e ,a%e as FreadG. Eac) time 'ou lo%on= anison Tool!o" remem!ers t)e screens 'ou )ave read and 8ee,s trac8 !' informin% 'ou t)at 'ou )ave si%)ted t)is ,a%e on a ,revious occasion.

Search
T)is facilit' allo1s 'ou to searc) t)e content for ,articular te"t.

The $jelly %a%ies&

T)e >Bell' !a!ies: are al1a's located at t)e end of t)e left6)and anison navi%ation !ar.

T)e CBell' !a!iesC s)o1 ot)ers currentl' lo%%ed into t)e course. 2 teac)er is red 1)ereas a student is 'ello1. ?over 'our mouse to see 1)o t)e lo%%ed in ,erson is. Clic8 on t)e Bell' !a!' to send t)at ,erson an instant (,rivate) messa%e.

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Note: 0lease do not a!use t)is facilit' or 'ou ma' find t)at it %ets turned offH

Printing an

o!nloa ing in Janison Toolbox

&ost of 'our learnin% 1ill occur on screen )o1ever t)ere 1ill !e certain screens or ,a%es t)at 'ou ma' ,refer to ,rint. To ,rint out a ,a%e 'ou must first clic8 an'1)ere on t)e ,a%e of information t)at 'ou are vie1in% (ot)er1ise 'ou 1ill ,rint out t)e anison navi%ation frame onl' as it is t)e default 1)en ,ressin% Ctrl 0= usin% t)e ,rint icon or accessin% 3ile70rint from t)e menu). 2lternativel' 'ou ma' )old 'ou mouse over t)e te"t= ri%)t clic8in% and t)en selectin% 0rint from t)e menu. If t)ere are forms= sam,le documents or 1or8s)eets (es,eciall' t)e &icrosoft @ord documents) t)at 'ou need to use in t)e course of 'our stud' 'ou s)ould do1nload t)ese files to 'our )ard drive. Do t)is !' ri%)t clic8in% 'our mouse on t)e file and selectin% Save from t)e dro, do1n menu (alternativel' 'ou could o,en t)e document and do an immediate Save as) as 1ell as navi%ate to an a,,ro,riate folder to ,lace t)e file in 'ou:re &' documents. Note: Some course reAuire 'ou to save files in a s,ecific location e% &' @or8!oo8

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