NPTE Awareness

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IIT Madras
Jul
02,
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2016

Other incidental benefits NOC

of

the

Learning in any area of

interest
Compare oneself against a nationwide
Peer
group is a mix of students
class

all over country + industry

professionals
students
Networking opportunities
Inculcates self learning and self
motivation

of

Role of an
NPTE
SPOC
L
SPO
C
Faculty in
depts/
student
Students
leaders

SPOC

After becoming an

Update info about the college on Local

college
LC name, logo,
website
of
chapter
photo
SPOC

Check if the request and

letter
acceptance

are

uploaded on the college page

Check if you start receiving emails from the
noc
spoc google groups

SPOC next
the

steps

Send us hard disks for updation

college

Download
from
the website
Ensure
NPTEL
content
is up to

dateShare
in it on the LAN for local
access

Structure

coordinator within institut

of

Coordinatio
n

Havethe
asst.
within

coordinators in

institute

every

department

Student
ambassad
ors within
each

Faculty in every
dept
Mentors

Studen
t
leader
Student
ss

SPOC before run of

courses
Have an awareness workshop for
Go through the NPTEL website
students
about NPTEL and Online courses
(noc,
LocalChapter) and the

Put up posters in places frequented

onlinecourses
by
portal.
students
hostels/canteens/department
notice boards

SPOC Enroll to a
Enroll tocourse
an NPTEL online

Will help you understand the portal

course

Will provide an overview of

release of
lessons/assignments
If you write an exam can
understand the process end to
end

Choice of courses

Identify objectives for taking for

online courses credit/enhancing
knowledge/job readiness Check
1 or 2 courses selected per
with faculty of your college by them
discipline

choice is left to the students

Type of course how to

math intensive

decide?
core or
elective
industry
related

Deciding on a

course

from

Courses videos can be new,

Existing NPTEL course videos can viewe to
adapted existing NPTEL
or a rerun
be
d
course
Rerun of a course videos are available
get an idea of the course
alongwith the assignments/solutions
created in
the past runs will help students start

Students enrollment

Every student should enroll to the

course using his/her individual email
id to each course Email id should be
google enabled

Student should choose the Local chapter

college
from the dropdown list; If name not

Students should be comfortable with the

available,
portal
choose Other and enter the name
and the various features such as forum,

SPOCs During course run

Work with mentors and be updated on

progress of students

Work with NPTEL office on exam

Ensure
ALL students provide
required
registration
details

by

the office
the hall ticket
and exam
Report
anyfor
anomalies
to NPTEL
the
office

Check details on hall tickets

when

released;

Exam related

Id verification will be strictly

followed exam

during
the

Report any issue that is found during the

exam
related to questions in the paper, system
issues, swapping of ids, etc the very next
day to
the NPTEL office so that we can note and

Mentors

Mentors

Mentor faculty

member who teaches

the course
Should enroll to the course on the
onlinecourses portal
One faculty member can mentor maximum
of 2
courses

1 mentor / 50 students

Basic tasks of mentors

Should follow the course and submit

assignments
Help students with understanding

the content and submission of

assignments
Give feedback to NPTEL on weekly
content
Encourage students to complete the
course and
register for the exam

Mentors including to the

courses

Not mandatory to have mentors for

SPOC has to upload list of mentors from
courses
SPOC

login on nptel.ac.in/LocalChapter portal

NPTEL office will check if mentor is
enrolled
and add the id to the relevant course

Some Dos and

Donts

Encourage students to ask doubts in the

forum

Help them with formulating

questions if they are not
comfortable
with
English

Give hints to solve assignment

problems and not provide entire
solutions

Some general suggestions

Hard to write exam for NOC course without

following contents and doing assignments
even if the course has been done at college

Discourage students from going for very easy

courses for

the sake of satisfying criteria of taking an online

Ensure that students who have not watched a
course.
single
video lecture or are not even aware that the
course
contains lectures do not register for exams and

Recognition of

mentors

Performance of
students attached to
mentor will be

assessed
Mentor
will be recognized
assignments and
on
exam
the portal and awarded a
certificate

Best practices as shared mentor

Have a time slot in weekly time

by

table
through NPTEL content

Watch some videos with

students
Provide more practice
problems
Conduct mock tests
Be active in the discussion forum

for goin

Infrastructure access to

courses

Computer time for students to visit

the courses
Download the videos for local access
Internet connectivity and
systems for assignment
submission

Recognition for SPOCs

One every college page, the

SPOC details published

Recognition certificates for the

SPOC

are

Monetary recognition based on funds

availability and as decided by the JCC
NPTEL

NOC courses as a Short

No need for

Term

traveling/availing

can

leave/travel/accommodation be

cours
e
done
at

Weekly assignments + exam help assess

ones own pace
ones
No registration fee

Wide
range
of courses
learning
better
offered

Use of

Courses/Certificates
Campus placements

Internship
For
students:

opportunities
GATE preparation
For faculty

To refresh
members:

in regular courses and to

knowledge

get

a perspective on
it is taught at IITs

Get exposed to areasand

of research
introduce
them
in
how

the

Reques to SPOCs

from your
t
college of
helped with
Report
success

jobs benefited
or
stories courses Ifhave
these
havefrom

internships
Report
on use of these courses for
How
faculty
credit
members courses
transfer

NOC

the

Current
run

Scholarship July 2016

Limited number of scholarships are

available
Based on criteria that will be announced,
scholarships will be approved so kindly
send
us list of students in decreasing order of
need of
financial assistance

Exam fee
payment

Online payment

Options
available
individually
previously:
Via the college by DD
or NEFT

Online Payment

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(Ai,
EPS)

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Individual cash payment at any the State

of India (SBI) branches is possible for July
of
Bank
2016

July run SPOC steps

Add mentors
Request for exam city + student
numbers
Upload request for
scholarship
Upload list for bulk
payment
Request a course
Feedback about courses/processes

Information given by NPTEL

office

Zip folder of hall tickets

Zi folde of mark
inside
SPOC
sheets
across
p r
of courses ecertificates
Zi
login
Softfolde
copies of
mentor
and spoc
of students
p
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certificates

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