Research4Life MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) on: Global Access to Research in Health, Food and Agriculture, Environment, Innovation and Law - Research4Life 26 April – 28 May 2021 Walk-through Guide The Research4Life MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) is coordinated by the Information Training and Outreach Centre for Africa (ITOCA). Research4Life is a public-private partnership of WHO, FAO, UNEP, WIPO, ILO, Cornell and Yale Universities, the International Association of STM Publishers. It is the collective name for five programmes – Hinari, AGORA, OARE, ARDI and GOALI – that provide developing countries with free or low-cost access to academic and professional peer reviewed content online. The course area is reserved only for registered users and you can access it with your credentials (username and password), which have been sent to you in the acceptance email. Navigation Block and the Central area Navigation panel allows you to move between the units and sub-sections. Main course area has the welcome section which appears in every unit on top of the page. In the central area, you see the course structure, grouped in units. Each unit is activated on the “available from” date as indicated in the example on the left of your screen. As the units get activated, they will appear in the navigation block, under the current course. Course Calendar and Upcoming Events The calendar helps you to keep track of upcoming due dates, events (e.g. activation of lessons, assessments and tests, tutorials, webinars). Click on the darker colour cells to see more details about them. An example of a monthly view is shown in the images. You can follow the event on the “upcoming events” block. It will show the dates of each unit starts, exam dates, and other upcoming events organized in the course (e.g., online tutorial times, live webinars, assignment). If you click on the “go to calendar”, it will give you a calendar view by month. Simply choose the month in the “Monthly view” block to see the full month calendar. Timing of the Events and Using Time Converter All the events in the course are offered in Central Africa Time (CAT) zone. You can take Pretoria (South Africa) as a comparison to your local time. To find out when the course event is at your local time, we recommend you to use a time converter. An example of local times in Addis Ababa and Accra against Pretoria at 11:00 CAT is given in the figure below. Simply go to the site (one of the many available time converter web services), type Pretoria and the time, then add your city into the box to see it. Updating Your Profile on the Course Page You may want to update your email address, country, and/or add a profile photo to your course profile. To update your profile, please follow these steps: In the navigation block, click on my profile>view profile>edit profile. Then change or add any information in the form on the prompted page. Then click on “update profile” button at the bottom of the page. Icons Used on the Course Page Icon Description Course lessons in PDF format. These text documents are short, low-size, therefore, easily downloaded and read offline at your own pace, anytime, anywhere. The lessons contain reference material for your own research Forum – an online space where you meet your facilitators and other course participants. Here you have an opportunity for sharing ideas and discussing various aspects of your studies Tutorial rooms are dedicated to real-time question answering and live chats about course topics and other issues with your tutors Webinar sessions are real- time events offered at least once a week. They go indepth on a specific course topic interacting with a presenter and/or other participants in a more engaging way Suggested videos Quick quizzes to test your knowledge about the topics in each Module and Course exams Optional exercises How to Contact Participants and Course Facilitators? In the participant list, you can select any person, including the facilitator/s and send a message to them. For general queries, please email us at: [email protected] Enjoy your learning!