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media type="file" key="Access Your Course Content and Assessments.mp4" width="570" height="570" Click on the title of your course to go to the Course Home Page.
 * My Home Page**


 * Course Home Page**
 * Updates:** If you have new discussion messages, you will have a notice in this area.
 * Events:** Provides a preview of due dates.
 * News:** All handouts associated with your module will be attached.

Use the **Course Home Page** to access Course Content, Email, Dropbox, Discussions, Quizzes, Grades, Classlist, and Surveys.

Click on the __** View Course Content **__ link on the Course Home page. This will take you to the **Home Page** where you can begin to study your module.

Once you are in the Home Page, you can read your course content. You will see the module table of contents on the Home Page. All modules in the PDA program look the same and are organized in a similar way. For each module, click on “Introduction” on the Home page to start your module. For most modules, the first assessment task is located in the Introduction.
 * Home Page**

All modules have objectives. In most modules, these are listed by each unit. Some modules have overall module objectives. If a module has overall objectives, they will be listed in a separate section accessed from the Home Page. In the PDA program, the term Learning Activities is used for all things that the participant will do, read, or study to learn the content.
 * Objectives and Learning Activities**

You will use the “back” and “next” buttons to navigate through your learning activities. You may work through the Learning Activities at your own pace. You do not submit anything from the Learning Activities section to your facilitator.
 * Learning Activities**

When you have studied all of the content in the Learning Activities section of each unit, click on “Assessment Tasks”. You submit assessment tasks to your facilitator. There are different types of assessment tasks. Every type is not used in every module. Your facilitator will give you more details about your module’s assessment tasks.
 * Assessment Tasks**
 * Some assessment tasks are completed on your computer using a word processing program and are submitted to the Dropbox.
 * Some assessment tasks are quizzes that will be automatically scored by the system.
 * Some assessment tasks are discussion postings that you will complete within the module.


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