About the Home page

Here, you will learn how the Home page of the Karlifi Learning Platform is structured.

Areas

There are 5 different areas on the Home page:
  • the header area
  • the slider area
  • the main area
  • the blocks area
  • the footer area

The Header Area

On the top right corner of the header area, there is the user menu where you can find various symbols:
  • The bell symbol shows whether you have any new notifications. By clicking on it, you will see an overview of the latest notifications.
  • The speech bubble symbol shows whether you have new messages. By clicking on it, you see an overview of your latest messages.
  • By clicking on the profile picture and your name next to it, a drop-down list box appears offering many options, such as:
    Dashboard

    go to the dashboard
    View profile

    access your user details
    Edit profile

    edit your user details
    Grades

    view your grades and courses
    Preferences

    change certain settings of your account, such as :

    • forum settings
    • calendar settings
    • notification settings
    Calendar

    access and view the calendar and relevant events
    Log out

    log off your account
On the left side, under the logos of Pwani University and Karlsruhe University, you can see the navigation bar that consists of 4 tabs:
Home

go to the Home page
Dashboard

go to the dashboard
Events

access the calendar and view, edit and create events
My Courses

view the short name of the courses on which you are enrolled

access the course and course material

Figure: The Header of The Karlifi Learning Platform

On the right side of the navigation bar, there are two other tabs:
  • By clicking on Hide blocks, the Quick Guides and Navigation block disappear, giving thus more space to course tiles. You can make the blocks become visible again by clicking on Show blocks which is at the exact same spot where the tab Hide blocks was.
  • By clicking on Full screen, the user interface of the Karlifi Learning Platform spreads across your entire monitor. You can return to the standard view by clicking on Standard view which is at the exact same spot where the tab Full screen was.

Figure: "Hide blocks" and "Full screen" are highlighted in yellow.

The Slider Area

In the slider area, you can see informative images of Pwani University, of Karlsruhe University and of the Baden-Württemberg Stiftung.

The Main Area

In the main area, you can see the different courses depicted as tiles. By clicking on a tile, you enter a course. Depending on whether or not you are enrolled on that course, you can see the course details and materials. At the bottom of the main area, there is a search box with which you can search for courses by their names.

The Blocks Area

On the Home page, the blocks area consists of two blocks:
Block Activity
Quick Guides

access the quick guides on how to use the Karlifi Learning Platform depending on your role
Navigation

navigate to courses or functions

The Footer Area

In the footer area, you can find the copyright as well as the contact details of the persons and institutions responsible for the Karlifi Learning Platform.