The IEC e-learning starter guide for students provides an overview of how to register, log in, and navigate the IEC e-learning program. It covers key tasks such as creating a new account, updating the user profile, enrolling in courses, and utilizing course materials and blocks. The guide also outlines the functionalities available within the course site, including assignment submission and accessing various file types.

1. IEC E-Learning Starter Guide
for Students
To provide an
introduction
to using IEC
E-learning
Program
Learning Outcomes
Will be able to register and login into E-Learning Program
Lear Will be able to navigate the course
Will be able to identify the key elements of the course
Will be able to edit and update the profile

2. Table of Contents
Logging In to IEC E-Learning .............................................................................................................. 1
Viewing, Editing and Updating your Profile ........................................................................................ 3
Entering into Your Courses .................................................................................................................. 5
Enrolling on your course ....................................................................................................................... 5
Course Home Page ................................................................................................................................ 6
1. Topic Outline ............................................................................................................................. 6
1. Viewing Specific topic ............................................................................................................ 7
2. Files type and Viewing them .................................................................................................. 7
i. Assignment File .................................................................................................................. 7
ii. Scorm File ……………………………………………………………………………………8
iii. Documents, Presentations and Pdf files ........................................................................... 10
2. Blocks ....................................................................................................................................... 11
i. My Courses............................................................................................................................ 11
ii. People Block.......................................................................................................................... 11
iii. Administration Block ............................................................................................................ 11
iv. Search Forum ....................................................................................................................... 12
v. Recent Activity Block............................................................................................................. 12
Navigating your courses ...................................................................................................................... 13
 Breadcrumbs ............................................................................................................................. 13
 Dropdown menu .......................................................................................................................... 3

3. Logging In to IEC E-Learning
 Go to the http://www.iecelearning.com in your browser.
 If you’ve an account, enter your Username and Password in the top right corner to log
into the IEC E-Learning program.
 If you don’t have an account you will need to create one. To create the account, click on
the Login button under the Username and Password box.
 As you click on the Login Button, you will see the Registration Page. Read carefully the
text under the heading, Is this your first time here?
 Click on the New Account link in the instructions or Create New Account button.
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4.  As you click on the Create new account, you will see the New Account Form page,
Complete the form with your details. After completing your details, click on the Create
My New Account button.
 As you click on the Create my new account button, a notice will pop up indicating an
email has been sent to your email address.
 You will receive an email immediately at the email address you entered in the form.
Click on the link in the email to confirm your registration.
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5. Viewing, Editing and Updating your Profile
Your profile displays information about you to other users. You can also add a photo to your
profile. It is also worth checking your timezone is accurate, as this will affect when you can
access scheduled events such as quizzes and chats.
 To view the profile page, click on your name in the upper‐right of the screen (or click
on Profile in the Administration block)
Your Name
 Click on the Edit Profile Tab to edit and update your profile. As you click on Edit
profile tab, Edit profile page will open.
Click the Show Advanced button on the right to access all of the settings.
Edit the fields you wish to change (e.g. description, location)
Click the Update profile button.
See below
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6. Here you can upload
your photo
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7. Entering into Your Courses
When you first access the courses pages you will see a list of courses on the site. Find the course
in which you wish to enroll (you may find additional information by clicking on the information
icon). You can use the Search Courses box at the bottom, middle of the page to find the courses
by courses code (e.g. EME-102/202) or name (e.g. Engg. Mechanics). When you are confident
you have the correct course, click on the text of the course’s title.
Course’s Title
Information
Icon
Enrolling on your course
As you click the course’s title, a notice will be displayed to confirm your enrollment for the
course. Click Yes button to confirm your enrollment.
*Note: You will only need to enter this enrolment key once, the first time you access the course.
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8. Course Home Page
As you click on Yes button, you will see the course page, which contains the
blocks and topic section.
Blocks
Topic
Section
1. Topic Outline:
Topics often reside in the centre of the course main page. It is in the topics that your teacher will
place the activities etc., which make up the online elements of your course. This course is
displayed under the five heads: Presentations, Videos chapter, Notes, Assignments and Question
papers. Click on the blue title link to view the lessons, videos, assignments and question papers.
Title of the
lesson
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9. 1. Viewing Specific topic:
If you want to view the specific topic (for e.g. Presentation only), then click on the squares
at the right edge of the topic area you want displayed. This will “collapse” the topics leaving
just one in view. The process can be reversed by clicking one of the two squares now
displayed at the right of the topic area. When clicked, the “Jump to …” menu allows you
select other topics to view. See below.
2. Files type and Viewing them:
Course may contain the Scorm file, Word doc, PowerPoint, PDF file, text page, web page
and the online assignment.
i. Assignment File:-
Under the Assignments topic, click on the assignment link. See below;
As you click on the link, you can see your assignment and Instructions for
submitting the assignment. Here you can upload your assignment file by
browsing and then clicking on Upload this file button. See below;
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10. ii. Scorm File; The files which have the brown square box, are the
scorm file. To navigate through the scorm file, follow these steps:-
1. Click on the course title link
Course title
link
2. As you click on the title, you will see the following page, to enter
into the course, you can either click on the Enter button or can
click on the title link in the left corner.
Title link
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11. 3. As you enter into the course, A pop-up window will appear. If the
pop-up window doesn’t appear, you must ensure that pop-ups is
enabled in your browser. You can allow the pop-ups by clicking on
the Option button and choosing “Allow pop-ups for
iecelearning.com”. See below;
4. After allowing Pop-ups, Click on the title link in the left corner.
As you click on the title link, pop-up window will appear. Use
previous, next, stop, play button to navigate the course in Pop-up
window. See below;
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12. iii. Documents, Presentations and Pdf files:-
These files can be retrieved by clicking on the title link. See below;
As you click on the title link, a dialogue box will appear, asking you to
either Open the file or Save the file. Choose any one option to view the
file. See below;
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13. 2. Blocks
Blocks are on screen areas which are placed at the side of the main course page. They fulfill a
range of functions as described below.
i. My Courses
This block displays the courses in which you are enrolled and provides a link to a list of all courses
on the site. See below;
ii. People Block
The People block provides links to a list of all participants in the course by clicking “Participants”
Sometimes you will see a reference to “Groups” in this block. This means that your teacher has
established separate groups amongst the participants in the course. The manner in which you may
view or interact with members of other groups (if at all) will vary depending on the needs of the
course. See below;
iii. Administration Block
This block contains a link to the Grade book where you can monitor your achievement against each
graded activity. By clicking on the “Profile” link, you can view and update your profile. See below;
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14. iv. Search Forum
This block can be used to search for text amongst the forum entries in the course. To search simply
enter the text sought in the field and click the “Go” button.
If you want to specific your search, then click on the Advance Search link in the search forum
block, as you click on the Advance Search link, you will see the following screen; here you can
specific you search.
v. Recent Activity Block
This block displays recent activity within the course together with links to the activity itself and a full
report of recent activity. The number and nature of the items will depend on the amount and type of
activity in the course.
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15. Navigating your courses
There are several ways to navigate within the course site.
 Breadcrumbs
This is a menu positioned below the course title showing your location within the course site.
Just as you got there you can now retrace your steps in the opposite direction to return to where
you started. Just like leaving a trail of breadcrumbs thus the name.
The above example of a “breadcrumb” shows your current location is FBD Part 1. If you click on
SCORMs/AICCS you will be taken to a page that lists all the Scorm files within the course.
Click on the name of the course and you will be returned to the course homepage. As you
navigate you will notice this menu changes to reflect your current position.
 Dropdown menu
Another way to navigate the course site is the dropdown menu. It lists all the areas of the course.
Just click and go.
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