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Course Formats Why do you provide some courses in the Portable Document Format (PDF)? There are two very important reasons:- 1. For mobility 2. To keep the cost of the course as low as possible for the learner. With most distance learning packages you are tied to learning on a pc. In the pdf format you can read the course material directly from you pc, and also print off sections you want to learn while you are travelling to work or anywhere where you will not have access to a pc. By using this format we don`t have to pay for expensive printing and production, the learner does not have to wait for days for delivery they can download a course in this format straight away. There are also no postage or delivery costs. this helps to keep the cost of the courses down to a more affordable level for the learner. Why are courses that are in the PDF not downloadable as one complete course instead of being broken up into sections or modules There are a number of reasons we have decided to do this. The main one being, that we have to take into consideration the likley internet connection speeds that our learners may have. Some of the courses are extremely large, and all together they are hundreds of pages long. This would mean that it would take a long time to download the complete course. As we know, this can be a frustrating experiance if some of our internet connections are precarious. Another very good reason is that we want our learners to move through the courses in a structured way. No matter what anyone believes, it does not help if learners skip ahead into areas of a course they will not be able to understand, until they have learned the information contained in previous sections. After each section or module, we require that a test is passed before a student can move forward. This ensures that the learner has understood the material. Then, when they do move on to the next section they are far more likely to understand the new material that they are trying to learn. How Do I How do I find course and description? Just click on the word "COURSE" on the navigation bar. You will then be taken to a page with a number of course categories. Click on the Category for example " Cable Communications" and you will be presented with the titles for all the courses under that category. To get a course descripton just click on the name of the course detailed under the category. How do I download the course that I want click on the "view my account" button at the top left of the screen. You will see the titles of the courses you have purchased underlined. Below the blue line you will see all the modules associated with a course. To download a module click on the "download pdf" link beside the module title. To take an exam click on the bold "take exam" link associated with that module. Once you have completed the exam for the first module in sequence. Then the exam for the next module will become unlocked ready for you to take when you have finished that module Login How do I login? Enter your "username" which is your email address. Then enter your "password" in the boxes provided in the top bar. Click on the "Log in" and Hey presto you have logged in I Can`t remember my password Don`t worry. Click on the link on our main page "Lost Password" You will be requested to enter your email address which is your "username" our system will send your password to your email address. My Accounts When I go to "view my accounts" I can`t see the details for all the courses I signed up for Only so much information can be made available on screen at one time. If you look to the bottom right of the screen you will see "account history" click on this link and all the details that are missing will be shown Registration How do I register with UKOT? At the top of this page you will see the word "register" in a white box. this word is a link to the page where you can register. Click on the "Register" link, you will then be directed to a form on which you can submit your details. Your "email address" will be your "username", this is because your email address is unique to you. You then have to make a choice of password. Your "username" and "password" are used as your login details.