Learn with Kolibri

Access Kolibri

Note

• If you are using Kolibri in your school, education center or facility, your coach or administrator will provide the instructions how to open the sign-in page, and username and password if necessary.
• If you are using Kolibri on your own, outside an education center or facility, follow the instructions how to Access Kolibri according to your operating system.
• If you don’t have an account, but Kolibri at your facility or home is set up to allow learners to create their own, follow the steps to create one for yourself.

Captions for the video are available in English, French, Swahili, Arabic, Hindi, Marathi and Brazilian Portuguese.

Sign in to Kolibri

To sign in to Kolibri and start learning, follow these steps:

1. Click the SIGN IN button if you already have an account and the username.

   

   Main Kolibri sign in page.

   If you have used the same device before, you may see the field to directly type in your username and password (if required) on the main sign in page.

   If the device you are using has more than one facility, you will have to select the facility (for example you school name) that your account is associated with, and only then input your username and password (if required).

   

   Select facility on the Kolibri sign in page.

Warning

If you start browsing Kolibri as a guest, you need either to select Sign in option from the Guest menu in the upper right corner, or from the sidebar menu (left or bottom) to open the sign-in page.

“Sign in” link in the sidebar.

“Sign in” link in the user menu.

Once you have signed in to Kolibri, you can see and edit your user data from the Profile option: access it from the main sidebar menu (below Learn), or from the user menu.

Note

If your account has been created prior to version 0.13 of Kolibri, you will see a notification that you can update your profile to provide your birth year and gender. This information is optional, and you can choose not to provide it.

• Click the Usage and privacy link to read more information about who will have access to your personal information.
• Click the UPDATE button if you choose to provide it.

To sign out from Kolibri you can either:

• Click the to open the user menu in the upper right corner, and select the Sign out option.
• Click the (menu) button in the upper left corner to open the sidebar, and select the Sign out option.

Create an account

To create your own account on a Kolibri facility and start learning, follow these steps:

1. Click the CREATE AN ACCOUNT button on Kolibri sign in page.

2. Type in your chosen username and password (twice).

3. If there is more than one facility on the server device, make sure that the one where you want to create an account is visible under the Facility heading. If it is not, use the browser back button, and select the correct facility first.

   

4. Click the Usage and privacy link to read more information about who will have access to your personal information.

5. Click the CONTINUE button.

6. Select your birth year and gender. This information is optional, and you can choose not to provide it.

7. Click the FINISH button.

When page reloads you will see the Learn page with Kolibri channels.

Tip

Make sure to remember your username and password, or save them in a safe place!

Learn with Kolibri

Classes

Each time you sign in to Kolibri, the first thing you will see is the Learn page with the list of all the classes you are enrolled to.

Below the list of classes you will see some recommended resources from your classes to continue learning, as well as recent lessons and quizzes assigned in your classes. Select one of your classes to access the full list of lessons and quizzes, that teachers or coaches prepared for your class.

Library

Use the Library tab to navigate through the channels with learning materials available in Kolibri. You can browse it as you wish, or according to indications from your teachers and coaches.

Depending on how your school and teachers or coaches decided to organize the materials, you may have one or more channels available here. Follow the indications by your teachers or coaches on how to use the resources from each available channel.

Navigate Kolibri folders with breadcrumb links

When you are browsing through folders in a Kolibri channel, breadcrumb links indicate previously visited, more general topics. Current folder is at the last position, and you can click any of the previous links in the breadcrumb to go back to a specific broader topic.

If the full length of the breadcrumbs becomes too wide for the width of your display, the more general topics will be hidden. Click the leftmost down arrow button to access them.

When you open any resource or activity in Kolibri, you will see a series of icons in the upper part of the page.

• (back) button allows you to return to the library
• type of the resource (video, document, app, etc.)
• title of the resource
• progress icon indicates if you completed the resource, or it is still in progress
• View resources button allows you to see other resources in the same folder or a lesson
• Bookmark button allows you to save the location of the resource so you can access it easily from the Bookmark page.
• View information allows you to open a sidebar with additional information about the resource. Use the DOWNLOAD RESOURCE button at the bottom to download the resource files to your computer.

Types or activities

You may see different types of icons for activities available in Kolibri channels, and you can easily distinguish them by their icons:

• Watch for videos
• Listen for audio
• Practice for exercises
• Read for PDF and ePUB documents
• Explore for interactive apps

When you start doing an exercise, viewing a video, or reading a document, it will be marked with the (in-progress) icon. Once you finish viewing a video or complete the exercise, they will be marked with the (completed) icon.

Progress indicator icons for learning resources.

Exercises

Kolibri Exercises can require you to do different things: fill in a missing number, write a formula, choose one of the available options, etc. Each correct answer gets you a check mark, and majority of exercises require 5 correct answers in a row to be completed. Some exercises can offer one or more hints, to help you solve the problem.

Independent of the required action (writing an answer yourself or choosing one of the options), these are the steps to follow.

1. Read the question carefully.

2. Write the answer or choose one of the provided options.

3. When you are ready to submit, click the CHECK button.

   • When the answer is correct and a (correct) icon appears in the progress bar below the exercise, click the NEXT button to proceed.
   • If the answer is incorrect, read the question again, and try another answer. You can also click the USE A HINT link, read the suggestions, and try to answer again.
   • The progress bar below the exercise is taking into account only the most recent answers you give, which means that you need to have the required number of (correct) icons in the row for the exercise to be considered completed.

   

   The correct answers in the image above are not in a row; this exercise will be completed only after you give 5 correct answers one after another.

4. Once you have achieved the required number of correct answers in a row, you will be rewarded points, and see the suggestion to continue. Click the card under the Next resource heading below to continue learning with the rest of the material in that topic.

5. If you are unable to solve some questions, try reviewing the videos in that same topic, or seek help from your peers or teacher/coach.

Points

Every time you complete a resource (finish viewing a video, reading a document, or when you achieve the required number of correct answers in an exercise), you will be rewarded points .

You can keep track of the total points you have in the upper right corner, near the user menu.

Total points will also be visible on your profile page: access it from the main sidebar menu (below Learn), or from the user menu.

Captions for the video are available in English, French, Swahili, Arabic, Hindi, Marathi and Brazilian Portuguese.

Video and audio player options

To play videos and listen to audio files in Kolibri you have several available control buttons at the bottom of the player screen. Move the cursor or tap on the player screen to make appear the control buttons while playing.

Kolibri video and audio player.

(controls at the bottom of the player)

• Play/Pause buttons
• Rewind/Fast forward buttons by +/- 10 seconds
• Time tracker indicator with progress bar
• Video duration indicator
• Volume scrollbar
• Playback speed selector
• Display closed captions (subtitles) and interactive transcript
• Fullscreen button

Interactive video transcript

When a video has captions available, you can choose to view them at the bottom of the player, or open them as an interactive transcript.

1. Click the CC button at the bottom of the player and select Transcript.
2. Scroll up and down the transcript and click on the chosen timestamp to navigate more easily between various video sections.

Kolibri allows you to navigate videos using the captions inside the transcript.

PDF viewer options

Note

Options for viewing PDF files will depend on the browser and operating system you are using to view Kolibri.

• Use the (fullscreen) button in the upper right corner to open the ebook in fullscreen view.

• With the + and - buttons you can zoom the document in and out.

• Use the Esc key or the (fullscreen exit) button to close the fullscreen view and return.

• Use the DOWNLOAD RESOURCE button below the PDF viewer to download the PDF file to your computer.

  

Ebook viewer options

To read digital books in Kolibri you have several available controls inside the reader.

• Use the (list) button in the upper left corner to view the table of content with all the book chapters.

• Click the (preferences) button to adjust the text size and the background color.

• If you want to search for a word or a phrase, use the (search) button.

• Use the (fullscreen) button in the upper right corner to open the ebook in fullscreen view.

• Close the fullscreen view with the Esc key or the (fullscreen exit) button.

• Navigate through the book pages with (previous page) and (next page) buttons, or with the slider control at the bottom.

• Use the DOWNLOAD RESOURCE button below the viewer to download the ePub file to your computer.

  

Slideshow viewer options

To navigate the slides of a slideshow, you may use the on-screen navigation controls or your keyboard’s arrow keys.

• Use the (fullscreen) button in the upper right corner to open the ebook in fullscreen view.
• Navigate the slides with the left arrow (←) or the right arrow (→) keys on your keyboard, or the (previous page) and (next page) buttons on the side of the slideshow.
• You can choose a specific slide by clicking the round icons at the bottom of the slideshow view.

Search

If you are looking for a specific subject, topic, or term, use the Search feature:

1. Type a word or combination of words you are looking for in the Keyword search field located in the sidebar. If you are using Kolibri on a smaller screen, click the CHECK button to open the sidebar.

2. Press Enter or click the (search) button to display the results.

3. Filter the search results by type of activity, language or channel.

4. Clear the filters by closing the

   

Captions for the video are available in English, French, Swahili, Arabic, Hindi, Marathi and Brazilian Portuguese.

Bookmarks

Lessons

Your teacher or coach may prepare a lesson, a recommended set of learning materials for you or your class to view. You may have more than one lesson available at the time in the Classes tab, below the Lessons heading.

Click on a lesson title to open its materials, and follow the indications of your teachers or coaches on how to use them.

Quizzes

If your teacher or coach scheduled an quiz for you or your class, it will be available in the Classes tab, under the Quizzes heading. You may have more than one quiz available at the time.

If the quiz is listed as Not started, follow these steps.

1. Click on the quiz when you are ready to start taking it.

2. You can go on answering the questions in the order you prefer: move through questions with PREVIOUS and NEXT buttons, or click on the question number in the column on the left side.

   

3. Each time you fill in the answer field, or select one of the available options, the question will be marked by a colored dot in the column on the left side.

4. You can review and correct your answers to all questions as many times you need before submitting.

5. Press the Back to quiz list if you want to pause the quiz and come back later.

6. Press the button SUBMIT QUIZ when you want to submit it for grading.

A quiz that you did not yet submit will be marked with the (in-progress) icon, so you can easily recognize it, and click to resume when you are ready.

Once you complete and submit a quiz, it will be marked with the (completed) icon, but you can still click on it to see the score and review the report with your answers.

Tip

Use the Show correct answer checkbox to visualize the answer for the questions that you did not answer correctly.