CassLearn user manual for students - Cass Business School
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1. Cass Business School CITY UNIVERSITY LONDON CassLearn User Manual For Tutors Cass Business School 2008 This manual is adapted from an original version prepared by Dr Erik M van Raaij Table of contents Page 1 Introduction to this MANUAl ices cece ieceececeilecisncesedecnaxcncteceeledestdcvesseatsvecseveeess 1 1 1 Typographic conventions in this MANUal cccceseceeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeees 1 2 Introduction to CassLearn ccccsseceeeseeseneeceeneesenseeseneeeeeneesenneesonsessones 2 ZN Whane CISSLEAIN srira E eecive licaectyeeeedeee denies 2 2 2 Some general remarks about CassLearn cccceceeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeneees 2 23 Go dprac cein CASSLEAMN assen 2 220 FOMAI X eaea a aeea 3 DOPE feature S csiis uara aa a aaia 4 3 1 Accessing ine Syste Misuraca E ra 4 Bie ING SLAM DAOC aser T i eae 5 3 0 PFOOFaMMeAMIONM AON iveviwcitentievarneiweieosiinsmeniaciiincaieliasidvaeeevelis 6 3 4 The MOGUIE ENVIFONMEN ccccceeccceeecsseceeeeceeeceeceueecaeeeueesaeesaeeees 7 3 5 Crealing NewS CMS e322 2a ao tee mee eee eee 8 3 0 Mod le INTOFMAON kesse coed ase E uel 8 3 7 The module timetable cece cccccececeeeeeeeeseeeseeeseeeseeeesaeeseeeeeeeees 8 3 8 Downloading module mMaterial cccccccsecccseeeeseeeeeeeesseeeeseeesaeeeens 10 3 9 Managing web based discussions cccsecccseeeeeeeeeeeeeeaeeeeaeeeeneeeeas 11 3 10 Maintaining the Q amp A page serere R 112. Start page For the module you teach the module environment will look something like this ra Bere es ee eee wh bm sepiatanahentnaty pinar a rS ay mAN E an mpn ep THs pmi A a bee eee peo ee ine Poe be e h e p ees Pn eee peed feed dee so oe ibe TOY 807 Pees lands ELEY mj ee ee ee Bs ee ee ot Y i Mi sa a E an al ee ae A ceed a Ys Re ee E G GE Gas I ai Bae ee EE pl ee eee ee ee ee eee ee ee eee eed Te LL LL a a Le ie pee ba Te N Be en ee ee ee ee TE 2 Fle ee ee eee Th MH MMI Ap h ee ee ee ee ee ee ot ee hee n SG A ae Ee ed PT T ee ee oe e a e a EJ ee E ee a ey ed ja na i bpe ly e La Be T Tii pg Er pe eee ee ee ee E u Errr ogee el eee be pre bire a kr eg beg ied wih kes sega ii ot ie Po BS mi ies rel el al Qe I bi Fm imis i AA PADRE Y a i a Sg Ba aa N e Eja h a a ha R ERA e i eo a e L m an p o bai Ha mj p pa ds p M I E pip m a E S Peis oe ee ee n grn 1 ee p pAr et oe nee i Ena evel oP empir es ee er ee es ot ae eg es ce eee ee ee oe ee DEE 10 eee ee eee Be ee oe eg od oe To Ej a es E o Ea f b i el i jerma CASS BUSINESS SCHOOL 7 VERSION 6 The first page you see when you open a module will always be the news page Not all modules will have the same number of buttons this is dependant on how many of the functions you choose to use in the left hand menu but all modules will at least have the following buttons lt News gt This
3. 3 11 Setting an assignment to be submitted electronically cee 11 3 12 Providing feedback on students assignments ccsceceeeeeeeeneees 12 S213 MOGUICsa DPI aISAl xintta ses toe ected dae ale OA etal 12 3 14 Other buttons in the left hand Menu ccceccceececeeeeeeeeeeeeeeteeeeeas 12 3 15 How the students will see your MOAUIE cceecceeeeceeeeeeeeeeeeeees 12 A Additional feature S ssccsescscacetsiececicesscaceacecsreostccscstevecayctesscasstetacavebsnccss vost 13 Al PUDHSMING 4 QUIZ svieraiacenavauriineiiee endo eneveinse evita 13 42 Organising a Polysan 13 4 3 Working with Virtual Team ROOMS sesseennenenennnenserrnsrnenrrerrrerrrerren 13 4 4 Making information available to Specific Target Groups only 13 5 Code of Conduct for users of CassLearn ccecccceeeeseeeeeeeeeeeeeneeeeeeees 14 Haul BaSiC PINCHOS siss S E N 14 OSU DON zirrin a E 15 Bel WOO COMI eie atin aiacaWinaterabneWnubnatiaaenemee 15 Appendix 1 Example of student s submitted work with tutor feedback 1 CASSLEARN USER MANUAL FOR TUTORS 1 Introduction to this manual Please note that every effort has been made to keep this manual simple and user friendly It is a working document that will be revised regularly to reflect the new features and improvements introduced in CassLearn as it evolves If you have comments about this manual or would like to make suggestions about how to improve it plea
4. s submitted work and saves the file under a new name by adding the text marked your initials to the file name Avoid spaces in all file names but use underscore or hyphen instead For example MBM205_ WEILi_O5Fmarked_EvR doc the first part MBM205 WEILIi_O5F is the original file name as submitted by the student and indicates the module code the student s name and the student intake Your pages with comments should start with the student s name module title your name date and the percentage mark This is followed by general comments Specific comments relating to particular parts of the submitted assignment are to be numbered and the corresponding numbers added to the student s text in a conspicuous colour see Appendix 1 for an example Once you ve read the student s work and want to put your feedback online you need to go to the page with the student s work and click on the Z icon At the top of the page you can decide whether the student s work with your feedback is visible for the student only or for everyone e g as an example of good work though this feature is discouraged In the text box labelled Feedback you can type in a short text for the student if necessary With the buttons Choose feedback and Add feedback you have the option of managing a list of frequently used short texts e g Good work Next you put in the mark Finally you attach your document s with feedback Click the lt Submit gt
5. to ten possible votes If desired polls can show up on the news page Students can only cast their vote in each poll once All polls are anonymous so no one will be able to see who voted what 4 3 Working with Virtual Team Rooms If desired your module may provide the option for students to work in virtual team rooms A lt Team room gt button will need to be created in the left hand menu Virtual team rooms are areas within CassLearn that are accessible only to members of a specific group The tutor s will have access to all virtual team rooms Groups of students can use their own virtual team room s to share and organise documents and to run a discussion 4 4 Making information available to Specific Target Groups only If you work with virtual team rooms or want to have information items which are available to tutors only you will need to have target groups specified These target groups can be created for you by the Course Officer if you specify what target groups student teams you want to have and who should be in each group CASS BUSINESS SCHOOL 13 VERSION 6 5 Code of Conduct for users of CassLearn This Code of Conduct provides guidance and overall principles on etiquette for users of the virtual learning environment VLE many of the points raised may equally apply when using standard email The Code is intended to improve the effectiveness of online contributions eg online questions contributions to online discus
6. will be published here This is where you will find the Student Handbook This takes you to the general timetable with links to all modules within the Programme This is the place to read questions and answers as well as post your own questions about the programme and about CassLearn This is where you can find all of the online library databases This is maintained centrally by Jacqui Gaul This is where you can find all students personal page Here you can find useful weblinks that relate to the Programme as a whole Here you can find additional resources You can use the drop down menu in the top left hand corner to go back to the Start page CASS BUSINESS SCHOOL CASSLEARN USER MANUAL FOR TUTORS 3 4 The module environment In order to access the individual modules you need to click on the lt My modules gt button from the Start page This takes you to a page that shows all available modules Each module that runs on a Programme will have its own module environment for each term year it runs you will probably only have access to the modules you are the tutor for if you want guest access to other modules please ask the relevant Course Officer Clicking on the module name will open up the module environment HINT The lt Go to gt drop down menu in the top left hand corner of your screen also provides the option of switching to another module to the Programme information or to the
7. your answers to their questions students cannot respond to your postings on the Q amp A page 4 Use the news page to point students to new items of interest CASS BUSINESS SCHOOL 2 CASSLEARN USER MANUAL FOR TUTORS 5 Please do not make any changes to module information or the timetable Please discuss any desired changes with the relevant Programme Officer Check all areas where students can post messages for libellous racist sexist or unauthorised commercial postings Please remember that all students and staff are governed by the Code of Conduct Use a dedicated folder on a local disk where you keep downloaded student assignments as well as your files with feedback Use easy to understand file names but avoid spaces in files names Please_use_underscores_instead_of_spaces Some older versions of Netscape have problems with spaces in filenames Furthermore when providing feedback on a student s work please add marked your initials to the original filename e g mom205CHANJackie_O5Fmarked EvR so students can distinguish their original work from marked work 2 3 Formatting text You can format text in Q amp A Discussion Network and Team Rooms When you click on the icon to submit text in Q amp A Discussion Network or Team Rooms you are presented with a text box which has a formatting toolbar This toolbar allows you format text in a number of ways including Create paragraphs Bold italic and underline tex
8. 1 If you get to a page where you do not want to be and you cannot find a lt go back gt button on the page just press the lt back gt button of your browser or select another option from the menu on the left hand menu 2 Some pages will make use of the expand text icon H or the collapse text icon Click on these icons to expand or collapse a piece of text There are a number of other symbols you will see throughout the CassLearn VLE A sheet of paper symbol which is used to create a new entry new A flashing word NEw which indicates a recently created entry Ei Pen on paper which is used to edit an entry te A red cross on paper which is used to delete an entry 2 3 Good practice in CassLearn Student contributions to CassLearn are governed by the Code of Conduct which can be found in section 5 of this User Manual Tutors are requested to heed the following points for good practice in CassLearn 1 Log on to CassLearn regularly preferably every other day while your module is running in order to answer student questions maintain the news page initiate follow the discussions and update your weblinks page if you have one 2 Make sure your postings are free of spelling errors e g by composing your message in MSWord spell checking it and then copying it into CassLearn 3 Use the news page for announcements the discussion page for postings where you would like students to respond and the Q amp A page for
9. UT doe E aKa ja i a m A Ties Baer ST ma a i Fikih S PEE Hemh MD eee bas a a fot LI Sa me Seg ee ON ee I 3 gt O ee The timetable will be created based on the information you have provided to the Programme Office Some items in the timetable are hyperlinks which lead to further information or instructions Ata minimum there will be such hyperlinks for submitting assignments and for submitting the module appraisal Updating the timetable is quite complicated and you are advised to seek assistance if you wish to create this yourself or if changes need to be made Please contact Christina Dickson at casslearnhelp city ac uk to arrange a brief training session Sections 3 8 3 12 and 3 13 deal with downloading module material from the timetable assignment submission and feedback and submitting module appraisals CASS BUSINESS SCHOOL VERSION 6 3 8 Downloading module material Students access module material through the timetable By clicking on the appropriate text in the Activity column of the timetable you will be taken to a page with detailed information about that session lecture At the bottom of the page you will find the entire module material as an attached pdf document s available for download For this you will need to have Acrobat Reader installed on your computer which can be downloaded for free from the Adobe Acrobat site at htto www adobe co uk products acrobat readstep ht
10. button to upload your feedback to the server If ever you attach a document in error just go back into the feedback page and at the bottom of the page mark that attachment for deletion and click the lt Submit gt button 3 13 Module appraisal Students are requested to submit a module appraisal at the end of each module Students access the electronic module appraisal through the timetable The main points will be summarised for the tutor s and a more detailed discussion with the Programme Director will be offered if necessary 3 14 Other buttons in the left hand menu All modules will at least have the following buttons in the left hand menu lt News gt lt Module info gt lt Timetable gt lt Discussion gt and lt Q amp A gt Your module may have more buttons in this menu which are for optional functions described in section 4 Some buttons may be there temporarily for the Programme Office to create or maintain your module environment 3 15 How the students will see your module The students will not see the modules in exactly the same way as the tutors The most important difference is that students will not have the opportunity to edit any of the pages Some items can be created for tutors only for example on the news page or in the timetable Someone logging in as a student will not be able to see those items This can be useful for tutor to tutor communication If you want to check how students see your module please ask t
11. deleted by clicking on the icon next to the relevant news item 3 6 Module information The module information under the lt Module information gt button will be created for you based on the information you have provided to the Programme Office Please seek assistance if you would like changes made to this section Some items may be created in html code and require some knowledge of html programming 3 7 The module timetable Clicking on the lt Timetable gt button takes you to one of the core elements of the virtual learning environment The module timetable lists all the activities for the module by session or week It is the place for students to download the module material for printing to submit their assignments and to complete their electronic feedback forms For tutors the timetable will look something like this CASS BUSINESS SCHOOL 8 CASSLEARN USER MANUAL FOR TUTORS Dee Fee m eq m a a mam m ya pall R Bi i nmt a li a fa t pi 2 J i a I gt inimi arr ERE cee LS eee ere Sep Edi Set Seno rsa m 1 mH mo pops n n Se i T Fe ey SL H i sibi n e peT i 2 E ni a Z a bs ib i kas r Ei p a a z z 2 E ply H eee ee Le a z ee a i i a Ba Frm d Ts Seen EN mm ar Bi f 7 m Heppu mE irar bimi Ta Penma Da oT Foge afas El EU Bp e e biar
12. ed a query or response cannot be withdrawn and may well be read by someone in a different time Zone where you are unable to provide clarification if something is misunderstood 8 Flame mail is a term that has been coined to describe email electronic exchange containing strongly worded remarks insults or admonishments and has been cited as a key stress factor in many organisations and should be avoided To avoid flaming do not continue to argue about things that you will never agree on It is better to agree to disagree It should be noted that email and the posting of online contributions within the VLE comes under the jurisdiction of the Data Protection Act with regard to its content source and disclosure 9 The Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 covers the copying and reproducing of work including its storage by electronic means Any communication which takes place via the VLE is likely to be stored and archived indefinitely Care should be taken not to infringe copyright when downloading and attaching files from the Internet 10 Whilst every endeavour will be taken by City University to minimise the risks of online communications being intercepted by third parties users of the VLE are advised that the security and confidentiality of electronic exchanges sent over the Internet cannot be guaranteed CASS BUSINESS SCHOOL 14 CASSLEARN USER MANUAL FOR TUTORS 6 Support 6 1 Who to contact If you are exper
13. have been accessing CassLearn As a security precaution the system will automatically log you off after 60 minutes CASS BUSINESS SCHOOL CASSLEARN USER MANUAL FOR TUTORS 3 2 The start page Once you have logged in you will see the following page Finns bi Catia Cows Binds Schools wisi laaj emamna we ea Bee eee ae oes pe eee eee oe elie eee es ee a ee a pr ee oe pire on Eei m En eee ba hy pee ee ee ee eee gt ST leben et er a Tarr AN E Ea og me Pr hiag ol cess eee ee oe See a a TTo ei The left hand menu provides the following options This will lead to an overview of modules lt My modules gt This will lead to an overview of assignments that have been set lt My assignments gt CASS BUSINESS SCHOOL VERSION 6 3 3 Programme information Within the programme information environment you can find general information about the Programme The Programme Information is maintained by the relevant Course Officer You will find a Programme Information environment for every Programme that uses CassLearn and one for each student intake that the Programme has m Soe The following options are available via the Programme information lt News gt lt Student Handbook gt lt lTimetable gt lt Q amp A gt lt Databases gt lt Network gt lt Weblinks gt lt Resources gt News items about the programme in general
14. he E learning Support Specialist for a test registration CASS BUSINESS SCHOOL 12 CASSLEARN USER MANUAL FOR TUTORS 4 Additional features Please ask the relevant Course Officer to guide you through the process when you use any of these additional features for the first time 4 1 Publishing a Quiz If desired a module can contain one or more quizzes A lt Quiz gt button will have to be created in the left hand menu Quizzes can have multiple choice questions and or open ended questions Quiz results can be made available to the student immediately or an availability date can be specified For multiple choice MC questions the correct answer needs to be specified and there is room to provide general feedback for each MC question as well as specific feedback for each of the MC answers For open ended questions a model answer can be specified Students can do a quiz as often as they like Their quiz results will not be visible to other students unless the tutor decides otherwise There is no limit to the amount of times a student can take a quiz because they are there for the student to assess their learning and they will not count as part of the student s formal assessment Quiz results can be viewed by clicking on lt quiz results gt 4 2 Organising a Poll If desired your module can contain one or more polls A lt Poll gt button will need to be created in the left hand menu Polls always consist of one single question with up
15. iencing problems with CassLearn and or for technical questions about CassLearn contact Christina Dickson E learning Support Specialist Helen Marriott E learning Support Tom Heslin E learning Technologist casslearnhel city ac uk CASS BUSINESS SCHOOL 15 CASSLEARN USER MANUAL FOR TUTORS Appendix 1 Example of student s submitted work with tutor feedback Evaluation Report Anonymised and abridged Full Name Li Wei Registration Number 020202020 Module Number and Title MBM202 Accounting Principles Date of Submission April 30 2003 Executive Summary 5 Specialized in manufacturing stationery Riley is a highly profitable enterprise in this industry but there leaves much space to improve its performance and financial position In 2002 Riley successfully increased its sales with curtailed cost of sales i e its gross profit increased more quickly than sales However In consideration of huge contingent liabilities and amortization of intangible fixed assets Riley s profitability will be greatly harmed in coming years if the acquired business investment in fixed assets and capitalized development expenditure cannot generate sufficient operating profits 1 It s urgent to improve Riley s asset management Having lagged behind the industry averages in 2001 its stock days debtors days and fixed asset turnover continued to worsen in 2002 Though Riley can charge more for its products it is safer and durable to streng
16. ml Clicking on the name of the file will start up the Acrobat Reader software and open the pdf document Depending on your browser settings this may happen within the browser or within a new browser window Within Internet Explorer it will look something like this Ge i i 2 OS fee PSs OG TO Fe eee igi Lir hA eee na ha lam Fre m eq j Lord Rebwin 12324 1807 Two heads President of the Royal Soclkety AiCi an rk T iip et i J a Bee es Ces ey ire 8 bee pee Alan Kay Inventor of Apple Mac Deu re eit or eee eee hii hj ee The best way to predict the Be eee ie Seen eae si TO MES Mae eee or uture ia te invent it Ba ein es E 2 MARA Serpe eeri pbs ere gets and the beat way to shape eh 7 i E Pun fy of rege i the future ia to build it La En Po Mii Peace Bo pe khpar irp m You can read this document on screen save it to disk or print it all by using the buttons on the Acrobat Reader toolbar When the pdf document has opened within your browser pressing the lt Back gt button of your browser will take you back to the session lecture information page Otherwise you can close the new window to go back to the session lecture information page If for any reason you can not open an attachment or if you want to save an attachment to a local disk without opening it first right click on the name of the attachment and choose Save Target As in Internet Explorer or Save Link As in Netsca
17. o be able to create pdi files When there is an assignment to submit the timetable will show the icon in the timetable row For group assignments please remember to provide the relevant Course Officer with a list of groups This means that each group will only have to submit their coursework once as a group rather than each group member individually submitting the same piece of work CASS BUSINESS SCHOOL 11 VERSION 6 3 12 Providing feedback on students assignments This is a suggested method preferred method of feedback is to be decided by the Programme Director The lt Administration gt button takes you to a page where you can see what has been submitted by whom and when Clicking on the date of submission of an assignment takes you to the assignment for each student group You can read the student s answer either as text typed in by the student or more likely in an attached document s this reflects your instructions to the student You will then need to save the student s attached document to a local disk Click on the attachment with the right hand button of your mouse and select Save Target As in Internet Explorer or Save Link As in Netscape Save the file in a folder on your hard disk or on a network drive Your feedback on the work also needs to be in a digital format if the Programme has adopted the following standard The tutor appends his her comments on a new page at the back of the student
18. on Education Ltd 2002 P201 208 OFF CAMPUS PROGRAMMES 1 VERSION 6 Li Wei Accounting Principles coursework Marked by Janet Walker Date Percentage mark 10 General comments A well written report that identifies most of the main issues lt is refreshing that you made some positive recommendations for the company to build on the apparent opportunities offered by the relatively high profitability of the gift stationery sector Specific comments The numbers refer to the figures in brackets which have been added throughout the coursework 1 Excellent am really pleased that you have spotted the problem that the capitalized development expenditure might not generate revenue in future years 2 This mismatch of using short term funding for longer term fixed asset investments is a major issue We discussed this at the workshop when we looked at Thornton s balance sheet 3 Good With the data available this does seem to be an excellent recommendation 4 You are correct that goodwill amortisation will impact upon future profits but it will not affect cash flows 5 This is a good summary It identifies the major issues and makes positive recommendations for the future OFF CAMPUS PROGRAMMES
19. pe from the pop up menu CASS BUSINESS SCHOOL 10 CASSLEARN USER MANUAL FOR TUTORS 3 9 Managing web based discussions The lt Discussion gt button takes you to the Discussion Forum Page Each module environment has a lt General Discussion Forum gt set up Within the modules these discussion boards are for module related discussions only All students and the tutor s can read and participate in these discussions You enter the lt General Discussion Forum gt by clicking on it You can initiate a new discussion within this forum by clicking the icon at the top of the forum page A new discussion needs a header and a proposition Only these headers are shown in the discussion threads Clicking on the header of a discussion item will open up the discussant s proposition You can respond to a proposition by clicking the J icon As mentioned previously there is a Code of Conduct for Online Communication which governs the use of the discussion facility and the Q amp A facility As a tutor you can edit or delete any proposition in a discussion thread but we ask you only do this if the proposition breaks the Code of Conduct 3 10 Maintaining the Q amp A page The lt Q amp A gt button on the left hand menu leads you to the Questions amp Answers page Students can post questions here for the tutor Tutors are the only ones who can post answers to questions Clicking on the icon enables you to post a new question You can post que
20. se contact Christina Dickson E learning Support Specialist casslearnhelp city ac uk 1 1 Typographic conventions in this manual Within this manual we will use the following typographic conventions A text between double quotes Refers to a text a user can or should type in a field lt triangular brackets gt Refers to a clickable text or the name of a button rectangular brackets Refers to a key on your keyboard CASS BUSINESS SCHOOL VERSION 6 2 Introduction to CassLearn 2 1 What is CassLearn CassLearn is a Virtual Learning Environment VLE a platform that supports teaching and learning by connecting students and tutors over a computer network It is a customised version of TeleTOP Version 6 developed at the University of Twente The Netherlands CassLearn can be accessed on any computer with an Internet connection and a web browser It is password protected and can only be accessed by students and tutors registered for programmes taught at Cass Business School 2 2 Some general remarks about CassLearn CassLearn is based on Lotus Notes and it therefore shares many features with other Lotus Notes based applications CassLearn is accessed through your web browser and it is optimised for being used with Internet Explorer It can also be accessed through the Netscape browser but pages may not display exactly the same as shown in this manual There are two things you need to know about navigating CassLearn
21. sions and other online postings raised within the VLE and to avoid inadvertently or deliberately causing offence 5 1 Basic principles 1 This may seem obvious but all online contributions should be in English 2 Individuals are responsible for any online contributions emanating from their username or login never give out your password to friends or colleagues You will be held responsible for any prohibited activities under your username and login 3 Online contributions should only be posted for genuine academic administration or VLE queries and not used as a chat line 4 The use of the VLE for junk mailing chain letters and non Cass business is forbidden 5 Defamatory statements or discriminatory remarks for example concerning sex race sexual orientation religion age or any other social category are prohibited 6 The method of delivery is of an immediacy not possible with conventional post but more like that of a telephone However the nature and intent of a telephone conversation can be detected from vocal intonation as well as the actual words spoken this is not always apparent from the query text The use of block capital letters is equivalent to shouting and is therefore to be avoided 7 Once posted the online contribution may be opened immediately by the recipient so take time to compose and always proof read before posting check for spelling context and accuracy Also once post
22. stions yourself in order to anticipate student questions or to answer a number of related student questions in one You answer questions by clicking on the icon next to a posted questions You will need to click the lt Submit gt button at the bottom of the page once you have answered a question This is a feature which needs regular checking and updating by the tutor s Although students can not expect tutors to be online 24 7 they can expect the tutor to check the Q amp A page regularly 3 11 Setting an assignment to be submitted electronically Optional on some Programmes to be decided by the Programme Director Assignments you set for students will be submitted electronically through the VLE Such an assignment will be included as an activity within the timetable The relevant Course Officer will create the necessary timetable entry based on your input You will need to specify the following e A description of the actual assignment itself preferably in electronic format e Whether the assignment is an individual or group assignment e Whether the submitted work should be visible for everyone or not e What type of end product it will be e The deadline for submission Please make sure you have specified your expectations regarding the file format of the submitted work You can not assume that all students have the full Adobe Acrobat software at their disposal so while they will be able to read pdf files they can not be expected t
23. t Cut and paste into the text box Align number and bullet text Insert images and links There is an option to use multiple text colours but we ask that you use this only when absolutely necessary Please avoid using colour to highlight words within your text If you need to highlight words please use the bold or italic option This avoids confusion for individuals with colour sensitive vision If you wish to use colour please select just one CASS BUSINESS SCHOOL 3 VERSION 6 3 Core features 3 1 Accessing the system You can access the VLE e Viaa link on the For Staff page of the Cass Business School website or e By typing http casslearn city ac uk in the address line of your browser After hitting the Enter key the following page will be displayed ee fe a eee Ge S fake a eo rekon in Camil air sey bo ee Pee ee eee Sipe Cees Gade Behan Fam mi m eee ee pee ee es epee eee et aE eee ee eee pee eek oe feel el ee eed ee He We qe ee bee eer os a baj woes geet Lee pe oe i On the left hand side you can log in to the system by clicking on the lt Login gt button Your password is the same as your Cass Business School internet password Visiting Lecturers will receive their username and password for CassLearn from the E learning Support Specialist The login is session based which means that you will remain logged in until you close the browser window in which you
24. takes you to the News page lt Module info gt This takes you to the page with information about the module as a whole lt Timetable gt This takes you to the timetable with all activities for the module lt Discussion gt This takes you to page for web based discussions related to this module lt Q amp A gt This takes you to the page where students can post questions to you and where you can post your answers The icon featured in the top of the left hand menu is used to add items to or delete items from the left hand menu If you accidentally press on this icon the lt Back gt button of your browser will cancel your action 3 5 Creating News items You can create new items by clicking on the J icon within the News page of your module environment Please choose a subject as a header for the news item and type in the news message in the text box provided As CassLearn doesn t have a spell checker it is good practice to prepare your message in Word and then copy and paste it into CassLearn You can set an expiry date by which date the news item will be archived in the lt old news gt section Finally you can specify whether students should be able to respond to this message through the discussion list Click on the lt Submit gt button at the bottom right of the page in order to create the item or click on the lt Back gt button of your browser to cancel Created news items can be edited or
25. then Riley s profitability by improving its efficiency Cash flow poses a big problem to Riley In 2002 Riley invested heavily on fixed assets 1 871 000 which closely linked to the decrease in cash As a result short term borrowings doubled 4100 2000 but cash declined by 2 100 000 2 Other findings 1 Riley s Office Products seems to be the larger division since it achieved triple sales of its Gift Products In 2001 and 2002 both divisions gained operating profit but Gift Products had a better net profit margin 750 4600 vs 1300 13200 in year 2001 and 800 4650 vs 1400 14250 in year 2002 To generate more profits the decision maker of Riley should consider expanding its Gift Products division 3 2 Acquisition a new business brings about impact on Riley s future profits and cash flows Goodwill 120 000 will be amortized in straight line method 4 3 Deferred taxation is permitted by policies Provision for deferred tax in respect of timing differences between depreciation and capital allowance is prepared in both years 4 Part of interest payable 200 000 and development expenditure 450 000 is capitalized since future benefits are expected Reference 1 Associates Adolph Coors co Executive summary financial performance 08 18 00 2 Janet Walker Accounting in a Nutshell CIMA PUBLISHING 2001 Chapter 6 7 Holmes Sugden and Gee Interpreting Company Reports and Accounts 8 edition Pears
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