FAQ:
. All the courses available on Glasgow School of Art's Future Skills are listed on https://futureskillscatalogue.gsa.ac.uk When you have selected a course and clicked the "Enrol Now" button you will be prompted to register before you can enrol. This step creates an account for you with Future Skills and you can then log in and view your progress and you have the option to enrol on further courses. You will be asked to enter your details to register. Before you can enrol on any courses you will need to complete the registration process, it will prompt you to check your email account. You should receive the following email, it will inform you that you have successfully registered and will invite you to click a link so that you can set a password. Set your password You can now log in and access your Future Skills dashboard. From here you can browse available course, enrol and keep track of your progress on courses.
How do I register for a Future Skills course?
. Visit https://futureskillscatalogue.gsa.ac.uk to browse available courses. You will need to be registered before you can enrol on any courses. Learn how to register above. Selecting a course listing: - Your dashboard will display available courses, click anywhere on the course listing [1] to bring up information about the course. - You can also use the search bar [2] to search for a specific course or program. - You can use Categories [3] and Refine [4] to filter and refine your results. View enrolment options: From the listing's details page, you can enroll in the listing or add the listing to your shopping cart. To enroll in the course and proceed directly to the checkout, click the Enrol Now button [1]. To add the listing to your cart and continue viewing and adding listings to your cart, click the Add to Cart button [2]. To claim or purchase a block of seats, click the Bulk Enrollment button [3]. Signing in: If you are not already signed in click on Already have and account? Sign in here [1]. If you have yet to register, fill in your details [2] and Register a new account [3]. Check out: Selected courses will be added to your cart [1] until you are ready to checkout. These are reserved for 10 minutes while you complete the enrolment process. Click the enrol button [2] when you are ready to proceed. You will now to ready to begin your course. Once enrolled you will receive confirmation [1] and there will be a link to Access your Dashboard [2] at the bottom of the email message.
How do I enrol in a Future Skills course?
. Visit https://futureskillscatalogue.gsa.ac.uk You should ensure you have completed your registration before doing the following. Click on Login in the top right corner. You will then be prompted to enter your login details, this will be the email address you used when you registered and the password you created for Future Skills. (Please note: if you are a GSA student or staff member this will be different from your GSA credentials.) You will then see your Dashboard. You can then browse and view the listings available and enrol on courses that are open.
How do I login to my Future Skills account?
. Canvas is the name of the virtual learning environment (VLE) where you will find the content for the Future Skills course that you have enrolled on. You can log-in to the Canvas VLE using this link: https://gsafutureskills.instructure.com/ or access it via the Future Skills website https://futureskillscatalogue.gsa.ac.uk Your log-in will be the email address and password you created when you registered with Future Skills. Dashboard: When you log in to Canvas you will be presented with your Dashboard [1]. You will also find links to all your Courses [2] on the same navigation menu. At the top you will find recent Notifications [3] and this is also where pending invitations will appear. Located below this are tiles linking to individual courses [4]. Courses: Clicking Courses link will bring up a link to all courses [5] and a list of the courses you are enrolled on. Course Homepage: When you click on a course tile you will be directed to the course homepage. You will find links to: Announcements [6], messages from your course leads Modules [7] a list of links to course information and content Discussions [8] a place for students and staff to have conversations about the course Quizzes [9] - location of course quizzes/surveys, the feedback survey for students that have completed the course is located here. To do lists [10] upcoming tasks for your attention. User data: Before users have full access to the course, they will need to fill in a form that collects user data. Click on "Some info about you" [11] which will take you to the User Data form. This step has to be marked as done [12] for the user to be able to access the rest of course content.
How do I use the Canvas VLE (Virtual Learning Environment)?
. You can access course content via the Future Skills webpage, this is the catalogue of courses available. https://futureskillscatalogue.gsa.ac.uk Once you are logged in, click on your name in the top right of the screen [1]. Then select My Courses [2] from the drop down options. This will load another browser tab for the Canvas VLE, your Virtual Learning Environment. You will see your Dashboard with the courses you have enrolled on, be aware that some courses may not have started yet and will only appear when the content has been released by the course tutor. You can also access the VLE using the following direct url: https://gsafutureskills.instructure.com/