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Services of the University Computer Centre, the
OPAL Learning Platform.

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This is Tony. As a new student he is under a lot
of stress at the moment, as he has to keep up with
all the lectures and seminars.

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His fellow students seem much more relaxed and
still always have everything ready. How do they
manage that?

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Without further ado, he asks his fellow student
Tina, who tells him about the OPAL Learning
Platform.

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He has already heard about it in lectures, but he
hasn't really used it yet.

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Tina shows him what OPAL has to offer and why it
is important for studying.

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First he has to log in, which is very easy with
the TU Chemnitz username and password.

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A quick overview can be found on the Start page,
which can be customized with various portlets at
the top right.

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Tony can search for his courses under Course
Offerings or look in the Course Catalog for a
direct link to the course.

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Under Learning and Teaching he can see all the
courses and groups in which he is registered or
active or which he has favorited.

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Courses are a kind of digital classroom for
teaching, while groups are intended more for
collective work.

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Teachers can share various learning content via a
course, for example slides, assignments, exercise
enrollments or tests.

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There are also learning and working groups.
Learning groups are subordinate to courses.

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You usually have to register before using them,
and some also have restricted access.

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Working groups are independent of the course, and
Tony can also create and share them in order to
learn together with his fellow students.

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There everyone can use a shared calendar, upload
transcripts or chat with each other.

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An e-portfolio and performance records are also
available to him.

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An e-portfolio is a type of folder in which he can
store documents and contents he has created
himself.

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Certificates of achievement appear when an online
exam or tasks of the course have been completed.

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Then the number of points achieved is shown there.

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Tony now has a central point of contact for his
studies, where he can find materials for his
lectures, sign up for exercises and share notes
with his fellow students.

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This makes learning much more relaxed.