About the dashboard

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

Areas

There are 4 different areas on the Dashboard page:
  • the header 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 Main Area

In the main area, you have an overview of your courses.

By clicking on the tab Timeline and then on the button Sort by dates, you can see an overview of all upcoming activities in their chronological order. By clicking on the button Sort by courses you can additionally see the courses to which the upcoming activities belong.

By clicking on the tab Courses and then on the button In progress, you can see an overview of all the courses on which you are currently enrolled and which you have not completed, yet. By clicking on the button Future, you can see courses on which you are enrolled although they will start at some time in the future. By clicking on the button Past, you will see courses on which you were enrolled in the past and courses that are already finished.

The Blocks Area

On the Dashboard page, the blocks area consists of 6 blocks:
Block Activity
Private files

view and access your files and quickly manage your files
Quick Guides

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

see which other users are online right now at the same time with you, in case you wish to contact them
Calendar

view special dates, deadlines and events

access the calendar, edit events or delete existing ones
Upcoming events

view upcoming events and access your calendar
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.