5 - Unit Layout

  • PVOnline courses are divided into Units.
  • Units have titles that reference their content.
  • Each unit will have the same template so that you can become familiar with navigating the resources, assignments, and assessments.
  • Notice the Icons and what they represent. 



Book - Resources you use to learn the content

Page with hand - Teacher-graded assignment


Page with Checkmark - Computer-graded assignment


To be successful in PVOnline, navigate and read or listen to ALL links, materials, and assessments.



PVOnline is set up so that you can see one unit at a time. You can see names of the units, but not the assignments in the units. To view the assignments in the unit, you click the unit number in the navigation bar on the left or simply click the unit number in the upper corners of each unit. Your assignments will appear.

The Navigation Bar on the left side of the screen will let you know how many units there are in the course.  You also can click on any unit in order to access it.



MOVING INSIDE A BOOK


PVOnline uses Books to present course materials (see below)

There are several ways to move through a book:
  • use the "back" arrow at the top of the screen
  • use the left or right arrows at the bottom of the page
  • click on a "chapter" link in the Table of Contents to the left
MOVING WITHIN PVOnline

To navigate within PVOnline, you can use "breadcrumbs." Breadcrumbs are a nested series of links in the top left of the PVOnline window. Below is an example of what the breadcrumbs look like:


The breadcrumbs show the path taken to arrive at the current page. If you wanted to go back to another page, you simply click on the breadcrumb.

MOVING WITHIN COURSE MATERIALS


Italicized and bolded words inside assignments may indicate a live link. Click all links to explore videos, notes, simulations, etc. Many of these open in a new window or tab so you can keep your assignment window open at that same time.