Fresher's at IIT Kharagpur to get virtual help

IIT Kharagpur has charted a way to help its first-year students get acclimatised with IIT-style class lectures and lab experiments even before they start their classes.
"After coming to IIT Kharagpur all they need to do is check their inbox for an email from the Moodle support centre of the institute, click on it and create an account to access the online platform," an IITKGP spokesman said today.
Moodle is an open source software, which is a learning platform designed to provide educators and learners with a single robust, secure and integrated system and can be personalised as per the requirement of the users.

Once having logged into the account, the freshers will be able to see course materials and even short online videos uploaded by their teachers on important topics from their courses.
"The course materials may be accessed by the students to get an idea of the topics before they attend a class. The short video clips will explain beforehand the lab experiments that they need to do and the apparatus they would require to use for it," the spokesman said.
While as part of its attempt to help newcomers have a better understanding of life at IITKGP from this year, the premier institution is starting a nine-day special induction programme, now the Moodle support for the first year students is expected to further ease their stress related to academic life.

"We started giving this support with Moodle from the Autumn Semester of 2015. Since then it has been helping the teachers and the students to make learning a pleasant experience.
"This time we are aiming to upload in advance introductory course videos and upcoming lab work videos for the fresher's," Professor of Electronics and Electrical Communication Engineering, Raja Datta said.