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Lena for Students is where your courses live. It has the notes and slides your lecturers share, your assignments, quizzes and exams, your grades, and your class conversations. Open it on a laptop or a phone at student.lena.africa. This page uses university words. In a primary or secondary (K-12) school, Lena says “subject” instead of course and “teacher” instead of lecturer. See words your school uses.

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A quick tour

When you open Lena, you land on Courses. It lists the courses you’re in, with their code, term and lecturer. Open a course to see everything in it.
The Courses page listing Introduction to Psychology, with the sidebar showing Enrol Course, Search, the navigation and Recents

Courses is the first thing you see. The sidebar on the left takes you everywhere else.

The sidebar has:
  • Enrol Course: join a course, from your list or with a code.
  • Search: jump to any of your courses or any part of Lena. On a laptop, press ⌘ K (Mac) or Ctrl K (Windows) to open it.
  • Courses, Assignment, Quiz, Exam, Grades, Discussions, Announcements and Calendar: each one shows that kind of thing from all your courses together.
  • Recents: the courses, assignments, quizzes and exams you opened last.
  • Get started: a short checklist for your first days. It helps you join a course, look around it, open your first piece of work and read a discussion or announcement. It goes away when you’ve done them all, or when you choose Dismiss checklist.
Along the top you’ll find Switch school, the Inbox bell for your notifications, and your account menu (your picture). The account menu has What’s new, Settings, Send feedback, Support and Log out.

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On your phone

On a phone, the sidebar is hidden in a menu. Tap the menu button at the top to open it. Search is in there too. Inside a course, the tabs become a menu at the top of the page.
The Courses page on a phone, with the school picture, the bell and the menu button in the top bar

On a phone, the menu button opens the full sidebar.

To open Lena like an app, add it to your home screen. In your browser’s menu, choose Add to Home Screen or Install app (the name depends on your browser). See Lena on your phone and offline.

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Start here

Get started

Sign in with the details your school gave you, or sign up and join your school.

Join a course

Pick from the courses you’re eligible for, or enter your lecturer’s code.

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Learning

Courses and study materials

Read the outline, open notes and slides inside Lena, and see who’s in the class.

Assignments

Read the question and rubric, then hand in your work.

Quizzes

Take graded and practice quizzes, and see how the timer and rules work.

Exams

Know the rules before you sit a computer-based exam.

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Progress and your class

Grades

See your total for each course, what counts, and your feedback.

Discussions and announcements

Read what your lecturer posts and talk with your class.

Calendar

Your classes and deadlines by day, week or month.