Helping Distance Learning

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1 WORCESTER COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY Believe with all of your heart that you will do what you were made to do. Orison Swett Marden Volume 1, Issue 9 Every year, we run a short story competition. Each year the standard gets higher. Why not have a go and raise the bar even further? Entries: Maximum of 3000 words in 12 point font Entries to have student number, story title and page number as a footer No names please One entry per person Entries to be handed in to Study Centre staff March 2012 The Study Centres Short Story Competition Inside this issue: Your help person 2 Rules: Only actively enrolled WCT students may enter The judges decision is final No correspondence will be entered into WCT may publish winning entries Prizes: 1 st = 20 2 nd = 15 3 rd = 10 (to be presented by the Principal) Closing date 16 th March 2012 Winners will be notified by Friday 23 rd March 2012 How to log on from home 2 Connecting to the college network The Library catalogue Access Vocational Studies Contact details 6 The college has now purchased the right to use two new electronic resources. Scientific American has articles from Vocational Studies Complete is a collection of online journal articles and Ebooks across a wide range of subject areas. New E-resources Details of how to access this resource is on page 5. Our full range of electronic resources can be found on the study centre pages.

2 Page 2 WHAT WE DO TO HELP DISTANCE LEARNERS There is a link person specifically to help distance and work based learners access college resources remotely. He is there to help you: Set up a college IT account Access the college portal Access Moodle Register with the library system Help with access to different electronic resources to which the college subscribes. His name is Paul Mitton You can contact him by ing pmitton@wortech.ac.uk If your problem is with the nature or content of your course, your course tutor would be a more appropriate person to contact. Other useful contacts: Student Services on College reception on or college@wortech.ac.uk Library services library@wortech.ac.uk How to log on from home It may seem obvious, but it s probably worth mentioning anyway. In order to log on to the Worcester Tech portal, and access any of the e-resources, you need to have a current, active IT account with Worcester Tech. If we don t know who you are, we won t let you access our systems. So you need to have an account, and you need to know: Your username Your password The next step is to fire up your PC, open up your browser, and go to Click on Student and staff login at the bottom, under College Links

3 Volume 1, Issue 9 Page 3 Click on the Student radio button, Enter your username (first initial, surname and last three digits of your student ID number) Enter your password Your username is lower case Click on Log On Assuming you have successfully logged on, you will see your home page on the college portal. From here, you can access many of our services and resources. To use some resources, you will need to connect to the college network itself, not just the portal. To do this from home, you need to download and install VPN (Virtual Private Network) software. This can be done from the portal. Once you are on your home page (see above), enter VPN in the search box. Click on the VPN Instructions Page ===> Connecting to the College network Choose your operating instructions and follow the instructions to install the VPN software. Once you have connected to your network (H) drive, any request for electronic resources e.g. journals and databases will be made as if you were actually in the college and logged on to one of the college PCs.

4 Page 4 The Library Catalogue Heritage is the College s Electronic Library Catalogue System. Students and staff can access this useful resource online at College or from home, via the College website. Heritage allows you to: Search the College s Library Catalogue for items such as books, e-books, websites and other resources on particular subjects or topics. Renew your books and avoid fines. Manage your personal library account and check what books you have on loan Reserve books that are out on loan. Type in the following: To get started click Enter Library. How can I access Heritage? OR follow the link from our WebPages

5 Volume 1, Issue 1 Page 5 HOW DO I ACCESS VOCATIONAL STUDIES COMPLETE? Type in If you are accessing this database from outside college this page will be come up next: Select student then type in your college username and password Remember don't hesitate to contact us if you have any problems we want you to be able to use this Click on EBSCOhost Research Databases if you are on a smart phone or tablet choose the EBSCO mobile link Click in the box next to Vocational Studies Complete and then click on Continue Remember, our full range of electronic resources can be found on the Study Centre pages. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit. Aristotle

6 Outstanding learning for successful lives WORCESTER COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY Deansway Worcester WR1 2JF Phone: +44 (0) Fax:: +44 (0) Worcester College of Technology is committed to helping learners achieve their aims, both in education and in life. The only way of finding the limits of the possible is by going beyond them into the impossible. Arthur C. Clarke Contributions invited We welcome suggestions for content, requests for information and details of significant events from you, our readers. What do you need to know about? What would you like to see in here? Has your learning been affected by world events? if you have any content for future newsletters.