IIUM E-LEARNING PORTAL

MANUAL FOR STUDENTS

A. HOW TO ACCESS THE IIUM E-LEARNING & ONLINE COMMUNITY

PORTAL

1.0 To access the IIUM E-learning & Online Community Portal, go to the following
website address:

http://elearn.iiu.edu.my

Figure 1: IIUM E-Learning & Online Community Portal

The opening page contains a welcome message, a login panel and other information.

2.0 To log-in, key-in your USER ID and PASSWORD in the login panel (See Figure
2), and then click on the “Login” button. Your USER ID is your matric number
followed by the “@” sign and your kulliyyah domain, followed by “iium.net”.
Your PASSWORD is your PIN number, assigned to you by the ANR. It is the
same PIN number that you use to ADD/DROP courses and to check your results
online. Table 1 below shows the domains for all Kulliyyahs.

For example:
Matric number = 0123456
Kulliyyah = AIKOL
USER ID = 0123456@aikol.iium.net

Figure 2: Login Panel

 KULLIYYAH DOMAIN
GOMBAK CAMPUS
AIKOL aikol.iium.net
CELPAD celpad.iium.net
ENGINEERING eng.iium.net
INSTED cehd.iium.net
KAED kaed.iium.net
KENMS enms.iium.net
KICT kict.iium.net
KIRKHS irkhs.iium.net
KUANTAN CAMPUS
ALLIED HEALTH SCIENCES ahs.iium.net
DENTISTRY dentist.iium.net
MEDICINE medic.iium.net
NURSING nurse.iium.net
PHARMACY pharm.iium.net
SCIENCE kos.iium.net
Table 1: Kulliyyah domains

If you have any problems logging in, please contact the system administrators
below:
For LearningNet or general assistance and support, kindly contact:

NO NAME TELEPHONE EMAIL

1. Azlan Mohamed Zain 03 – 6196 4152 azlanmz@iiu.edu.my
2. Azlan Abdul Aziz 03 – 6196 4153 azlanaziz@iiu.edu.my
3. Ahmad Fadzli Nasir 03 - 6196 4059 ahmadfadzli@iiu.edu.my

For AIMS assistance and support, kindly contact:

NO NAME TELEPHONE EMAIL

1. Zuraifah Zolkepley 03 – 6196 4871 zuraifah@iiu.edu.my

3.0 If you are logging in for the first time, you will get a message as shown below:

Figure 3: Update personal information message

 Click on the “OK” button and fill-in the required fields (*). The rest of the fields
under STEP 2 are optional. When you are done, click on the save ( ) button.
You will see your “DESKTOP” as shown in Figure 4 below.

Figure 4: Desktop

4.0 This is the IIUM online community portal, also known as AIMS (Advanced
Information Management System). Here is where you can change your password.
In the next section, we will show you how to do this.

B. HOW TO CHANGE YOUR PASSWORD

1.0 To change your password, at the AIMS desktop, click on the “Settings” button (
Settings). You can find the “Settings” button at the top most menu, besides the
“Help” and “Logout” buttons, as shown in Figure 5 below.

Figure 5
2.0 You will get the “User Setting and Information” page, as shown in Figure 6
below. Here you can change your personal information and update your profile.

Figure 6: User Setting and Information page

3.0 Under the “Settings Menu” on the left, click on the “Change Password”, link (See
Figure 7).

Figure 7

4.0 In the “Change User Password” page (Figure 8), key-in your current password
and your new password twice. Then click on the save ( ) button. In the next
section, we will show you how to access the e-learning portal.

Fig. 8
C. HOW TO ACCESS THE E-LEARNING PORTAL

1.0 At the AIMS desktop, click on the “e-Learning” button as shown in Figure 9
below.

Figure 9: E-Learning button

2.0 Again, if this is your first time, you will get “My Profile” page as shown in Figure
10 below. Proceed to fill-in the compulsory fields (*). You have to update your
profile at least once before you can use the e-learning portal.

Figure 10: My Profile page

3.0 When you are done, scroll down and click on the button. Please take
note that, the “Postcode” field accepts numbers only. If you key-in numbers and
alphabets or other symbols, when you click on the “Modify” button, you will get
 an error message as shown in Figure 9 below. Re-enter numbers only for the
postcode field and click on the “Modify” button to update your profile.

Figure 11: Invalid postcode data

4.0 If you have successfully updated your profile, you will get the following page, as
shown in Figure 10 below.

Figure 12: Successful profile update page

5.0 Now click on the button at the top menu. You will see the My Desktop
page as shown in Figure 11 below. In the next section we will show you how to
subscribe to portfolios/courses and access your online portfolios/courses.
 Figure 13: My Desktop page

D: HOW TO SUBSCRIBE AND ACCESS ONLINE PORTFOLIOS

1.0 If you have registered for a course using the online ADD/DROP facility, the
portfolio or course will appear on the “My Desktop” page, under the column
“Portfolios Subscribed”, as shown in Figure 12 below. To access the portfolio,
click on the “Enter” button. A portfolio is an object that is created by portfolio
owners. Students or other users can subscribe to these portfolios. A portfolio can
be a course, an association, a committee, a project team, or a group of people that
share a common interest.

Figure 14: Portfolios Subscribed

2.0 If you are not subscribed to any portfolios, to subscribe, click on the
button at the top menu. You will get the Resources page as shown in Figure 13
below. The Resources page lists all the online portfolios available in the e-
learning portal. Key-in your Portfolio Code and click on the “Submit” button.
Figure 15: Resources page

3.0 If the portfolio code matches any portfolio in the resources, the portfolio
information will be displayed. To subscribe to the portfolio, click on the
“Subscribe” button. You will get a message as shown in Figure 14 below. Click
on the “OK” button.

Figure 16: Portfolio subscription confirmation

4.0 You will get a message that says;

“This is a moderated subscription portfolio. Your subscription request will

be forwarded to the portfolio owner/moderator. This portfolio will only be
accessible when your application are granted by the portfolio
owner/moderator”

A moderated portfolio is one that the portfolio owner sets so that only genuine
students or allowed users are able to enter the portfolio. Once you have subscribed
to a moderated portfolio and click on the “My Desktop” button. You will see the
portfolio you have just subscribed to appearing on your desktop, under the
column “Portfolios Subscribed”. However, notice that your “User Status” is
“Pending”, as shown in Figure 17 below. This means you cannot access the
portfolio until the portfolio owner, i.e. your lecturer changes your user status from
“Pending” to “Enable”. Inform your lecturer regarding this matter.
Figure 17: Portfolio with “pending” user status

5.0 Once your lecturer has changed your user status to “Enable”, you can access the
portfolio by clicking on the “Enter” button or by clicking on the course title as
shown in Figure 18 below. Now you are ready to start accessing your online
portfolio/course. Happy Learning!.

Figure 18: Portfolio with “enable” user status