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Instructor Information Session 2

Classroom Awareness

TOPIC 7 - eKits

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Section eKits

What is an eKit?

Arrived!

In December 2008, Oracle University began to phase in “eKits” to students enrolled in some of OU’s top classes.

An eKit is an electronic version of the course manuals OU currently provides to students. Under the new eKit program, Oracle University course manuals, formerly printed out on paper, will be replaced by

searchable Adobe PDFs.

Note - All of the information taught in the course will remain the same. The only change is the format the course manual is

presented in. It’s a good thing!

Types of eKits

• Dynamic watermarking at download

• Student eKit

• Visible watermark

• Watermark includes name of student and email on every page

• No cut and paste

• Ability to print

• The student eKit should be used only by the student and it is non transferable.

• Classroom eKit

• Smaller watermark

• Ability to cut and paste

• No print

• This kit is ONLY for classroom use and is not to be downloaded or copied by the student.

Reasons for eKits

• Improved Student Experience

• Ability to address corrections quickly to course

material

• Supports Oracle’s “Green” initiatives

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Instructor Impact

• Identify which courses are eKit enabled

• Download eKit prior to course delivery• Where to download

• Familiarize yourself with the pagination differences

• Understand customer experience• eKit Process

• Customer communication

• Sample activation notification

• Delivering an eKit enabled course

• Student and Instructor feedback

• Tips

Identifying courses with eKits on the OU website

- see the

education.oracle.com

•Course catalog

•Course description

eKits Download

• Will be provided for you in all locations except

ANZ, for ANZ, you will download as part of getting

your PowerPoint slides

Note: This is for Instructor download only. Within the classroom, the automation process will automatically download and place an Icon on the desktop for accessing the eKit.

Classroom eKit - Awareness

• Contains both the Lessons and Practices/Activities

• Formatting may differ from what the student has downloaded via

iLearning

• You may see files such as:

• XXXX_SG1, XXXX_SG2, XXXX_SG3

where _SG1 is the presentation and _SG2 & _SG3 are the

Practice/Activity guides

• XXXX_SG XXXX_AG

where _SG is the student guide and _AG is the Activity guide

• XXXX_SG

where _SG includes both the student guide and practices/activities

• Ensure you are familiar with the eKit prior to walking into class

Feedback

• Additional eKit section will be added to the Student Evaluation

• Sample questions as of October 14, 2008:

• Instructors to provide their feedback/suggestions to the TTL team

eKit

The student guide was easy to download before the

class started.

The student guide access instructions were clear and

easy to follow.

The student guide was easy to use during class.

Other Comments:

Tips – eKits on the Student Machine

• Setting up windows• Some students will prefer to use Alt+Tab to switch between their electronic guides and their working application(s)

• Others may prefer tiling their windows (horizontally or vertically)

• Copy/Paste capability for Classroom version of eKit• For those typing-intensive labs, allows the student to easily copy and paste from their eKit to their application(s)

• eKit downloaded via iLearning will not provide copy/paste

• Page Numbering • Possible differences between physical material and eKit

• Lesson page number and Adobe page numbering will differ

Tips – Setting Up Windows

• Horizontal or vertical tiling may

be preferred depending on the

number of open windows

required

• Windows Selection

• Right-click on the “Task Bar”

and either select Tile

Horizontal or Tile Vertical to

have windows automatically

tile the windows for you

• May be more effective to

manually re-size and position

the windows

Tips – Adobe Bookmarks

• Click the Bookmark tab on the

upper left side of the Guide

• Allows for simpler navigation

to specified sections within the

guide

Tips – Using Adobe Search

• If you know the page number

(e.g., A – 198)

• Click the Binocular in the tool

bar to open the Search pane

• Enter search criteria and click

the Search button

• View results in the search

pane

• Click the search result to go to

the specific page in the guide

What if eKits are missing from Student PC?

NetSupport/Windows Solution

• Download eKit from GESDB

• Connect to student PC via NetSupport

• Select Tools > File Distribution

• Select file(s) you wish to distribute from the Instructor PC

• “Set Destination” for copied to location on selected target PCs

• Right click the targets

• From the menu, select Client > Set Destination

• Click the “Copy File” button in the Toolbar or from the menu, Select File > Copy

• Files should be successfully copied to all “connected to” PCs

Note: If you are unable to download eKits, log an SR with Global Education

Support using the Sev1 Form.

How Do We Provide Our Feedback?

• Post your feedback to the Instructor Forum

• Direct link click here

• A Thread has been started within the OU Instructors

General Topics Category

• Benefits

• Continuous thread

• Allows “Watch” – which

sends an email when a Post

has been made

• Searchable

Student Experience: Personal Copy

• The following slides takes through the process that

the student follows – outside the classroom – to get

their own personal copy.

• This is for your information, to give feedback to the

student

• But – any problems, direct them to:

• OU Global Helpdesk

The eKit Process…

• Seven days before the class start date, booked students (in

classes that offer eKits) will receive an email with download

instructions and an eKit activation code.

• By following the instructions in the email, students will be

able to access the eKits (from iLearning) and download the

complete course in PDF format. (The option to download

the course by chapters will be available for customers with

slow bandwidth.)

• Students have the option to either bring their own eKits or

use the Classroom eKit which will be available on

classroom PCs.

Student downloads eKit

to Laptop

Activation Notification Sent

(7 days prior to class)

Student Registersfor Class

Registration Confirmation

Emailed

Student Option to

use Classroom eKit or

Laptop eKit

The eKit Process

• Students will have 45 days from the later of the booking date or 7 days prior to class to download their eKits(so 45 days from the date that their original activation letter was sent)

• Students may download their eKit as many times as they wish, during those 45 days.

• Once downloaded, the eKit will be instantly watermarked with the student’s name and email address. Protects OU’s intellectual property!

Remember…Once downloaded the student’s eKit is accessible until they decide to delete it.

Downloading an eKit

It’s easy!

Students just have to follow these simple steps

outlined in the email:

1) Create a new Oracle.com account or use an existing account.

2) Accept the terms of use, which will then put them into iLearning.

3) Click on their course name and download their eKit.

It’s all in the email they will get from OU.

eKit

Activation

Letter

Not logged in page

Logged in Page

Cancellation Warning

Additional Information

•On education.oracle.com

•eKit FAQ

•Includes technical support

contact details

eKit Support

• OU’s Global Help Desk: Able to assist customers

having issues with eKits (24 x 7) by calling the same

number that is used for OU Knowledge Centre

(details in the eKit FAQ)

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This new method of delivering electronic copies of our courseware to our customers

continues to keep OU at the forefront of the training industry. As the Delivery arm of

OU, eKits presents us with the opportunity to showcase OU's ongoing commitment to

invest in new technologies while we act in a environmentally responsible manner. OU

prints 100 million pages of courseware each year. While eliminating the

environmental impact this has, we are also able to take advantage of the ability to

provide our customers with courseware that is portable, searchable and that enables

us to include new assets such as live links to websites, online help and

documentation as well as flash demos.

eKit Announcement