This contains all of the functions of the Appointed Teaching Professor and allows access to the following areas:

• Curriculum vitae;
• Teaching Program;
• Conceptual Map;
• Didactic Material;
• Didactic Planning;
• Exam Guide;
• Exam Calendar;
• Learning Environments;
• Links to the Tutor Pages

The Teaching Programme is stuctured in such a way as to contain:

• The description, objectives and contents of the subject being taught;
• The specification of necessary prerequisites;
• The reference to exercises relative to the video lessons;
• The indexing of textbooks;
• Key words of the subject being taught;
• Indications as to the methodology along with study suggestions for the subject being taught.

The Concept Map for the teaching subject presents the title of each lesson, a listing of the topics within each lesson along with bookmarks that connect the didactic materials (books and articles, CD-ROM, bibliographies, site links, exercises and virtual laboratories) relating to the various topics that are treated.

The Didactic Material is comprised of elements that have been prepared upon in an ad hoc fashion by the Appointed Teaching Professor. These can include articles, study sheets, exercises, CD-ROM/DVDs and slides. Select materials prepared by students during their collaborative studies may be included at the discretion of the Appointed Teaching Professor.

The Didactic Planning section depends on the number of academic credits, as relates to the amount of work the student does. All of the Teaching Subjects of the Degree Courses at the International Telematic University UNINETTUNO are presented as a series of modules that have a predefined duration according to the number of academic credits attributed to the course, as has been illustrated before. In the Didactic Planning section, the Appointed Teaching Professor will indicate the approach and timing as to his or her teaching programme, the parameters regarding academic credits and other information relative to the teaching subject.

The Exam Guide specifies the following:

• How the exam wil be carried out;
• Prerequisites for admission to the exam;
• The way in which you can reserve a place in order to sit the exam;
• Documents that must be presented in order to take the exam;
• The way in which results are communicated;
• The way in which results are recorded.

The Exam Calendar displays the following:

• dates, schedules and places where exams are held;
• the composition of the exam commission.

The didactic activities unfold within the Learning Environments: the Video library, Media library, Virtual Laboratory and Tutoring On Line. For a detailed description of the different environments, please refer to the dedicated paragraph.

The Links to the Tutor Pages allow the appointed Teaching Professor to have at his or her disposal all of the materials, information and tools relative to his or her own subject.

2.1.1 The Functions of the Appointed teaching Professor

The main activities of the Appointed teaching Professor can be summarized as follows:

• structure the teaching programme or update/adapt the existing one;
• invent or revise the conceptual map of the subject being taught;
• furnish didactic materials for in-depth study;
• didactic planning of the subject;
• make the exam guide available;
• coordinate work with the Tutor;
• organize and lead discussion forums on topical themes of particular relevance to his or her subject;
• test the students at the conclusion of each teaching module.

In particular, the Appointed Teaching Professor, collaboration with the Tutor:

• evaluates the topics of the existing lessons and revises them (by reducing them or by integrating new material) if necessary;
• indexes the video-lessons (available on video cassette) for the dvd layout;
• if necessary, entrusts one or more of the Video Professors with the task of recording new video lessons;
• analyses the existing teaching materials in order to select those that he or she still considers to be valid;
• defines the contents and type of teaching materials to be produced ex novo;
• specifies, for all of the video lessons, the count in minutes in order to signal the bookmarks relating to the didactic material.

In the case of recording new video lessons, each Video Professor,, where collaboration with the Tutor is necessary, is mainly occupied with:

• preparing the professorial lesson slides and recording the video lessons;
• indexing his or her own video lessons for the dvd layout;
• completing the conceptual map of the subject being taught, connecting several types of didactic materials for in-depth study to the video lesson topics. These materials can include books and articles, CD-ROMs, bibliographies, site links and exercises;
• specifying, for all of the video lessons, the minute count details in order to signal the bookmarks relative to the didactic materials.