How
to access Nicenet
FOR
FIRST TIME USERS OF NICENET
- Go
to http://www.nicenet.org/
-
This
will take you to the front page of the Nicenet site.
Click
on 'Join a Class' (near the top of the box).
- In
the box where it says 'Class Key' type in the series of letters and
numbers you have been given.
- Don't worry about if it is upper or lower case
- If you lose the class key, please contact Brenda Dalheim
for a tipsheet with the class key.
REMEMBER, this is a private discussion forum, the class key should
not be given to people outside the class group.)
- Then
click on 'Join the Class'
- The
class you have just joined is called Literacy Intervention Strategies.
- The
FIRST TIME you access this site you must complete the form provided,
so you can get a user name and password. It is important to remember
these. So once you have decided on your username and password, please
note down these details and put them in a 'safe place'.
Then click
on 'Join the Class!' IMPORTANT: For 'username', please use your first
name and last name as this will be the name that shows up when you enter
any future discussions. This is necessary so we can track 'who said
what'. (This will then need to be repeated lower down in the same form).
Also please note that this site can only be accessed by our group of
students, as we are the only people with this class key.
- Type
in your Username and Password and click on 'Log into the ICA'
- You
are now in the Literacy Intervention Strategies discussion board.
- Click
on the word Conferencing, in the list of links on the left-hand side
of the screen.
- You
will see a list of discussion topics. Click on a topic and join the
discussion.
Enjoy!
How
to re-access Nicenet
FOR
USERS WITH A USERNAME AND PASSWORD FOR NICENET
- Go
to http://www.nicenet.org/
- Type
in your username and password and click on 'Log into the ICA'
- You
are in the Literacy Intervention Strategies discussion board.
Enjoy!
How
to use Nicenet
How
to navigate the NICENET
Literacy
Intervention Strategies discussion board site
Once you
enter the NICENET Literacy Intervention Strategies site you will see some
Navigation Links down the left-hand side of the screen.
You will
be using the first six links:
Home-
takes you
back to the front page of this discussion board
(This link
does NOT appear when you are on the home page)
Conferencing
- a list of topics in the class discussion
Click on a topic and read the thread of discussion before adding your
own response.
Link
Sharing - links to other websites that relate to the topic under
discussion
Documents
- documents related to topics can be added here (However, they
do not retain their formatting and tables etc. cannot be inserted.)
Class
Schedule - a list of dates and times for online sessions if you
want to participate in syncronous time
Class
Members - a list of the current members in this discussion board
group
To join
in the discussion
- Click
on Conferencing on the left-side of the page.
- Click
on the current topic.
- Read
the thread of discussion.
- Click
on Post Message to:
- Add
your discussion
- Give
your contributions a 'subject' eg. In response to Joe Bloggs or
eg. What
about the older reader? Etc.
- Type
your contribution.
- REMEMBER
to click on "Post New Message'.
You can also
visit the other links mentioned above and add to any of these areas.
To find
out more about this sight click on Learn More About the ICA on
the front page of the Nicenet site.
Enjoy the
discussion.
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