FRED User Guide

For Learners

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Contents Page

Where To Find Learning

How To Access Learning

How To Upload Learner Toolkit Evidence

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Logging In For The First Time

The first time you login to FRED you will need to enter your Username

(which will be your surname and the first letter of your first name) and your

Password (which will be set by default to

password). Then click Log In to continue.

The first page you will be taken to will require you to add in your

Email Address and Mobile Phone number. You will not be able

to continue until you have done this.

You should also take this chance to make sure the rest of the

details on this screen are correct.

Once you are happy with your details click

Update Profile.

You will see a green box confirming your

details have been saved; then click

Continue.

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At this point you will be forced to change your

password. Enter password in the Current

Password field and then enter your new password

in the New Password and New Password (Again)

field.

Your password should be at least 6 characters long

and contain at least 1 capital letter and 1 number.

Then click Save Changes.

The next screen will confirm that your new password has been accepted.

Click Continue.

You will then be taken to the

FRED homepage.

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Where To Find Learning

To find out what courses you need to complete, click on the What have I got to

do arrow on the Home screen.

You will be taken to your Individual Learning Plan,

which will show you all the courses you can attend.

This is broken down into Programs and

Certificates.

Clicking onto the name of a Program or

Certificate will take you to the Course

Information Screen.

It will display:

(1) The date when you are due to complete the

course by

(2) The progress you have made in it so far

(3) The type of course it is

(4) How many other modules have to be

completed in the course

(5) The Launch Course button to view more

information about the course

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Clicking on Launch Course or the course name in

the Course Information Screen will take you

through to the Course Details Screen.

In here you will see the Learning section which will

give you an overview of the course and beneath

that you will see the Workshop section, which

shows a list of courses that need to be completed

are part of the learning.

Next to the course name is a grey box—this icon

will have a tick in it to indicate which courses you

have completed.

Under each course name is the View All Sessions

button.

How To Access Learning

Clicking on the name of the course in the Workshop or clicking on the View All Sessions button will allow you to

see the dates and times of all upcoming sessions as well as how many spaces are available.

After you have attended the face-to-face session

you can then complete the assessment for it, if it is

required.

Assessments are e-learning based and can be

accessed by going back to the Course Details

Screen, scrolling down to the Assessment section

and clicking on the module name.

This will launch the module in a new window.

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To access stand alone e-learning courses you go

through the same process as accessing face-to-

face courses, and go into the Course Details

Screen.

Here you will see an overview of the e-learning,

and all the modules that it contains.

To access the module, click on the name of the course to view the Launch

Screen.

Here you will see:

How many attempts you have to pass the e-learning

How many attempts you have currently made

How the e-learning is graded

What you most recent grade is

The Enter button to start the e-learning

Clicking the Enter button will launch the e-learning

module in a new window. You can exit the e-learning at

any time by closing the window, however this will be

marked as an attempt.

You will have 3 attempts at each e-learning module, and if

you do not pass within those attempts you will be locked

out of it.

If this happens you will need to talk to your manager

about how to proceed and any additional support you

may require in order to complete the e-learning.

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When you have completed your e-learning you

have 2 ways of exiting, depending on which e-

learning you are doing.

If you are working through the End of Assess-

ment then you will need to close the window

manually by clicking the close cross on the win-

dow tab.

If you are working through the stand-alone e-

learning then when you reach the end you can

use the Exit Quiz button.

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How To Upload Learner Toolkit Evidence

To upload evidence for the Care Certificate, click on the What have I got to do

arrow.

Click on Care Certificate Completion course.

From the Course Details Screen click on Launch

Course.

Click on the Learner Toolkit Completion Evidence

on the Course Information Screen.

In the Submission Status screen you can see:

How many submissions you have made

The grade given on your last submission

When the submission is due by

The Add Submission button

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There are 2 ways to upload files:

(1) Manually upload the file

(2) Drag and drop the file

To manually upload the file, click on the Upload File Icon (highlighted above) and

click on Upload A File from the File Picker menu.

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Click on the Browse button next to the Attachment field.

Select the file and click Open.

When you have selected the file and entered an easily identifiable

name in the Save As field, click on the Upload This File button.

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Do drag and drop the file, open Win-

dows Explorer and open it so that you

can see both the open folder and FRED.

Find the file that you want to upload.

Drag and drop the file across to the Upload Box

The file will then appear in the Upload Box. Click Save Changes if you are happy

that you have uploaded the correct files.

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You will be taken back to the Submission Screen, this

time however your Submission Status will have been up-

dated and you will now be able to see the files you have

submitted and any comments that have been made on it.

Once your evidence has been updated you will see a tick

in the Complete box.

Underneath you will now have access to your Certificate.