Explanatory material of e-class

March 2024

1.What is e-class......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
2.What you can do in e-class ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 3
Time display screen.................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 3
Teaching material list screen........................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
Create Teaching Materials..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 4
Create report submission and quiz................................................................................................................................................................................. 5
2.4 Assignments.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 5
Communication Tools (message/ notice/ bulletin board/ chat) ............................................................................................................... 6
Attendance .......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Other (Add TA/SA, Study history, Label).................................................................................................................................................................. 7

FAQ： https://eclass.doshisha.ac.jp/toppage/tf/html/faq.html

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1.What is e-classe-class is a course system that supports daily classes. By creating Word or PDF
documents as electronic learning materials, students can view them from theircomputers or smartphone. You can check student’s understanding with automatically
graded quizzes or have them submit report assignments through e-class.

2.What you can do in e-class
Time display screen
Once logged in, the e-class timetable display screen will appear. This screen
displays announcements from the system administrator and the timetable of classes
you have applied to use. A red number appears in the upper right corner of thescreen if there are “unread messages”.
The timetable shows classes for the semester in which the course is offered atthat time, but if you want to check the contents of courses offered in previousyears, please years, please switch“Year” and “Semester# in the timetable table.
Please note that the retention period of the materials is two years, one for thecurrent year and the other for the previous year.

Display of unread messages“Year" and "Semester”

32.1 Teaching material list screen
Clicking on a course name in the timetable display screen will take you to thelist of teaching materials for that class. Various menus are displayed at the topof the screen.

2.2 Create Teaching Materials
You can upload a variety of media files, including preparatory materials andvideos. It is also possible to set the publication period, and student can prepareand review from a smartphone.
For details, please refer to the separate function-specific videos and FAQs.

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2.3 Create report submission and quiz
You can create the reports and quizzes. In report submission, you can submit yourapplication in a generic file format such as Word or PDF, or in a descriptiveformat. Quizzes can be created with a variety of question styles, including singlechoice, word/number entry, and descriptive.
For details, please refer to the separate function-specific videos and FAQs.

2.4 Assignments
Report files and quizzes can be graded and resubmitted. You can check student
progress, quiz results, pass/fail, etc. Batch downloading of reports and quizzes,
batch grading, etc. are also available. Scroll down the screen to see and grade
the files submitted by students. For text files, PDF files, JPEG, and PNG image
files, you can preview the contents of the report file on-screen without
downloading. For details, please refer to the separate function-specific videos
and FAQs.

52.5 Communication Tools (message/ notice/ bulletin board/ chat)Students can discuss among themselves and upload files. Bulletin board style andchat style allows for real-time exchange of opinions. In addition to the“Notification Function” that allows posting of notices to all students enrolled
in the course in question, there is also a “Message Function” that allows
individual notification to selected students. For the message function, you canalso send a copy to the student’s e-mail so that you can be more sure to get intouch with him or her. Please check regularly as you may receive messages fromstudents who are taking courses, inquiring about classes.
For details, please refer to the separate function-specific videos and FAQs.。

2.6 AttendanceStudents access the system from their smartphones or PCs and submit theirattendance. It is possible to set a specified time from the start of class forattendance, after which the student is considered tardy. *After clicking the"Open" button on the "Attendance Materials" screen, please do not reload thescreen using the F5 function key on your PC, or click "Refresh" on your browser.
Because of the button display will return to [Make Private].
For details, please refer to the FAQs.

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2.7 Other (Add TA/SA, Study history, Label)●Faculty members can add TA/SA students to their courses.
●The study history shows the name, student ID number, start time, and end timeof the student who performed the study.
●Labels can be used to group educational materials.
For details, please refer to the separate function-specific videos and FAQs.

For more details, select "FAQ" or vide manuals on the course list screen.

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