Course:

Orientation Course

Title:

Geing Started With Your Learning Management

System (LMS)
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STEP 1: Visit class.miva.university on your browser to

access the login page to your LMS.

STEP 2: Next, input your miva email address and password,

then click Login to access your LMS
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Navigating Your Learning Management

Dashboard
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Welcome to the interactive interface of your LMS dashboard

On the Dashboard you can see an overview of “Courses Enrolled,” “Courses Completed,”
“Activities Completed” and “Activities Due”
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Activities Due are also arranged on the Dashboard under To Do and Upcoming Events.

On the Dashboard you can find your Calendar showing a breakdown of activities across all courses,
you can create new events from the Dashboard on to your Calendar.

The Dashboard also hosts the Recently Accessed Courses for easy access. You can also contact
your success advisor via WhatsApp directly from the Dashboard.
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Update Student Profile on LMS

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STEP 1: Click on the profile icon to view your profile

Next, you can use the edit button to make changes to your details
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Here, you can find a range of other things you can view on your profile, such as “Grades,” “Calendar”
“Upload private files,” “Reports,” “Request Siwes Leer,” and “Upload JAMB Admission Leer,
Indemnity form, Siwes Acceptance Leer and Siwes Report Submission.”

Under preferences, you can make other major edits to your profile
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Explore Your Courses

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STEP 1: Click on MY courses icon to view your courses

Step 2: When you click on a particular course, you can find your course
materials, announcements, assessments, live lessons, office hours and
Weekly Module on from the course menu.
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Click on MY courses icon to view your courses, Navigate to your Weekly

module, Find Material with File Format, click on the Download Icon to
download the material.
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How to use Calendar and To-do

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Click on the calendar icon to view your to-do list and their
specific due date

On your calendar, you will find course assessment reminders, assignment due dates etc. You
can also personalize your calendar by clicking on “New event” to add your personalized study
tasks/reminders.
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How to Access and Download your

Course Materials
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STEP 1: Click on MY courses icon to view your courses

Step 2: Select the course you would like to download it’s materials
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STEP 1: Click on the course icon and scroll down to where you will see
“reading materials”

Step 2: Select “Week 1 reading material”

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STEP 3: Click on the download icon to enable you download and save
the reading materials to your device.

Alternatively, you can choose to PRINT the reading materials by clicking on the print icon right
beside the download icon.
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How to Submit Mid Semester

Assessments
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STEP 1: The Mid-Semester Assessment becomes available after Week 4. To

begin, scroll down past Week 4 and click on "Mid-Semester Assessment."
Carefully read all the instructions, then click "Attempt Quiz" to start.
You will have 30 minutes to complete the assessment.

STEP 2: Read each question, select an answer, and click "Next Page"
to continue.
Use the navigation panel to track progress and watch the timer
for your remaining time.
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Step 2: Click on “Finish Attempt” after you have attempted all

question to submit your Assessment.
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How To Take Practice Assessment & Pop Quizzes

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STEP 1: Click on MY courses icon to view your courses

Step 2: Select a course

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STEP 3: Click on week i to watch the introductory video

STEP 4: Click on “next activity” to see practice assessment

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STEP 5: Please ensure you take the pop quiz before proceeding to the
practice assessment

STEP 6: Click on “next activity” to see practice assessment. Read the instructions
carefully and then proceed to complete the assessment.
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Upon completion and submission of the practice assessment, you are able to see a status that
confirms you have finished the assessment. You would also get a feedback comment on how you
performed.
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How to Submit an assignment using the

“Text Box Entry option”
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STEP 1: Click on MY courses icon to view your courses

Step 2: Select a course

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STEP 3: Click on week 1 Assignment

Step 4: Use the text box to type in your assignment before hitting the
submit button (ensure to proofread before submitting)
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How to Submit an assignment using the

“Aach File” option
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STEP 1: Click on MY courses icon to view your courses

Step 2: Select a course

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STEP 3: Click on week 1 introductory video

Step 4: Click on next activity

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STEP 5: Click on the arrow icon to upload your assessment file

Click on SAVE CHANGES and go ahead to submit your assignment.

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Contribute to Discussion in the Forum

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Click on Discussion Forum, Read the topic carefully and open the
discussion to see questions to be discussed in the forum.

Read the questions to be discussed carefully and click on “Reply” to contribute to the
discussion.
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Click “Reply” add type your answers into the text box and click “Post to forum” to add your
contribution to the topic.
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How to View Grades

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STEP 1: Click on the MY courses icon to view your courses

Step 2: Select a course

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STEP 3: Click on grades

Step 4: Here you can see your grades (score in % and course total score)
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How to Send Messages to Instructor

and Course mate
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Click on MY COURSE > SELECT A COURSE

By clicking on Participants, you are able to see everyone participating in that selected course.
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Select a participant you want to message(you can select by role type;

e.g your fellow student or a teacher)

Once you have been able to select your preferred participant, you can go ahead to send them
a message by clicking on the message buon/icon as seen in the image below.
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Contact Success Team and Support (How

to Book Appointment)
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Click on Dashboard, scroll down to the right hand side bar menu until
you see Contact Us, Click on “Chat on Whatsapp”

Clicking on "Chat on WhatsApp" will prompt you to open WhatsApp and start a direct
conversation with the Miva Open University Success Advisor Team.
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Visit https://linktr.ee/mivasuccess to book an appointment with your

success advisor, scroll through the list of success advisors to select
your success advisor.

You can click on any of the three options to book an appointment with your Success Advisor
for a Phone Conversation, Video Conference, or Walk-in Session.
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By click on any of the three options you get access to your Success Advisor’s calendar to
choose a suitable date and time for an appointment.
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