Nexus

connect.live.learn

Jeffery TayCentre for Instructional Technology

cittka@nus.edu.sg

Last Update:28 July 2008

What is Nexus Nexus is a personal learning environment (PLE)

developed by CIT. It is a space for you to view what’s important to

you at a glance, With it, you are able to easily and quickly

Access, aggregate, configure and manipulate digital entities

Build your own needs based learning space Extend your learning beyond traditional systems Incorporate your social activities with your learning

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How do I access Nexus? Open your web browser In the address bar, type http://nexus.nus.edu.sg Login using your NUSNET UserID and password

Your space

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Easy Search

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Easy Search Multiple search engines

have been pre-loaded into your space

You can perform searches directed to these search engines straight from your space

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Commands

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Commands Messages – Shows you the list of messages which

have been sent to you. Includes your password expiry

Support – Brings you to the support page Logout – Logs you out of the system

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Customization

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Customization Clicking on menu gives you the various

customization options You can browse for and add new widgets to your

tabs You can change the layout for the tab You can add RSS feeds to your tab

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Tabs

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Tabs You can associate a tab with widgets that you feel

is related to it. Drag and drop any tab to reorder your tabs

Click on an inactive tab to switch focus to the tab Click on an active tab to edit the tab name

Click on the arrow beside the tab to expose other tab functions

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Widgets

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Widgets These are the main information unit. Different widgets provide different information. Drag and drop any widget to reorder them Click on the widget footer to toggle widget size Click on the pencil icon to view widget functions

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What do I start off with NUS Learning Tab – Containing IVLE, NUS

Communities and Library

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What do I start off with Communication tab containing NUS Messaging,

and NUS Mail

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What do I start off with Important Student Information!

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What do I start off with Walkthru of Nexus

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Sharing of Tabs

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Sharing of Tabs You have the ability to share a tab you have

created with other users. Sharing of tab is a 3 step process

1. Input the people you want to share the tab with2. Set their permissions3. Confirm and submit

Click on the arrow beside the tab you want to share and click “Share Tab”

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Sharing of Tabs – Step 1 Start by entering the userid or emails of the people

whom you want to share the tab with.

Click “Next >” once you have added the users

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Sharing of Tabs – Step 2 There are 2 ways of giving permission, using the

simple version which lets you give them read, read & write or all rights

Or you can go for the detailed permissions

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Sharing of Tabs – Step 3 You can change

the Email subject and body

You can also change the name of the users

Click “Finish” to complete the tab sharing and Nexus will notify them

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Sharing of Tabs - Notified

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Modification of Shares Once you have shared the tab, you can click on

“Share Tab” again to modify the tab’s share permissions.

From here you can 1. Update user’s access permissions2. Remove users from the share3. Share to more users

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Questions? URL: http://nexus.nus.edu.sg

Contact Information Jeffery Tay cittka@nus.edu.sg 6516 4647

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