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Forstudents
GetstartedwithAthena
IT-avdelningen
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CONTENTS
Introduction............................................................................................................................................................3
LogginginandConfiguringAthena.........................................................................................................................3
HowdoIlogintoAthena?..............................................................................................................................3
HowdoIupdatemyProfilepictureinAthena?.............................................................................................4
HowdoIchangethelanguageIviewAthenain?...........................................................................................5
UnderstandingAthena............................................................................................................................................6
Thehomepageandmainmenu.....................................................................................................................6
HowdoIgettomycourse?............................................................................................................................7
WhatisaFavouritecourse?...........................................................................................................................7
Notifications...................................................................................................................................................8
Messages........................................................................................................................................................8
AthenaforTeachingandLearning..........................................................................................................................9
InsideyourCourse..........................................................................................................................................9
WorkingwiththeOverviewpage...................................................................................................................9
FollowUpTasks............................................................................................................................................10
AthenaCoursePlanner.................................................................................................................................10
UsethePlannerdropdownmenutosortandviewplans...........................................................................11
‘Planviewer’.................................................................................................................................................12
CourseResourcessection.............................................................................................................................12
Howtosubmitanassignment......................................................................................................................12
AthenaMobileApp–poweredbytheitslearningApp.........................................................................................14
Howtodownloadandlogin.........................................................................................................................15
Whatinformationdoesn’tappearintheApp?............................................................................................16
NotificationsintheApp................................................................................................................................17
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INTRODUCTION
Welcometothisstudent’suserguidefortheStockholmUniversityonlinelearningenvironment,Athena.Theonlinelearningenvironmentisdesignedtobeintuitiveandeasytouseregardlessofthetypeofdeviceyouchoosetoaccess,howeverthisdocumentationisavailabletosupportyouingettingfamiliarwiththeenvironment.
MoreinformationthanwhatiscoveredinthisintroductionguidecanbefoundontheStockholmUniversityserviceportal.Theserviceportalisavailablehere:https://serviceportalen.su.se/
UsersknowtheStockholmUniversityonlinelearningenvironmentasAthena,howeveryoumayseethenameitslearningwhennavigatingthesystem.ThereasonforthisisthatAthenaispoweredbythesoftwareandlearningsolution,calleditslearning.
LOGGINGINANDCONFIGURINGATHENA
Athenaisaccessiblebymostdeviceswithamodernwebbrowser.ItisrecommendedtouseSafari,GoogleChromeorFirefoxwhenaccessingthewebversionofAthena.Asageneralrule,alwayskeepyourwebbrowserupdatedtothelatestversionavailable.
AthenausersalsohaveamobileappavailableoniOS(iPhoneandiPad)andAndroiddevices.SimplysearchforitslearninginAppleAppStoreorGooglePlayStore.
HOWDOILOGINTOATHENA?
StaffandstudentsatStockholmUniversitywilllogintoAthenausingthesameuniversityaccountthattheyuseforotherITsolutions.Athenaisavailableatthefollowingwebaddress:https://athena.itslearning.com
WhenyouvisittheAthenaloginpage(https://athena.itslearning.com)clickonLoggainmeduniversitetskonto.YouwillberedirectedtotheStockholmUniversityloginpage,whereyoucanenteryourusernameandpassword.
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AfterclickingLoginfromtheStockholmUniversityloginpage,youwillberedirectedbacktoAthena.Note:thefirsttimeyoulogintoAthenayouwillbeaskedtoconfirmthelanguageyouwouldliketousewhenviewingAthena.SelecteitherEnglishorSwedish,butthiscanbechangedatanytimeinthefuture.
Afterloggingin,youwilllandontheAthenaHomepagewhichlookslikethis:
HOWDOIUPDATEMYPROFILEPICTUREINATHENA?
1. ClickonyournameinthetoprightcorneroftheAthenawindowtoopenyourpersonalmenu.
2. SelectYourSettings.
Youwillbetakentoanareawhereyoucanchangeyoursettings,configureAthenaandcontroltheconnectiontopersonalcloudaccounts.
3. ClickonChangedetailstoviewyourpersonaldetailsandfindthePicturesectionwithyourprofilepicture.
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4. ClickChangePicturetochooseafileonyourcomputerwhichshouldbeyournewprofilepicture.Followthepromptstouploadanewpicture.Remembertosaveaftercompletingyourwork.
HOWDOICHANGETHELANGUAGEIVIEWATHENAIN?
1. ClickonyournameinthetoprightcorneroftheAthenawindowtoopenyourpersonalmenu.
2. SelectYourSettingsfromthedropdownlist.
3. SelectCustomiseitslearningtochangethelanguageyouusetonavigateAthena.
4. WithintheCustomiseitslearningscreenyouhavetheabilitytochangethelanguageandthestandardsandformatsyouseewhennavigatingAthena.StandardsandformatsarethewaythatdatesandtimesaredisplayedwithinAthena.
Recommendation
ItisrecommendedtoselecteitherEnglish(UK)orSwedish,forboththeLanguageandStandardsandformatssection.
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UNDERSTANDINGATHENA
THEHOMEPAGEANDMAINMENU
WhenfirstloggingintoAthena,yourhomescreenwilldisplayrecentupdatesfromyourcourses,yourtasks(orfollowuptasks)andupcomingevents.Thispageisdesignedtoquicklygiveyouanoverviewofwhatishappeninginyourcourses,theactivitiesyouareexpectedtocompleteandotherpersonallyrelevantinformation.
ThisisatypicalviewwhenauserlogsintoAthena.
1. TheGlobalMenustayswithyouwhenyounavigateinAthena.Hereyoufindthequickaccesslinkstoyourcourses,yourcalendar,theserviceportalandmore.
2. TheNotificationsareashowsimportantnotificationstoyou,andnewmessagesthatyouhavereceived.
3. ThePersonalmenuisavailableunderyournameandphoto.
4. TheRecentupdatesareashowscoursebulletins(announcements)andnewelementsinthecoursesyouareaparticipantin.Thisiswhereyoucanseewhatishappeningacrossallfavouritecourses.
5. TheTaskscontentblockliststasks,assignmentsandteststhathavebeenassignedtoyoubyyourteacher.
TheAthenamenubarprovidesmultipleoptionsfornavigation:
• Homewilltakeyoubacktoaggregatedupdates,tasksandevents.• Coursesprovideadropdownlistofyourfavouritecourses.ByclickingonAllCourses,youwillbeable
toviewthosethatarenotyourfavouritesorthosethatwerearchived.o Youcanfavouriteacoursebyensuringthestarnexttothecourseisyellow.
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o Noticethatyoucanseewhencourseswerelastupdated,visited,thestatusandyourroleinthecourse.
o Ratherthandeletingcourses,theyareoftenarchivedfromyeartoyear.Thisallowsyoutovisitpastcourseworkandstudymaterial.Noticetheshowoptionwillrevealactiveorarchivedcourses.
• Groupsallowyoutoaccessyourprojectsandinformationdashboards.o Projectsareinformalspacesthatcanbeusedforspecialinterest
groups,collaborativespacesorstudygroups.o Dashboardscanbeenabledforinstitutestouseasinformational
spaces.• Calendardisplayseventsscheduledinyourcoursesorcommunitiesaswell
asanaggregatedviewofcourseplanners.
HOWDOIGETTOMYCOURSE?
AllcoursesarefoundwithintheCoursestabinthetopbarofAthena.Ifyouareamemberofmultiplecourses,youcanaccessthemallbyclickingAllCourseswithintheCoursedropdownmenu.
TheCourseMenualsocontainsasearchboxtoquicklyfindcoursesthatyouareenrolledin.
Coursesaredisplayedintheordersincewhentheywerelastupdated.Thismeansthatmoreactivecourseswillbedisplayedatthetopofthecoursemenu.
IfyoucannotseethecoursewithinAthena,itmaybepossiblethatyouarenotyetenrolledinthecourse.
WHATISAFAVOURITECOURSE?
Athenaallowsalluserstomarkacourseasafavouritecourseorremoveacoursefromyourfavourites.
WhenacourseisremovedfromyourFavouritecourses,thefollowinginformationwillberemovedfromyourStartpage:
• UpdatedandnewcoursematerialwillnotshowunderRecentUpdatesintheStartpage.
• Bulletinsfromannon-favouritecoursewillnotbeshownontheStartpage.
• ThecoursewillberemovedfromtheCourseMenudropdownlist.YouwillhavetoselectAllCoursestofindit.
Eventhoughacourseisnotafavourite,theaboveinformationwillstillbeavailablewhennavigatingtothecourseviatheAllCoursessectionintheCourseMenu.
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ItisrecommendedthatyoukeepallcoursesasaFavourite,soastoavoidmissingimportantupdatesornewsfromthosecourses.
NOTIFICATIONS
Thebelliconandmessageiconprovidesnotifications,similartotypicalsocialmediawebsites.AsastudentatStockholmUniversity,youwillreceivenotificationsduringthefollowing:
• FeedbackhasbeenprovidedonanAssignmentyousubmitted.• Youhavebeenrequestedtoreviewfeedbackandresubmit
work.• YouhavebeeninvitedtoaProjectbyanotherstudentor
teacher.• Feedbackhasbeenprovidedinataskthatyouparticipatedin.• AteacherhascompletedassessmentinaTestthatyouparticipatedin.• Atestattemptthatyouhavetakenhasbeendeletedbyateacher.• AnotherstudenthassubmittedanAssignmentorsavedadraft,andindicatedthatyouareagroup
member.• Ateacherhassentaremindertocompleteanactivity(TestorAssignment).• Youhavecommentedonacoursebulletin,andanotheruserhasaddedacommenttothesame
bulletin.• Auserhassentyouamessageoranewattachment.
MESSAGES
TheAthenaMessagetool(foundunderthespeechbubbleiconinthemainmenu)allowsyoutoaccesstheinternalmessagesolution.Selectingallmessageswillopenapopupmenutoaccessmoremessageoptions.
TosendamessagetoauserinAthena,simplyclickNewandbegintypingtheuser’sname.Toclarifywhoauseris,youcanclickthe‘I’iconnexttotheirnametoseealistofcoursesyousharewiththeuser.
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ATHENAFORTEACHINGANDLEARNING
INSIDEYOURCOURSE
UsetheCourseslinkwithinthemainmenutoopenthedrop-downmenu,andselectacourse.
Onceyouareinsideacourse,youwillseeaCourseMenubeneaththeMainMenu.
Themenuoptionsinclude:
• Overviewpagecontainingrecentupdates,coursebulletins,tasksorfollowuptasksandcourseevents.Inaddition,theplansofthedaywillbeshownwhentheplannerisused.
• Plansisthecourseroadmap.Itishowyounavigatethroughthecoursecontent,activities,objectivesanddescriptions.
• Resourcesisthe“filingcabinet”ofthecoursewiththefilefoldersandresourcesinthecourse.• Statusandfollow-upincludesyourassessmentrecordandotherreportsusefultotrackyour
progressionthroughthecourse.• Participantslistsallthestudents,teachersandadministratorsinacourse.Youcanalsofindwhich
CourseGroupsusershavebeenassignedto,andmessageyourcoursegroupdirectly.
WORKINGWITHTHEOVERVIEWPAGE
SimilartotheHomepagewhenyoufirstlog-in,acoursehasanOverviewpage.Theoverviewpagegivesyouaquickglanceofthecourse’smostimportantchangesandupdates.
1. TheBulletinssectionshowsyouthelatestannouncementsfromthecoursesteachers.Anannouncementcouldbehighlightinganimportantresources,sharinganimportantupdateorawayinwhichyourteacherkeepsalivelydiscussiongoingoutsideoftheclassroom.Note:YoumayalsoseerelevantplansabovetheBulletinssection,dependingonhowyourteacherhasstructuredtheircourse.
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2. BelowtheBulletinsisablockcalledLatestchanges(notshowninthisimage)whichshowsupdatesornewmaterialfromyourcourses.Thiscouldbecontentuploadedintothecourse,newactivitiesyouareexpectedtocompleteortoday’spresentation.Keepaneyeonthisareatoseewhatishappeninginyourcourse.
3. TheTasksblockshowsonlytasksforthisspecificcourse,whereasalltasksareshownontheHomepage.Inthisview,thestudentislookingattheirCompletedtasks.Activetasksarethosewhicharenotyetcompletedoryouareaskedtoredo.HiddentasksarethosethatyouhavechosentoremovefromtheActivetasklist.
4. TheEventssectionshowscalendareventsthatyourteacheroradministratorhasenteredintothecourse’scalendar.
FOLLOWUPTASKS
TheFollowupTaskscontentblockshowsyoutasksthathavebeenassignedtoyouinthecoursesthatyouparticipatein.Tasksareelementswithinacoursesuchasassignments,customtasks,testsandmore.Ataskissomethingthatyouareexpectedtocompletewithinthecourse.
TheTasksblockhasthreeviews:
1. Active–currenttasksthatarenotyetcomplete.2. Completed–tasksthatyouhavecompletedandmayhavereceivedfeedbackon.3. Hidden–tasksthatyouhave‘hidden’fromtheActiveview(thiscanbeusedto
removeoptionaltasksthatyouchoosenottocomplete).
Tasksaresortedchronologically,withthetasksbeingduesoonestatthetopofthelist.Tohideataskfromtheview,clickthexiconnexttothetask.Withinthelistofhiddentasks,youcanclick‘Show’toreturnthetasktotheActivelist.
ATHENACOURSEPLANNER
ImmediatelytotherightoftheOverviewtabwithinthecoursemenuisthePlanstab.Thistoolconnectstopics,learninggoals,studymaterial,activitiesandunitdescriptionstogether.ThePlannerisdesignedtoguideyouthroughthesubject,whilealsoallowingyoutostudyaheadorviewprevioustopicsatyourownpace.
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UsingthePlanner,youcanlookthroughthecourseandseetheconceptsandtopicsthatwillbecovered.BelowyoucanseeanexamplePlannerwithnumberspointingtospecificareasofthePlanner.
1. ClickintothePlannerbyusingtheCoursemenu.2. UsethedropdownboxtofilterthePlanner
byupcomingtopics,aspecifictopicofinterestorplansinthepast.Note:yourteachermaynothaveinputdatesintothePlanner.IfthePlannerhasnodatesinputbyyourteacher,thefiltersbasedontimesuchas‘Allupcomingplans’willnotshowanyresults.
3. ThisareashowsthespecificPlanthatyouarelookingat.Inthisexample,thetopicis‘Module1:Marketinginthe21stCentury’,andthereareseveralsmallerplansthatmakeupModule1.
4. Theplandetailsshowinformationsuchaslearningobjectives,requiredreading,connectedresourcesandactivities,andadescriptionoftheplanitself.Yourteachermayhavecustomisedthisviewtosuittheirstyleofdeliveryorthetypeofcoursebeingconducted.
USETHEPLANNERDROPDOWNMENUTOSORTANDVIEWPLANS
WhenviewingyourcoursethroughthePlan,itisimportanttousethedropdownmenutoselectthetypesofcontentthatyouarelookingfor.Forexample,youcanlookatallcontentrelevanttotheprevioustwoweeks,thenexttwoweeks,oraspecifictopicortheme(Topic).Ofcourse,itissometimeseasiesttojustclickAlltoseeallspecificplanswithinyourcourse.
Thisflexibilityallowsyoutochoosespecificallythetypeofcontent,activitiesanddescriptionsthatyouarelookingfor.
Note:eachinstitutionorcoursecanusetheirPlannerdifferently,soitisagoodideatoinvesttimeinlookingatthevariousviewsandgettingcomfortablewiththelayoutofyourcourse.
Eachtopicorthemeofthecoursecanbeopenedandcollapsedbyclickingonthenumberofplanswithinthetopic.
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‘PLANVIEWER’
Whenyouclickonaresourcewithinaplan,youwillseethefull-screenPlanvieweropenup.Thisallowsyoutoquicklyscrollthroughallresources,activities,learningobjectivesanddescriptionsoftheplans.
1. Usetheforwardandbackwardbuttonstonavigatetonextandpreviousareasoftheplan.
2. Usetheindexicontoshowalistofallelementswithintheplanandquicklynavigatetothem.
3. ClosetheplanwiththelargeX.
COURSERESOURCESSECTION
ItisrecommendedtousethePlannertoworkyourwaythroughthecourseresources,activitiesandobjectives.However,sometimesyoumaywishtoviewallthecontentthatexistswithinacourse.ThiscanbefoundwithintheResourcessectionofthecoursemenu.
Thissectionisafilingcabinetofallcoursecontentandisorganisedinfolderscreatedbyyourteacher.
HOWTOSUBMITANASSIGNMENT
TheAssignmentToolisacommonlyusedactivitywithinAthenathatasksuserstosubmitworksuchasanessay,areportorevenavideo.YourassignmentscanbefoundwithinyourtaskcontentblockontheStartpageorwithintheOverviewtabofacourse.
Whenlookingatanassignment,youcanseekeydetailsabouttheassignmentontheright.Thisincludesinformationsuchasthecurrentstatus(whetheryouhavesubmittedornot,orwhetheryouarebeingaskedtoresubmit),theduedate(ifany)andtheassessmentscalethatwillbeusedtogradetheassignment.
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Ontheleftoftheassignmentyoucanseethedescriptionoftheactivitythatyouarebeingaskedtocomplete.Whenyouarereadytosubmityourwork,clickAnswer.
Whensubmittinganassignment,itisimportanttofollowtheinstructionsgivenwithinthecourse.Athenaallowsyoutosubmitplaintext,videofiles,sourcecode,PDFfilesandothertypesofcontent.
IfusingtheAthenaRichTextEditortoinputyourresponsetotheactivity,choosemoreoptionsalternativetoopenuptheeditorandbeabletoformatyourtext.
Toattachafile,clickAddfileandthendragafileintotheareathatsays“ordropyourfilehere”.
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Finally,youneedtosubmityourassignmentbyclickingSubmit.NOTE:Assignmentsubmissionisfinal.Ensurethatyouhaveattachedthecorrectfilespriortosubmittingtheassignment.Asanalternative,selectSaveasdraft,andreviewthesubmission,beforeselectingSubmit.
Submit:yourassignmentwillbesubmittedtothecourse’steachingstaffforreview.
Important!Oncesubmitted,youwillnotbeabletomodifyoralteryourassignment.
Saveasdraft:yourassignmentisnotyetsubmittedtotheteachingstaffandiscurrentlyawaitingforyoutoreviewthework.
ATHENAMOBILEAPP–POWEREDBYTHEITSLEARNINGAPP
TheonlinelearningenvironmentusedatStockholmUniversityisknownas‘Athena’,butisactuallypoweredbythesoftwareandlearningcompanyItslearning.ThismeansthatyouwillseethewordItslearninginvariousplacesofAthena,andalsothatyouwillusetheItslearningappwhenusinganiPhone,AndroidphoneoriPad.
TheItslearningappallowsyoutoquicklygetaglimpseinsideyourcourses,messages,tasksandcalendar.Theappmakesiteasytocheckteacherfeedback,sendamessage,reviewapresentationoreventakeatest–fromyourmobilephone.
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HOWTODOWNLOADANDLOGIN.
TheItslearningappisavailableoniOSandforAndroidmobilephones.UsinganiOSdevice,openAppstoreandsearchforitslearning.WhenusinganAndroidmobile,usetheGooglePlayStoreandsearchforItslearning.Note:theincludedimagesaredemonstratinginstallationonanAndroidmobilephone,howevertheprocessissimilaronaniOSdevice.
1. SearchforitslearninginAppstoreorGooglePlayStore.2. LocatetotheorangeItslearningappicon.
3. OnceyouhavelocatedtheItslearningapp,selectInstallorfollowthenormalprocesstodownloadandinstalltheapponyourdevice.Beawarethatdownloadingtheapponameteredmobilenetworkmayuseyourdataquota.ConsiderconnectingtoWiFibeforedownloadingtheapp.
4. SearchforStockholmsuniversitetwhenaskedto‘searchforyourschoolorsite’.
5. UseyourStockholmUniversityaccounttologinbypressingonLoggainmeduniversitetskonto.
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6. Whensettinguptheapp,youwillbeaskedifyouwanttoenableNotificationsandconnectyourcalendar.Thisscreenshotshowsenablingnotifications.ItisrecommendedthatyouEnablenotifications,sothatyourphonewillvibrateorringwhenAthenasendsyouanotification.Thesecanbeconfiguredlater.
7. Atthetopoftheapp,youcanseetheIndexbuttonontheleftwhichbringsupyourpersonalmenu.Fromhereyoucanconfigurenotifications,logout,andaccessotherimportantlinks.Youcanalsobrowsetocourses,messages,calendarandtaskseasilywithintheapp.Thebelliconshowsthenotificationsthatyouhavereceived.
Note:iOSandAndroidversionsoftheappareslightlydifferent,soyourgraphicsmayappeardifferentfromthoseshownhoweverthemainconceptsandstepsaresimilar.
WHATINFORMATIONDOESN’TAPPEARINTHEAPP?
TheItslearningappmakesiteasytoaccessyourcoursesandcommunicationtools,regardlessofwhereyouare.However,notallareasofAthenaareavailablewithintheapp.Examplesofwhatisnotincludedintheappare:
1. Projectspacessuchasstudygroups,collaborationareasandsocialclubs.2. Dashboardsshowinginformationfromyourinstituteorothermembershipsyouhave.3. Somesmallfunctionalitieswillnotbeavailableintheappormaybeavailableinareducedway.
Items1and2(oneandtwo)intheabovelistarefoundunderthe‘Groups’menuwhennavigatinginsideAthenaviaawebbrowser.
Itisthereforeimportantthattheappisusedtosupplementyourstudy,ratherthantotallyreplacetheneedtologinwithawebbrowser.ItisrecommendedtocontinueusingawebbrowseronyourPC,laptoporotherdevice,inadditiontotheItslearningApp.
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NOTIFICATIONSINTHEAPP
TheItslearningappwillnotifyyouwhenyoureceivenewnotificationsinAthena.Thenotificationsarethesameaslistedearlierinthisdocument,underNotifications.Notethattoreceivenotificationsyoumustenablethemwhilefirstloggingintotheapp,oratalaterpointusingthepersonalmenu.