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Ufora for students

Ufora knowledge clip : Welcome to Ufora!

Ufora for all students from the start of academic year 2019-2020

Ufora is the successor of the previous learning environment Minerva. Ufora offers teachers a broad range of opportunities to make interactive learning possible, for example by using video and the creation of personal learning paths.

Ufora Manual for Students

Login & Register

Users with a UGent account

Students and members of staff have access to Ufora. They do not need to register themselves in advance for this.

Users without a UGent account

External users (i.e. all persons who do not yet have a UGent account) must register in advance to use Ufora. However, they cannot be added as a student or as an employee to the courses of course units that are included in the OASIS database.

Navigating in Ufora

Ufora homepage

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  1. Ufora menu - In this menu you can navigate to your courses. You will also see notifications and you can change your personal information and preferences. 
  2. Ufora Toolbar - This toolbar contains a range of useful links.
  3. Announcements - You will find the general announcements in this section.
  4. My courses - An overview of all of your courses.
  5. Calendar - You can find all of your deadlines for different courses in this calendar.
  6.  Office365 - This menu contains your Office365 files
  7.  Infosites - This menu contains your Infosites

Course homepage

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  1. Ufora menu - In this menu you can navigate to your courses. You will also see notifications and you can change your personal information and preferences.
  2. Course menu - You can navigate within the course through this section.
  3. Announcements - You will find the course specific announcements here.
  4. Calendar - This is a course specific calendar with deadlines for assignments, tests, …

Course toolbar

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  1. Courses - You can find all of your Ufora courses here. 
  2.  Messages/Notifications - New notifications will show up here (indicated with an orange dot)
  3.  Personal settings - You can change your personal settings and preferences here (for example: preferences about e-mail notifications).
  4. My Ufora - Click here to return to the Ufora homepage.
  5.  Content - Here you will find the courses’ content with all the learning materials.
  6.  Calendar - The course specific calendar with different deadlines
  7.  Announcements - The course specific announcements.
  8.  Groups - Here you can find your group(s) as well as subscribe to groups in case it is self-subscription
  9.  Other tools - Here you can find the classlist, assignments, quizzes, scores, discussions 

Configuration of Ufora

Setting notifications

Activate your notifications for various activities, such as announcements, to receive an e-mail:

  •  Click on your name and then on ‘Notifications’
  • Select the different activities for which you want to receive an email.

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Setting font size

Change the font size of the website to match your personal preference: 

  • Click on your name and then on ‘Account Settings’
  • Select the fontsize and click on ‘Save and close’.

 

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Setting bookmarks

Create bookmarks to have a quick view at important content of the course. Navigate to ‘Content’ within the course. And choose the documents you want to add to your bookmarks: 

1. Click on the bookmark-icon next to the document. You will get a notification that the content has been added to your bookmarks.
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2. Click on ‘Bookmarks’.

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3. You can find all of your bookmarks in here:

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