User Guide
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1. area There you will find the list of newly received exercises The overview shows when the exercises were sent to you and if it is a correction by your personal tutor or the e tutor By clicking on the exercise icon below Aktionen actions the corrected exercise will open up in a new window The DUO correction tool for writing exercises DUO has developed a special tool for teachers in order to facilitate the correction of the writing exercises of their students lt St L www tutor wirtschaftsenglisch de adminpilot tutor editor jsp amp dbaput U015002 F0151 114 6187 a4d0617ecc TF Datei Bearbeiten Einf gen Format Extras Tabelle Hilfe T EX E seri 7 3 v Farbe Hello I d like to invite you to party Kind regards The correction tool s window is made up by four fields a Field for the correction mark s abbreviation b Text field where your text is displayed c Field where the correction marks are shown in its long form not the abbreviated form d Field for explanation of the mistake On the left you will see the Korrekturzeichen correction mark You can click on them to see what word they are referring to and read the explanation your tutor wrote for you Anm Anmerkung comment G Grammatik grammar Nom Nominativ nominative Gen Genititv genitive Dat Dativ dative Akk Akkusativ accusative Sb Satzbau sentence structure A Ausdruck expression2. In Inhalt content R Rechtschreibung spelling Z Zeichensetzung punctuation Orth Orthografie orthography Ign Ignorieren ignore You can correct your errors and save the edited version of your text by clicking the check button on the right bottom corner of the exercise window Then choose Speichern for saving instead of Senden for sending the text to your tutor For tutors When you go to the administrative area of your course you will see the following areas Nutzer User Klassen classes System system Korrekturen corrections Nutzer user In the user area Nutzer gt Verwaltung user gt administrative icon you can see a list of all the users in the classes you are tutoring by introducing in the search field on the right and clicking absenden send In the area Nutzer gt Aktive user gt active you can see who s online at this very moment On the right of your list you will find activity icons icons to send an e mail a short message or change the user data Klassen classes In the class area Klassen gt Verwaltung classes gt administrative you can see a list of all the classes you are tutoring The activity icons here will send a short message to every user in the class or will open the chat window of every user The Benutzerlisten user lists show you again a every user in the class or b just the ones who are online at the mome
3. mail to the student b Aufgabenstellung Here you can see the task the learner was working on c Originaltext Here you can see the original text the person sent to you To do so click the icon Originaltext In case of a writing exercise you can see the learner s original text but you cannot correct anything here yet In case of a speaking exercise this window will be empty d Korrektur Click here to start your correction The text will open up in a new window with the DUO correction tool Be sure you have closed all the other windows like Aufgabenstellung or Originaltext before opening the correction tool e By clicking the grey square you can select exercises in order to send them back to your learner To do so mark the square and click the green check mark This will move the exercise into the Erledigt done area of your correction area and simultaneously send back the exercise to your learner The DUO correction tool for writing exercises DUO has developed a special tool for teachers in order to facilitate the correction of the writing exercises of your learners Editor Mozilla Firefo ae eS _ www tutor wirtschaftsenglisch de adminpilot tutor editor jsp amp dbaput V015002 F0151 114 6187 a4d061 ecc Datei Bearbeiten Einf gen Format Extras Tabelle Hilfe X FE seri 3 vw Farbe VIF k UIS J aj Km SS Hello I d like to invite you to M
4. E party Kind regards Grammatik m x C The correction tool s window is made up by four fields a Field for the correction mark s abbreviation you have chosen from a dropdown list for every mistake b Text field where the learner s text is shown You can write a comment below the text by simply clicking into the field c Field where the correction marks are shown in its long not the abbreviated version d Field for your explanation of the mistake How to use the correction tool In order to correct and comment on the learner s text you mark a word a word combination or complete sentences with you mouse By clicking the right mouse button a dialogue window opens up Choose Fehler korrigieren correct error This will open a new window where you can do the Fehlerbeschreibung error description Choose a Korrekturzeichen correction mark from the dropdown menu in the top left corner of the window You can choose from the following correction marks Nom Nominativ N Gen Genitiv Dat Dativ Akk Akkusativ Sb Satzbau Abbrechen OK Anm Anmerkung comment G Grammatik grammar Nom Nominativ nominative Gen Genititv genitive Dat Dativ dative Akk Akkusativ accusative Sb Satzbau sentence structure A Ausdruck expression In Inhalt content R Rechtschreibung spelling Z Zeichensetzung punctuation Orth Orthograf
5. R S YY A i o o0 aplete the exerc PE r te red to tt is article lick here Dn UW eT CORE OM MTEC TT te Oe OF ee eT ee Pets Oe er eee eee 2 Have you ever been in a sstuation where you needed to collect money from a dient who hasn t promptly paid Thais letter Dased sechon addresses this issue as the background subject TATRA A E pans gt complete the exercises click here You open the exercises by choosing a component b in the current module then click on the exercise W you wish to work on Only then the material site will open in the main window The material site contains features such as instructions material e g written and audio texts videos graphs etc and the corresponding exercises You will receive short explanations of the words printed in bold if you move the cursor onto them TO open an exercise window in order to work on it click on one of the links labeled click here to go to the exercises l http www tutor wirtschaftsenglisch de Tutor Wirtschaftsenglisch BC31355702FO0DA744B0F3E4A5 Microsoft Internet E orer oj x Towards International add to card box gt usiness English close gt When is the best time to talk about money with your clients Mark the correct answer v a in long term relationships in the second or third _ After the contract has been signed MULTIPLE CHOICE Machen Sie Kreute an Gen chiggan Shien Kickan Se date miit der Maus auf das entsprechende M istche
6. User Guide for students and tutors This user guide is designed to introduce the main functions in Towards International Business English However we strongly recommend that you read the full user manual as well as it provides you with a thorough overview of all the program features Here you will find in depth information and samples of the different types of exercises Towards International Business English is comprised of three modules Soft Skills module 1 Business Skills module 2 Everyday Skills module 3 Each module opens at a click on its respective number in the vertical list of modules i on the left side of the screen Receiving Payments Personal Card Box adt Collecting money from clients it s a dirty job but somebody s gotta do it Card 1 Morketing 1 Collecting from chents is never easdy deft with In this section you will read a recent article containing l Making Phone Calls advice on collechng money owed from cients and then check your understanding of the article How to Collect from Clients Walk the Walk Talk the Talk Collecting payment from clients is 4 matter of negotiating terms in advance separating collection and business functions and keeping internal accounting systems in order Very few entrepreneurs begin their payment from clients as business ye collection agents Unfortunately some of us have found ourselves in thes unwelcome and unsaypry role as a matter of business surviva
7. ie orthography Ign Ignorieren ignore In case non of these are matching the comment you want to make on the marked word or phrase we recommend to use Anmerkung We also recommend to use either R or Orth for spelling msitakes 10 After choosing a correction mark you can give a further comment or explanation in the text field After you have finished your correction on this part of the text click ok to close the Fehlerbeschreibung window The word or phrase you have commented on will be underlined and you will see the correction mark on the left side and the long explanation at the bottom of the window Finishing and saving a correction In order to finish your correction click Datei gt Korrektur speichern on the top left corner of the correction tool window Then close the window You might be asked again if you want to save the changes you made Click Ja yes To send back the text to your learner choose the exercises by checking the grey square box in the Online area and click the green check mark zu erledigte Korrekturen Correcting oral exercises Open and listen to an oral exercise Exercises with a music icon are oral exercises Your learner recorded his voice and sent the recording to you You can listen to the recording by clicking the music icon The recording will open up in a new window In order to give feedback on the recording you can write an e mail to your learne
8. l Developing a consistently successful accounts receivables qrogram does not hare to be daunting 8y following some straightforward tme tested guidelines you can implement a win win strategy that gets your invoices paid on time and allows you to maintain posfive long term business relationships with clients What follows is a discussion of how to walk the walk and talk the talk of collection Money Talks and So Must You Why do some business owners seldom if ever voice complaints about past due balances while others spend significant time on this problem Much of the answer begins long before an mvoice is sent Indeed one of the most valuable changes you can make in your accounts receivable process is to define payment expectatons with your cients in advance of services performed You can also enter into a formal agreement that includes a sum to be paid up front and then verbally review what you will do for the cients Here s how Establish financial boundaries Discuss money during your first meeting with a chent Explain in a clear and conase manner exactly what you will do for the chent while dearly stating your compensation terms Discuss in detail for example the cost of avisit to the client s site or two rounds of revisions on a project Your clear communication during this meeting is essential because it establishes important financal boundaries with the client Source i nie i A Uio 4px lt tr z Er rises 4 i
9. ls and manage you tutor s corrections of your writing tasks For students When you go to the administrative area of your course you will see the following areas Nutzer Verwaltung Korrektur Neu Erledigte Korrekturen System Einstellung Klasse wechseln Nutzer User System system Korrekturen corrections Nutzer user In the user area Nutzer gt Verwaltung user administrative you can change your user details System system In the system area of your course you can change some general settings for your course It s strongly recommended to use the default settings In the area System gt Klasse wechseln system gt change class you can change your active class If you are taking part in more than one course at a time the active class is important in order to decide which tutor will receive your writing or speaking exercises by clicking Senden Only the tutor of the active class will receive those exercises Korrekturen corrections In case you have deactivated the pop up blocker for your DUO course you will get a pop up window with your tutors corrections whenever he or she has sent you a new one Datum Aufgabe Absender Aktionen v 20 10 2011 7babf85f4a469aa75beS6f49d7978c a4d0617eccf4d7dc5493285fed55b11 Tutor BP O In case you did not receive such a pop up window you can see you tutors corrections in the Korrekturen gt Neu corrections gt new
10. n Se k nnen ein Kreu wieder enfiermen indem Se ma det Mavs noth einmal aul das entsprechende Kasichen kicken Kencung m_01_1_ Vsung ModsMosg Ch Bt amp rii2 You can use the icons marked with an arrow WE in the navigation bar at the bottom of your screen to navigate between the individual tasks of the exercise opened To have your answer automatically checked by the program click on the check icon In the bottommost right hand corner of your screen To view the sample answer click on theis icon When you click onie you can review your own answer If you wish to do the exercise once more click onii The blue box located in the middle of the bottom of your screen iw shows the status of the exercise unbearbeitet original gespeichert saved neu bearbeiten try again etc Some exercises will not have an automatically checked answer but can be sent to your online tutor In this case after clicking the check icon a dialogue window asking you what you want to do next will appear ABBRECHEN SPEICHERN SENDEN ae HILFE Save here you can save your solution for further editing yet without sending it your tutor SENDEN send here you can send your text or recording to your online tutor After having sent your solution you cannot edit it any further until you get the correction back from your tutor In case you should need help despite the deliberately intuitive desig
11. n of the exercises click on the icon indicating the exercise type in the bottom left hand corner Then you will get information about the exercise type and how it works i If you wish to work through individual exercises several times or save a number of exercises under a chosen heading e g listening comprehension you can add them to your Personal Card Box and access it directly in the task bar on the right hand side of your screen You can add an exercise to your card box by clicking on the add to card box icon in the exercise opened You can monitor your progress in the task bar on the right which shows exercises as complete in progress and incomplete IE The contact bar in the upmost right hand corner of your screen provides you with numerous additional resources such as links to online dictionaries grammars and business magazines A click on will redirect you to the online dictionary leo org which you can use to look up new words while working through the tasks The search option FS allows you to search the program for specific topics and or exercise types In addition to that the students of a class can communicate with each other via chat A and forum FE The administrative area of your course When you click the admin icon Ea in the contact bar in the upper right hand corner of your screen you reach the administrative area of your course There you can change your contact detai
12. nt Name Lerner online Klasse Kontakt Benutzerlisten DUO_Schulung1l o Sl e iii ti System system In the system area of your course you can change some general settings for your course It s strongly recommended to use the default settings In the area System gt Klasse wechseln system gt change class you can change your active class This means that you will open the chat room of this class when you click on chat icon For learners who are taking part in more than one course at a time the active class is important in order to decide which tutor will receive the writing or speaking exercises by clicking Senden Only the tutor of the active class will receive those exercises and users might have to change the settings according to the exercises they are working on Korrekturen corrections Here you can receive and correct the exercises your learners have sent to you You can also send them back to the learner without the need of an additional program Receiving new exercises for correction Korrektur gt Neu In this area you have the list of newly received exercises You cannot correct anything there it s just an overview a Klasse class of the learner who sent the exercise Ubung the exercise s code b Lerner username of the learner who sent the exercises c d Datum date on which the learner sent the exercise to you To the right you have s
13. ome activities e You can write an e mail to the learner or see the original text the person sent to you f To do so click the icon Originaltext In case of a writing exercise you can see the learner s original text but you cannot correct anything here yet In case of a speaking exercise this window will be empty g By clicking the grey square you can select exercises in order to move them for further correction There are two options to correct the exercise We strongly recommend to use the online one Online Korrektur If you click on this icon the selected exercises will be moved to the Online area of your correction area Here you can do the correction Offline Korrektur If you click on this icon the selected exercises will be moved to the Offline area where you can download it to your computer Since this may cause data loss please use the Online Korrektur Correcting writing exercises Korrektur gt Online In order to correct a learner s exercise you have to move it from Korrekturen gt Neu to Korrekturen gt Online first See above To open the Korrektur Online area click Online on the left tool bar of the administrative area You will get a list of exercises with the following Aktionen actions Klasse Lerner Ubung Letzte nderung Aktionen DUO_Schulungi duoi a4d0617eccf4d7dc5493285fed55b11 12 09 2011 a E Mail You can write an e
14. r have a voice chat or discuss it in a classroom meeting 11
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