In this section we show you how to:
- Sign up for a new account and register for an OERu course
- Enrol for another OERu course – if you are an existing account holder.
- Login to a course site
- Retrieve a course site password
At the OERu, course registration is optional. You can access all OERu learning materials without a username or password. However, you will need to create an account on the wpms.oeru.org site to post comments and receive course emails.
Sign up for a new account and register for an OERu course
New users must first create an account on the wpms.oeru.org web site using the “Register” button on the login pop-up page.
- Go to your course site. This will be https://wpms.oeru.org/ coursecode/ e.g. https://wpms.oeru.org/ lida101/
- Click on the head graphic on the right of the main menu ()
- Fill out a user name
- Your username must use lowercase letters and may contain numbers
- Usernames must be unique (using numbers as well as letters will help with this)
- Fill out a password
- Click the “Register button” (This creates a new account on the wpms.oeru.org site and will automatically enrol you on the respective course site.)
- Complete the other details: name, email, country (the one with which you most closely identify)
- You can update the course blog feed URL later if you’re not sure what URL to supply.
- Click register
Enrol for an OERu course for existing account holders
Existing account holders must enrol for each OERu course they wish to take. By logging in to a new course site with an existing account, you will automatically be enrolled for the selected course.
If you already have an account on the wpms.oeru.org web site, it’s a simple two step process to enrol:
- Go to your course site. This will be https://wpms.oeru.org/ coursecode/ e.g. https://wpms.oeru.org/ lida101/
- Enter your username and password, and click on the “Login” button to enrol for the course.
Login to a course site
You need to login in order to post comments on a course web site.
- From the Course site click the head graphic ().
- Enter your username and password.
- Click Login.
Retrieve a course site password
- If you forget your password, you can retrieve it.
- First check that you have not got caps-lock set to on. (The username is always in lowercase).
- Click on head graphic ().
- Click on “Forgot password”.
- Enter your username or email address.
- Click “Get New Password”
- You will receive an email with instructions (Check your spam folder if you don’t receive the email).
In this section we show you how to:
At the OERu, course registration is optional. You can access all OERu learning materials without a username or password. However, you will need to create an account on the wpms.oeru.org site to post comments and receive course emails.
Sign up for a new account and register for an OERu course
New users must first create an account on the wpms.oeru.org web site using the “Register” button on the login pop-up page.
Enrol for an OERu course for existing account holders
Existing account holders must enrol for each OERu course they wish to take. By logging in to a new course site with an existing account, you will automatically be enrolled for the selected course.
If you already have an account on the wpms.oeru.org web site, it’s a simple two step process to enrol:
Login to a course site
You need to login in order to post comments on a course web site.
Retrieve a course site password
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