Nicenet

Ø      Nicenet is an easy way to communicate with students over the internet, whether you see them regularly or not.

Enrolling in an existing course as a student

1. URL: http://www.nicenet.org
2. Click username: "visitingteacher" to join a sample class.
3. Enter password key: "libre"
4. Click Join the Class "Easy writing English"

Investigating the site from the students’ point of view

Navigate through the class/course by clicking on the headings in the left border.

1. Click Edit user Profile. If you change anything there, you must click the button at the bottom of the page: Edit User Info.
2. Look at Conferencing. One of the topics for discussion amongst the course participants is about Nicenet itself. If you would like to read your classmates’ views, click on the underlined topic name. If you have a comment to make, click Reply and give your reply a brief name (e.g. Looks great or Not for me) and then make your comment.
3. Link Sharing – click on a link to another website – it opens in a new window.
4. If you want to publish something for your classmates to read, click Documents è new document. Experiment with the various options. Students and teachers can publish this way.
5. Return to Conferencing to see what comments have arrived.

Revision

After you have looked at the Nicenet interface, answer these questions: