Learning objectives The Learning Objective of this tutorial is for you to become familiar with the SEPTIMUS learning environment, including how to navigate between pages, how to jump to and from hyperlinks, how to use the discussion forums and the chat-room, and how to use the self-assessments and multiple choice questionnaires. You should also know what resources are available on the site.

		Many of the documents used on the SEPTIMUS course are .pdf files, which must be read using Acrobat. The reader for this is free, and can be downloaded here    You will also need Flash. This is a plug-in and can be downloaded here. Once you have installed acrobat, you should read the following handbooks: Course handbook Technical handbook Guidelines on collaborative and distance learning

Welcome to the Help and Information Pages for the SEPTIMUS course

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If you are reading the tutorial for the first time, we suggest that you read the pages consecutively, starting here.

Tutorial contents

• welcome to SEPTIMUS
• introduction to SEPTIMUS learning environment
• navigating using the SEPTIMUS icons
• the course layout
• discussion forums and chatroom

Overview of units

• Unit 1-Well-being and health
• Unit 2- Existential and Human Issues
• Unit 3- Conflict and reconciliation
• Unit 4- Overview of different methods of psychotherapy and personal change
• Unit 5- Ethics and culture in psychotherapy and counselling
• Unit 6- Development through the life cycle

Questions for you to answer about the learning environment

You can click on the above headings to go straight to that page.

If you have not found the information you want, or you still have a problem, you migjht find what you need one these pages:

• how to use the learning environment
• technical issues
• course content and structure
• course assessment

If you're still stuck, email your course tutor.

Before you go to the next page...

Ensure that you:

• are able to navigate between pages using the icons
• are able to use the navigation tool below to go the previous page, to go to the top of this page, or to go the next page (you will find the same tool on every page)
• are able to use the hyperlinks
• have joined a chat session with your tutor
• have left a welcome message on the international students' page, giving one paragraph of information about yourself. You should also have attached a picture of yourself to this message (Note SEPTIMUS staff will place the biography and the picture on the student common room pages where they can be accessed by any authorized staff or student