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Web Bulletin Board for Students

Contents
1.Web Bulletin Board .............................................................................. 1
1.1 Outline .............................................................................................. 1
1.2 Basic Function & Structure ................................................................... 1
２.System Outline ................................................................................... 3
３.How to check WEB & Smartphone ver. ................................................. 4
3.1 Screen after Logging into TWINS .......................................................... 4
3.2 TWINS for Mobile Web ........................................................................ 4４.Available Functions & Screen Guide ..................................................... 5
4.1 TWINS-Login Screen ........................................................................... 5
4.2 How to Login to TWINS ....................................................................... 5
4.3 Notice Windows (portlet) after Logging-in ............................................. 6
4.4 Bulletin Board(Class / Announcement bulletin board) .............................. 70

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1.Web Bulletin Board
1.1 Outline
The Web Bulletin board is a system with electronically unified authentication
specially built for instant information delivery to students.
It enables students to access from outside campus to check information on "ClassCancellations", "Class bulletin board", or "Announcement bulletin board". Moreover,with the section of "My Schedule", it is possible for students to confirm theirregistered class information as well as to manage their schedule by registering
personal events in the system.
Because of its digital content, visually impaired students can check theinformation with a screen reader. In addition, these digital notices allow students tosearch their necessary information easily.
In case of announcements or posters that are prepared outside the university
and cannot be posted on the Web Bulletin Board, they will be posted on the hallway
bulletin board in each area or on digital bulletin boards.
*Once a notice has been posted, the University of Tsukuba considers that students
received the information. For this reason, students do not have the right to object
later with the reason that they did not see the notice. Therefore, please do notforget to check the Web Bulletin Board at least twice a day (in the morning andevening etc.)

1.2 Basic Function & StructureIn the initial screen (before log-in), “Notices to Current Students” and “ClassCancellations (for 8 days including the current day)” can be seen.

After log-in, the notices can be found by accessing through the portlet of“Whatʼs New (displaying new announcements from each notice board)”, “MYSchedule”, “Bulletin Board”, “Reference of Class Cancellation and Make-up Class”,etc.

On the page of “Newly Arrived (that can be found in the subcategories ofBulletin Board)”, announcements can be searched by keywords. In addition, on
the page of “Bulletin Board (with a search icon)”, it is possible to search for aspecific notice by specifying the genre.

By using Unified Authentication System, students can confirm their registered1

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class schedule as well as add their personal events in it.
This system is also connected with “manaba”, thus “Course News (showing
cancelled class information, or other notice)” posted on “manaba” can be seenin the pages of the Bulletin Board; “Reference of Class Cancellation and Makeup Class” and “class bulletin board”.
*The information regarding class cancellations can always be seen in theBulletin Board, however, other notice posted on “manaba” cannot be seen
unless the instructors set them to synchronized with TWINS.

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２.System Outline
Image chart of using Web Bulletin Board and “manaba”＜Web Bulletin Board＞

Posting new announcements; notices, paging announcements, class cancellation, etc.
Professor/Lecturer

Unified Authentication System

Request for aclass cancellation announcement

Administrative Staff

Web Bulletin Board(Academic Service Office)Registering information of・notices
・paging announcements
・class cancellation announcement
・posting information on bulletin board

Synchronized with TWINS pages;
・Class Cancellations
・Class Bulletin Board

Check the information on the board of・notices・paging announcements
・class cancellation announcement

StudentThe bulletin boards can be accessedfrom any internet-connected device;
PC, smartphone, tablet.

＜manaba＞

manabaProfessor/Lecturer
Registering information of・class cancellations
・other notices

Unified Authentication System
Information of class cancelations or other announcements on “manaba” can bevoluntarilly registered by professors /lecturer.

*Class cancellation announcements are automatically synchronized with the bulletin boards ofTWINS, however, other announcements cannot be synchronized unless the professor / lecturer
choose to synchronized with TWINS.

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３.How to check WEB & Smartphone ver.
3.1 Screen after Logging into TWINS
Select the icon “Bulletin Board” on the top bar.

*You can also access from “Campus Web Tools” on the official website of theUniversity of Tsukuba.
(Top page > CAMPUS LIFE > Campus Web Tools > TWINS / Web Bulletin Board)

3.2 TWINS for Mobile Web

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４.Available Functions & Screen Guide
4.1 TWINS-Login Screen
The following notices can be also checked on the login screen.
① ”Notices to Current Students”*Click information on the left windows to display full details.（①-2）② ”Class Cancellations” (8 daysʼ worth of data, including that day)③ ”Information” (Information regarding system maintenance will be displayed)

①③➁

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4.2 How to Login to TWINSEnter your ID number for the username, and for the password enter your password
for the Unified Authentication System password, then click on the “Login” button.
If you do not know your password, visit an Academic Computing andCommunications Center or the Library, and ask them to reissue it. (Please bringyour student ID card.)

After login, go to the Web Bulletin Board clicking “Bulletin Board” on the home
screen (*see 3.1 Screen after logging into TWINS)

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4.3 Notice Windows (portlet) after Logging-inPages after logging into TWINS show the following notices windows;①Whatʼs New<Bulletin Board>
The messages of “Bulletin Board” are displayed when a new notice is under
the genres of Classes, Paging, Notice from Schools and Colleges, News fromUniversity (Intemal Use Only), News for Current Students.
<Cancellations & Make Up Class>
The messages of “Cancellation & Make Up Class” is displayed when yourregistered class in cancelled and its information has been posted.

②MY Schedule
Schedule of the current day is displayed.
*This window is not displayed on the page of those who are enrolled in BusinessSciences (Tokyo Campus).

③

Notices to Current Students
The same content as that of Notices to Current Students in the initial screen(Log-in screen) will be displayed.

*It is possible to do a keyword search using the search box located on the upper
screen (see ④ below). Select type of bulletin board between “Announcement
bulletin board” and “Class bulletin board”, and enter the keyword in the textbox.
Notices related to the requested condition will be displayed.

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4.4 Bulletin Board(Class / Announcement bulletin board)
1. Class bulletin board (Notice on Classes)① Allows you to see notices issued for the classes you registered.
② Allows you to see the Course News (Other information) on “manaba” asthey share the same data source.
2. Announcement bulletin board (by categories)① Paging
When the Academic Service Offices need to talk to a particular student(s), apaging notice will be posted and the applicable student(s) can check the contentof the message. This message cannot be seen by others.
② Other genres
The notices are classified by its content into each genre and information can befound in the category. If a notice was sent to limited recipients, non-applicablestudents cannot see the notice.
*New information for each genre of bulletin board is displayed up to 5 cases. The
display period of new notices is 7 days including the posted day.
To see past notices, click “READ NORE” displayed on the right side of the screen.

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3. Bulletin Board (with the magnifying glass icon) Screen① The number of notices in each genre of the bulletin board is displayed.
② By Clicking a genre of the bulletin board,
all the notices registered under the selected genre is displayed on a list.
The search box displayed on the upper screen enables users to make a keyword
search (see ③ below). Compared to the simple search function, various conditions
can be specified in the detailed search.
The search conditions “Only unread”, “Keiji (Bulletin board) type”, “Title”, “Newregistration”, “Notice Period”, “Posted On” can be selected or specified, and byclicking the search button, the notices that match the requested conditions will bedisplayed.

③①②82022.114. Cancelled Classes and Schedule①Schedule Management
The registered class schedule and canceled class information ca beviewed. Also, the schedule registered by users is displayed.
*Students enrolled in Business Sciences (Tokyo Campus) will not see thisscreen.

② Cancelled and Make-up Classes
The cancelled class information can be viewed in a table or a list format.
Displayed information can be narrowed down to only registered classes
or to a certain period. It is also possible to select a specific class by entering
the class number and name.

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