For Students
As a newcomer to Vocareum, this article aims to be your guide to navigating the platform. Covering everything from the initial registration and login process to effectively submitting assignments and monitoring your grades, you'll find step-by-step instructions and helpful tips to enhance your experience.
Registration
Depending on the course, students will access Vocareum either directly or through an integration with your course's learning management system (LMS), like Canvas, Blackboard and edX.
If you are accessing assignments through LMS, you do not need an account on Vocareum -- all access is through the links in your LMS.
If you are enrolled into Vocareum by your instructor directly and you did not previously have an account on Vocareum, you should have received (or will receive) an email invitation to join Vocareum. Simply click on the link in the email and it will take you to the login page. If you don't have the email, please go to the login page, enter your email address and choose "forgot password". If you still do not see an email, please check your spam folder. If the email is not there, please contact your teacher or Vocareum through support@vocareum.com.
Your Course
Once you login, you can select "Classes" and it will take you to a page with your course and assignments.
When your teacher or TA publishes the course assignments, they become visible to you on the class page.
Note: If you are coming to Vocareum through your LMS, you will jump directly to the work space for that assignment.
Your Assignments
Select "My Work" which will take you to your assignment.
Our example here shows a Vocaruem Notebook environment
Select the 'Files' icon to open the browser and navigate the file tree
The 'work' folder is where you can access and work on files provided by your course team.
The 'voc' folder is 'read-only'. Meaning you can not edit any of the content within the voc folder like you can in the 'work' folder. The voc folder is typically used provide data or other relevant content from your course team.
Your Submissions and Grades
If your assignment is graded, you will submit your finished work using the 'Submit' button at the top left of your assignment.
Depending on how the course is setup, the 'Grades' panel will be populated with your current score and the rubric it is based on.
Your submission's grade may include a 'Grading Report' as well which will be shown below the 'Grades' section
Grades, and grader comments, will also now appear on your dashboard under the specific Assignment.
FAQ
Purchase Access by Credit Card or Access Cards.
If your class requires you to purchase access to Vocareum, please see the section on Purchase Access on how to enter the information from your access card.
When do I see my grade after making a submission?
Depending on how the assignment is designed grades will be made available within the Vocareum lab, your Vocaruem course dashboard or your LMS's gradebook.
Some assignments will have submissions automatically graded and shown to the students but others may not. Please consult with your course team as to when you should see your grades.
I am trying to access my lab but I get this message:
'This assignment is locked till you access it through your respective LMS once, please use your LMS to access/unlock this assignment'.
If you are encountering this message when attempting to access a Vocareum lab you will need to first access the assignment from within your school's portal (Canvas/Brightspace/etc). Rather than directly from the Vocareum dashboard.
I am having issues using copy/paste to the terminal.
If you are using a Windows machine locally you will be unable to use copy and paste commands in the Vocareum terminal.
My lab time has ended, how can I add more time?
If you need to add more time to a lab please reach out to your instructor or course team. They will have control over the parameters of your assignments.
My budget has expired, how can I add more?
If the budget for your assignment has expired please contact your course team
I am attempting to access my lab but it says it is not been published.
Please reach out to your instructor or course team and alert them to this issue.
I am attempting to access my lab but it says the course has ended.
If you are encountering this message please alert your course team.
If I exit out of my Vocareum assignment and come back will my work be saved?
Each lab environment can be persistent depending on the settings authored by your course team. We always recommend saving before closing your lab or submitting your work: ctrl+s (windows) or cmd+s (mac).
Some assignments will be designed to end or close submissions after a certain period of time. It is always best to check your curriccuulm and check with your course team to know what to expect for the assignments they create.
What does 'Reset' do?
In some labs you will see the a button titled 'Reset'. The function of a lab reset is to remove all of the content and resources currently present in your lab. And 'reset' to the original state of the lab. Only containing the content first present in the lab when you had first opened it. Please use caution and save any work you wish to keep to your local machine.