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A to Z of Minerva Student Guides


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A

Academic Integrity tutorial and test
Access, can student access modules in Minerva from previous years
Access, who can access Minerva?
Accessibility in Minerva
Accessibility, keyboard shortcuts and screen readers
Activity Stream, getting started
Ally - guides for students
Assessment and Grades in Minerva, overview of the tools used to set online assessed work
Assessment, Discussions in Minerva
Assessment, Gradescope - guides for students
Assessment, Journals in Minerva
Assessment, submitting a Blackboard Assignment
Assessment, checking you have submitted your work
Assessment, taking a Blackboard Test
Assessment, tips on submitting your work online
Assessment, having trouble submitting assessed work online - what should I do?
Assessment, Turnitin - guides for students
Assessment systems and tools - a student guide
Assignment (Blackboard)

B

Blackboard Collaborate - guides for students
Browser, recommended browsers

C

Copyright and Minerva
Calendars, the two calendars in Minerva, how they differ and what they show
Conversations in Minerva, participate

D

Discussions, find, read, reply, create, graded, group.
Discussions, edit/delete

E

Etiquette, Netiquette in Minerva

F

Files, reducing file sizes
File name guidelines

G

Getting started with Minerva
Grades, check your grades in Minerva
Gradescope - guides for students
Grading Rubrics
Groups, what they are and how to join them

I

Icons, what the icons represent in Minerva
Interact with others, tools in Minerva used to interact with others

J

Journals in Minerva, view, create, edit

K

Keep track, ways to keep track in Minerva

L

Labster - guides for students
Log in, How to log in to Minerva
Login, How to log in to Minerva from outside of the university

M

Module catalogue, where to find the module catalogue link in Minerva
Module Content in Minerva

N

Navigating inside a module, getting started
Navigation outside a module, getting started
Notification settings, change/personalise
Name pronunciation, add

O

Organisations, what are they
Overall Grade/Current Grade shown in Gradebook

P

Profile picture, change
Progress Tracking
Pronunciation, add name

S

Submission guides, links to submission guides for the most widely used assessment tools

T

Tests, (Blackboard)
Tests, taking a Blackboard Test
Turnitin - guides for students

V

Virtual Classrooms in Minerva

Z

Zip files for submission