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LEARNING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Virtual University of Pakistanhttp://www.vu.edu.pk
http://vu lms.vu.edu.pk
The Student Guide
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GETTING STARTED VULMS URL (http://vulms.vu.edu.pk)
This is the landing page of VULMS having login form andother necessary URLs.
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NOTICE BOARD This section contains important details about News and
Events for students. Important links and notifications,which are worth visiting, have been included in the
right portion of this section.
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HAND BOOK This website comprises of rules and regulations by the
university for numerous academic and non-academicprocedures.
http://handbook.vu.edu.pk
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HOME: COURSE LIST This section shows a list of courses in which the student is currently
enrolled. There are different icons for each course attribute at the left(described in the following sections) and an updates’ panel on the right
which displays all the recent updates for each course and shortcuts to
respective sections.
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HOME: MY TO DO LIST This feature has a list of Graded Activities (i.e. Assignments, Quizzes and GDBs) which
are due and the student hasn’t attempted/submitted them yet. Results
Notifications tab contains announced results of graded activities and mid term
exam of the current semester only. Third tab of Pending Fee has details of due
amount of fee of the student.
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COURSE WEBSITE This is the home page for a course. It contains links to all attributes related to
the course (i.e. course information, overview, contents, FAQs, Glossary, Internet
links, Books, Downloads and Grading Scheme). All of these attributes are
explained in the next sections.
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COURSE CONTENTS This section is designed to give a broader view of all the topics and contents which have
been discussed in that particular course.
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COURSE OVERVIEW This section gives an overview (i.e. Course Synopsis, Learning Outcomes, and
Course Calendar) of the course.
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COURSE FAQ S This page lists down all the FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) for the course which have
been added by the course instructor. Before asking anything from the instructor, students
can refer to this section to find if their question is answered there. This will save students’ precious time.
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COURSE GLOSSARY This section displays the Glossary for the course that is added by the instructor. Students
can filter glossary terms by initial character and can also search for a specific word in the
whole glossary for this course.
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COURSE LINKS This page displays all the Internet links that are provided by the course instructor as
helping material and for in depth learning for certain topics.
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COURSE BOOKS This is the list of all the recommended books for this course along with their detailed
information like Edition, ISBN and Publisher etc.
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COURSE DOWNLOADS This section lists down all the downloadable files, for the course, with their basic
information. Students can click on the file name to download it to their computer.
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COURSE GRADING This page shows the Grading Scheme for this course. The pie chart depicts the
percentage of different course activities to help students understand the
importance of each activity.
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COURSE LESSONS This page lists down all the lessons for this course. Students can click on any
lesson’s title to view the details and contents of that lesson.
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LESSONS VIDEOS This section displays all the video lectures of a particular course. Students can
click on any lecture shown at the left and its video will be opened and played.
Below the video, all the lesson contents are also given so that students can get a
single interface to all contents .
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Q UIZZES This section is one of the important sections in VULMS. Online Quiz System helps students
to assess their learning and motivates them to study more to achieve good grades in their
courses. This page lists down all the quizzes for this course along with all the detailsincluding quiz status, student’s submission status and the result for every quiz.
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ASSIGNMENTS This is also an important section in VULMS. Assignments are the home tasks that are
assigned to the students by their instructors to assess students’ knowledge about the
course. This page lists down all the assignments for this course along with all the details ofassignments, student’s submission status and the results for every assignment.
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GDB – GRADED DISCUSSION BOARD The Graded Discussion Board is just like a discussion forum. In this case, the course
instructor posts a topic and the students are required to post their comments on that
topic before the due/end date. This page lists down all the GDB’s along with their status.Students can see the details for GDB by clicking on the “View” link in front of it.
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MDB – MODERATED DISCUSSION BOARD The Moderated Discussion Board is a lecture wise discussion board. This means that the
course instructor will start a new discussion thread for each lecture. Students can ask any
question related to that lecture and the instructor will reply these questions. MDB for anylesson is open within its starting and closing date.
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COURSE ANNOUNCEMENTS This page displays the announcements for this course. Students can see the latest
announcement first and in the bottom they can see the navigation buttons. Using these
buttons students can move back and forth to see other announcements.
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STUDENT PROFILE Profile page, as its title describes, displays student’s complete profile categorized in 3
sections. The first section contains information related to the institute. The second section
contains student’s personal information and the third section displays their AcademicHistory.
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GRADE BOOK This page displays students’ Grade Book. In the top section, students can see some basic
information about their study status including current CGPA. In the bottom, they can see a
list of courses that they have already studied, with semester as well as Score, Grade Pointand Grade they earned for that course.
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ACCOUNT BOOK The Account Book contains student’s complete fee history. It lists down all the vouchers
and their detailed information including the status. If there is any voucher due to be paid,
students can find a “Print” button in the last column against that voucher. By clicking thatbutton, they can get a print of that voucher. In the bottom, students can find the current
Net Balance.
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PERSONAL DIARY This allows students to save important notes online for future references. They
can Add, Edit and Delete notes in their personal diary.
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LECTURE SCHEDULE In this section, students can view their lecture schedule for each course.
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STUDENTS SERVICES Using this section, students can submit their online requests such as Rechecking
of Paper, Apply for transcripts / Degrees, Semester Freeze / Unfreeze, Apply for
Migration Certificate, Re-admission Request, Campus Change Request, AdmissionWithdrawal.
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SETTINGS This section contains links for student’s VULMS settings/configurations i.e.
custom themes, security settings and change password.
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CHANGE PASSWORD This section contains the change VULMS password feature. Furthermore, it is
necessary to change your password after every 15 days in order to secure your
LMS account.
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SECRET Q UESTION This is another important security check, students need to set their secret
question and answer settings, this will be asked while submitting numerous
requests in student services in order to validate the students identity.
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CUSTOM THEMES This feature facilitates the student to get custom look and feel of their VULMS
account by their own choice.
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CONTACT US
FOR TECHNICAL Q UERIES IN VULMS:[email protected]
FOR PASSWORD RELATED ISSUES:[email protected]
FOR EXAM SYSTEM:EXAMS [email protected]