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Your Guide to Learning Online

Table of Contents

eLearning 3

Information for Students 3

Accessing eLearning Courses 3

Drop Bin 6

Guide to DoE Student Portal for Email Access 7

Contact Information and Links 8

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eLearning

Welcome to electronic learning (eLearning) at Finigan School of Distance Education. Most of your courses are presented electronically in eLearning – a web based learning management system. You will complete all your work, except for examinations and some assessment tasks, by accessing this site. 

Information for Students Our eLearning site is a Learning Management System used at Finigan School of Distance Education that gives students access to their courses online.  Students can access courses via the internet.  

Students are able to: 

download resources and activities 

complete quizzes 

participate in forums and wikis 

access podcasts 

view video and audio files 

upload files 

message / email their teachers 

Accessing eLearning Courses Go to this web address in your browser.

Note‐ this site is best viewed in Google Chrome 

https://www.finigansde‐elearning.net/ 

Logging in to the eLearning site

Click Log In (Top right) 

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Enter your username (firstname.lastname) 

Initial Password: distance 

You will be prompted to change your password 

after the first login 

Enter the current password (distance) 

Enter the password you would like to use. 

If your username and password does not work, please contact Technology Support at Finigan SDE 

How to change your password

Click continue. 

On the top, right go to My Courses

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You will see a link to all your courses. 

Example Course Page

   Using your student planner as a guide to navigate to the relevant topic to your lessons and complete the lessons and activities provided by clicking on the lesson link.   

Example Lesson

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Drop Bin A drop bin is a place to upload files to your teacher. 

How to upload completed files to the Drop Bins for marking

You will see an area to upload completed work each week. 

Click on Add submission. 

Contact technology support on 6210 5200 if you have any questions or email finigansde@det.nsw.edu.au 

Click on the             icon and navigate to the folder on your computer where the file is saved. 

When the file is uploaded save changes. A notification will be sent to your teacher to let them know you have submitted the file/s. 

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Guide to DoE Student Portal for Email Access

NSW Department of Education

The essential method for the school to contact students will be via your education account. It will also be the primary identification for other areas within distance education. 

Login with your username and password. If you do not have a username and password please contact the school on finigansde@det.nsw.edu.au or 02 6210 5200.  

To access email go to

https://portal.det.nsw.edu.au/ 

User ID: firstname.lastname (your name may have a number eg jane.smith4 

Password: If you don’t know you password please contact the school 

Your email address will look like this ‐ firstname.lastname@education.nsw.gov.au  

For example jane.smith4 @education.nsw.gov.au 

This site will provide access to your email account.

Email

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77 Agnes Avenue Queanbeyan NSW 2620 (02) 6210 5200 | finigansde@det.nsw.edu.au

finigan-d.schools.nsw.edu.au

Contact Information and Links

NSW only (local call charge)  1300 360 384 

Technology and/or eLearning help    (02) 6210 5200 

Email address  finiganSDE@det.nsw.edu.au 

Website  https://finigan‐d.schools.nsw.gov.au 

eLearning Site  https://www.finigansde‐elearning.net/ 

School Portal (for feedback and reports) 

https://de.millenniumschools.net.au/portal/ 

DoE Student Portal for Email  https://portal.det.nsw.edu.au/