OVERVIEW 

PAFA's online educational programs are delivered using a Moodle, one of the industry standard learning management systems, hosted by a commercial service CRTeacher.

Each course consists of a number of lesson blocks.  A block typically has objectives, text material, assigned readings in supporting text books, links to other sources, assigned activities, a discussion forum where appropriate, and a review quiz.

The student who wishes to gain the maximum value from a course:

(1) reviews the objectives for each instructional block,

(2) reads the online material and the assigned sections of supporting texts,

(3) completes the assigned activity,

(4) discusses the activity and the reading with the instructor and other students in the forum,

(5) takes the review quiz,

(6) and reviews the responses provided for each question.

Both the Provost and Master courses have assigned research tasks, along with detailed instructions on how to conduct and report fencing research.  These are designed to help prepare the student to write the Fencing Master's thesis, and give the student an opportunity to contribute to the knowledge base of fencing coaching.   

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ACCESS

(1) go to http://www.crteacher.com/.

(2) create an account on CR Teacher - accounts are free - on the CR Teacher front page you will see a block on the upper right side of the page labeled LOG IN.

(3) click on the hyperlink for CREATE A NEW ACCOUNT.

(4) this takes you to a new page that asks for basic name, e-mail, etc. data to establish your account.

(5) an email will be immediately sent to your email address.

(6) read your email, and click on the web link it contains.

(7) your account will be confirmed and you will be logged-in.

(8) in the center of the front page you will see a list of course categories. Below this is a block for SEARCH COURSES. Type in the name of the course as follows (the currently active courses are listed):

Fencing Coach - Assistant Moniteur.

(9) when you are prompted for an ENROLMENT KEY enter the enrolment key provided to you by e-mail. This completes your enrolment in the course.

(10) you can now access the full course. From now on you will only need to enter your personal username and password to log in and access any course in which you have enrolled.