Reminder:Feedback for Medical Biomaterials

Dear student

We are glad that you have attended the NPTEL online certification course.

We hope you found the NPTEL Online course useful and have started using NPTEL extensively.

In this regard, we would like to have a feedback from you regarding our course and whether there are any improvements, you would like to suggest.
 
We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations. Your esteemed input will help us in serving you better.

The link to give your feedback is :

https://goo.gl/UvKfrO

We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team


Medical biomaterials- final exam instructions

Dear all,
Instructions for Forenoon and Afternoon session has been given below for the march exams.
 
PS: These Instructions have also been given in the hall tickets
Forenoon:  Instructions to Candidates

1. The Admit Card must be presented for verification along with one original photo identification (not photo copy or scanned copy). Example of acceptable photo identification documents are School ID, College ID, Employee ID, Driving License, Passport, PAN card,
Voter ID, Aadhaar-ID.
2. This Admit Card is valid only if the candidate's photograph and signature images are legible.To ensure this, print the admit card on A4
sized paper using a laser printer, preferably a colour photo printer.
3. Please report to the examination venue by 08:00 AM. Entry beyond 09:30 AM will not be entertained.
4. Candidates will be permitted to appear for the examination ONLY after their credentials are verified by center officials.
5. At 08:40 AM – Candidates will be permitted to occupy their allotted seats.
6. At 08:50 AM – Candidates can login and start reading instructions prior to the examination.
7. Candidates are advised to locate the examination center at least a day prior to the examination, so that they can reach the center on time for
the examination.
8. The total duration of the examination is 180 minutes. Candidates will be permitted to leave the examination hall only after 10.40 AM , on a
need basis.
9. Mobile phones or any other electronic devices other than calculators are NOT ALLOWED inside the examination hall.There may not be
any facility for safe-keeping of these devices outside the examination hall, it will be prudent to not bring valuables to the examination center.
10. Please bring your own Scientific Calculator, for use in the exam.
11. Scribble pads will be provided to candidate for rough work. Candidates have to write their name and registration number on the scribble
pad before they start using it. The scribble pad must be returned to the invigilator after the end of the examination.

Afternoon: Instructions to Candidates

1. The Admit Card must be presented for verification along with one original photo identification (not photo copy or scanned copy). Example
of acceptable photo identification documents are School ID, College ID, Employee ID, Driving License, Passport, PAN card,
Voter ID, Aadhaar-ID.
2. This Admit Card is valid only if the candidate's photograph and signature images are legible.To ensure this, print the admit card on A4
sized paper using a laser printer, preferably a colour photo printer.
3. Please report to the examination venue by 01:00 PM. Entry beyond 02:30 PM will not be entertained.
4. Candidates will be permitted to appear for the examination ONLY after their credentials are verified by center officials.
5. At 01:40 PM – Candidates will be permitted to occupy their allotted seats.
6. At 01:50 PM – Candidates can login and start reading instructions prior to the examination.
7. Candidates are advised to locate the examination center at least a day prior to the examination, so that they can reach the center on time for
the examination.
8. The total duration of the examination is 180 minutes. Candidates will be permitted to leave the examination hall only after 03.40 PM , on a
need basis.
9. Mobile phones or any other electronic devices other than calculators are NOT ALLOWED inside the examination hall.There may not be
any facility for safe-keeping of these devices outside the examination hall, it will be prudent to not bring valuables to the examination center.
10. Please bring your own Scientific Calculator, for use in the exam.
11. Scribble pads will be provided to candidate for rough work. Candidates have to write their name and registration number on the scribble
pad before they start using it. The scribble pad must be returned to the invigilator after the end of the examination.

Please let us know for any concern/queries



Medical biomaterials_ Week 7 assignment solutions

please find the solution to assignment 7 in the respective unit


Hall ticket for March 26th NPTEL Online Certification exams is now available for download.

Dear Candidate:

If you have registered for the March 26th  NPTEL Online certification exam, your Admit Card/ Hall ticket is now available inside your application form:

1. Please visit the link: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

Login with your registered Google-enabled account email id (used to access the course on the portal and used for registering for the exam) and its password to access the link and click on March exams to download the hall ticket(s) for the March 26th exams, from the link.

2. You can also download it from the alternate link given below:

https://www3.digialm.com//EForms/configuredHtml/885/51559/login.html

Please try to access both the links to download your hall ticket, if you are not able to find your hall ticket in both the links., kindly write to us at nptel@iitm.ac.in.
 
Note: that you will be able to login here, only if you have a valid registration for exams on March 26th 2017.

Please download hall ticket, take a print out and along with a original ID card, carry it with you to the venue (The exam centre address is there in the hall ticket). Read all instructions given in the admit card/ hall ticket carefully and follow them.

Note1:- If you are writing 2 exams – Forenoon and Afternoon sessions, please ensure that you have downloaded 2 hall tickets which will be hosted inside the login.
 
In case of the any problems with the hall ticket kindly write to us nptel@iitm.ac.in

IMPORTANT:


1. Change of shift, course, exam center, exam city will not be encouraged.
2. You will not be allowed to write the exam if you are showing up in the exam center which is not allocated to you by mistake or by intention.
3. Entry beyond 09:30 AM in FN and 2:30 PM in AN will not be entertained.
4. Candidates will not be allowed to write the exam without Hall ticket and proper id proof.


NPTEL Team wishes you the very best for the certification exam.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL team


Medical biomaterials_Week 8 videos are available

Dear all


Week 8 videos are now available.

Assignments for the Week will be available tomorrow.


Medical Biomaterials- Solution for Week 5 and Week 6 assignments

Please find the solutions to week 5 and 6 assignments as a new lesson in the respective units


medical Biomaterials_ Week 7 videos are available

Dear all,

Week 7 videos are now available. this week videos are on biopolymers- natural polymers and hydrogels.

Assignment for the week will be available on tuesday


Medical biomaterials_ solution to week_4 assignments available

Solution to week 4 assignment has been made available


medical biomaterials_ week_6 videos are now avaialble

Dear all,

Week 6 videos are now available. This week videos consists of metallic biomaterials and polymer biomaterials
Assignments will be made available tomorrow.


medical biomaterials_week 5 videos and assignment now available


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Dear all,
Week 5 videos have been made available.
It covers 5 lectures that talks in detail about animal studies and metallic biomaterials
Assignment for  week 5 is also available 



Medical biomaterials_ solution to assignment 3

The solutions for assignment 3 have been made available.A new lesson has been created under the unit (Week 3). click on text version to see the answers


Last 1 week for Exam Registartion - Hurry up!!!

Dear student

The certification exam will be conducted at designated centres in the city chosen by you. You have to register for the exam by filling up the form, paying the exam fee and appear in person to get the certificate.

Register for the exam today at: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

Exam registration form closes on 22 February 2017 at 10:00am.

For other details about exam registration, please check our previous announcement.

Type of exam: Online


Online:

You will have to appear at the allotted exam centre and produce your Hall ticket and Government Identification Card(Example: Driving License,Passport, PAN card, Voter ID, Aadhaar-ID with your Name, date of birth, photograph and signature) for verification and take the exam in person. You can find the exam allotted exam center details in the hall ticket.

The questions will be on the computer and the answers will have to be entered on the computer; type of questions may include multiple choice questions, fill in the blanks, essay type answers, etc

The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively around 15th March 2017.


FINAL CERTIFICATE:

The final score = 25% assignment score + 75% final certification exam score.

The final score will determine if you will/will not receive a certificate.

1. Final score < 40%: NO certificate
2. Final score between 40% -59%: Certificate of type "Successfully completing the course"
3. Final score between 60% -89%: Certificate with tag "Elite" printed at the top
4. Final score of 90% and above: Certificate with "Elite" tag and the gold medal printed on it.

The sample format is attached here for your reference:



Photos of Toppers in every course are published on the website http://nptel.ac.in/noc along with the name of the college/organization you belong to.

Click here to take a look at a sample page: http://nptel.ac.in/noc/individual_course.php?id=noc16-ce12

Best of luck for the exams.

- NPTEL team


Medical Biomaterials_ Week4 Videos are now available

Dear all,
Week 4 videos have been made available.
It covers 5 lectures that talks in details about analytical tools and biological responses and problems associated with it

Assignment for  week 4 will be available tomorrow.

Also note: Tomorrow is the last date for week 3 assignment.

thanks


Medical Biomaterials_ Solutions for Assignment 1 and 2

The solutions for assignments 1 and 2 have been made available.A new lesson has been created under each units (Week 1 and 2). click on text version to see the answers


Last date for assignment 2 (week 2) is 9th Feb

The due date for assignment 2 is now 9th feb. please submit before 11 AM (9th Feb)


Medical biomaterials_ Week 3 videos are now available

Dear all,
Week 3 videos have been made available.
It covers 5 lectures that talks in details about biofilm, problems associated with it

Assignment for  week 3 will be available tomorrow.

thanks


Reminder 1: REGISTER TODAY - CERTIFICATION EXAM FORM IS NOW OPEN!

Dear Student:

Here is the much-awaited announcement on registering for the March 2017 certification exam. The registration for the certification exam is only open to students who have enrolled in the course.

Registration is open from 2nd FEBRUARY 2017 (Thursday) until 22nd FEBRUARY 2017 10:00 AM (Wednesday). 

The certification exam registration URL is: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

(If you want to register for the exam for this course, login here using the same email id used to enroll to the course)

Dates of exam: 26th March 2017(Sunday) 
[Forenoon-Shift 1/Afternoon Shift 2] (You can choose any one shift according to your convenience for writing the exam). You can register for a maximum of 2 course exams (same day of exam – 2 sessions. Same exam city will be allocated for both the sessions) through this form.

Exam Session time: Shift 1 - 9.00AM -12.00PM ; Shift 2 - 2.00PM - 5.00PM
Examination Cities: The exam is to be conducted in several cities across India whose list is available on the registration form.

Click here to access the list of exam cities: http://nptel.ac.in/LocalChapter/Assets/spoc_refdocs/March%202017%20Exam%20cities.pdf

 Registration fees: Rs 1000/-
(Students belonging to the SC/ST category can avail a 50% fee waiver - please select Yes for the SC/ST option and upload the correct Community certificate)

Mode of payment:  Online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking.

HALL TICKET:

The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively between 12 -16th March 2017. We will confirm the same through an announcement once it is published.

Final score on certificate: 
25% of assignment score + 75% of certification exam score.
Award of certificate:  Hard and soft copy of Certificate will be awarded only to those candidates who register for the exam, attend the certificate examination and whose Final score > 40%

The final score, assignment score and exam score will be printed on the certificate. The certificate will also have a link to the NPTEL website (
http://nptel.ac.in/noc), where on logging in, your scores and e-certificate will be available for verification  (Appropriate announcements will be made). Please do regularly submit assignments to get a good final score.

IMPORTANT NOTES

1) FOR CANDIDATES WHO WOULD LIKE TO WRITE MORE THAN 1 COURSE EXAM:- Once the registration form is submitted after payment, no changes like adding or removing the chosen course, exam shift, city is possible. So, if you are choosing to write 2 course exams, please choose suitably and 
make the payment for both courses at the same time. It is not possible to pay later for the second course. Once the payment is made, the registration form will be non-editable.

2) FOR CANDIDATES WHO HAVE GOT SCHOLARSHIP VIA YOUR LOCAL CHAPTER: -  
Students who have got scholarship via NPTEL local chapter can opt to pay individually using the above form. While doing so, the reduced fee will automatically apply.

3) FOR CANDIDATES WHO ARE PAYING VIA THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF YOUR COLLEGE:- 
There are 2 modes of operation:


Option 1

1. You will pay fees to your SPOC.

2. Your SPOC will pay the fees to NPTEL on your behalf and also will provide us all details including photo, signature.

3. We will populate all the fields in the exam form.

4. Your responsibility will be to come to the exam form and verify that the details in the exam form are correct.


Option 2

1. In the exam form, you will fill all the details and also upload photo, signature.

2. Ensure that you had selected your college name correctly from the drop-down list in the form.

3. Payment of exam fees - click on the tab - 'PAY VIA SPOC'.

The SPOC has to now confirm to NPTEL that he/she will pay fees on your behalf.

If the SPOC says NO, you will be intimated via email.

Then it becomes your responsibility to come back to the exam form and make the payment.

If you do not pay the exam fees within the prescribed time, you will not be able to write the exam.


After submitting the form, in case you wish to change the name, date of birth, address, photo and signature Please login to http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/edit_details.php and make the changes till February 22, 2017.

The following data initially submitted cannot be changed –email id, course selected, shift, exam city, SC/ST. For changes in this email us at nptel@iitm.ac.in giving your Application number, email id and name. No changes will be entertained in these details after February 22 2017.

Thanks & Regards,

NPTEL TEAM


Medical Biomaterials Week 2 videos are now available

Dear all,
Week 2 videos have been made available.
It covers 5 lectures that includes, mechanical properties of the biomaterials, biodegradation and resorption and introduction to biofilm

Assignment for  week 2 will be available tomorrow.

thanks


Medical Biomaterials Week 1 Assignment. Now available

Dear all,

Assignments for week 1 has been made available to you. All MCQ types.
Last date for submission is 7th Feb 2017. You are allowed for multiple submissions till the due date. the last submission will be taken for grading

Any doubt please feel free to post in the forum.
Use Unit 1  "How to access the portal" videos, to know how to submit the assignments.


Week 1 videos available

Dear all,

We have released the videos for the week 1 (jan 23-jan 29) ahead of schedule. There are 5 videos available each of 30 min duration. This has been done so that you will be able to familiarize with the online portal.
Module 1  with 5 videos gives you an overview of the course, introduction and the history of medical biomaterials.

You can access the videos on https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc17_bt08/
Please login with your registered email address to access the videos.

Also please go through Unit 1, that will give you details on how to access the videos, how to submit the assignments online etc


Prof. Doble


Welcome to the Course:Medical Biomaterials!

Dear student

Welcome to NPTEL Online Courses and Certification!

Thank you for signing up for our online course "Medical Biomaterials". We wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.

The course will begin on January 23, 2017. When content is released on the portal, you will get an email alerting you. Please watch the lectures, follow the course regularly and submit all assessments and assignments before the due date. Your regular participation is vital for learning.

We will open registration for the exam soon after the course starts. A form has to be filled and the certification exam has a fee, which needs to be paid at the time of registration. Everyone who has signed-up for the course, including those who do not register for the exam, will continue to have access to the course contents.

There are two sections on the portal apart from the course content and assignment sections:

•    The announcement list which will only have messages from course instructors and teaching assistants - regarding the lessons, assignments, exam registration, hall tickets etc.     
•    The discussion forum which is for everyone to ask questions and interact - If you have any questions regarding the technical content in the lectures, any doubts in the assignments or any question related to the exam, registration, hall           tickets, results, etc, kindly write about this in the forum and the course instructor/TA will respond to it. Please use this well and participate to benefit from the course.

Details regarding the course:

• Name of the course:  Medical Biomaterials
• Course duration : 08 weeks
• Dates of exams : 26 March 2017
     • Time of exam : Shift 1: 9am-12 noon; Shift 2: 2pm-5pm
     • Any one shift can be chosen to write the exam for a course.
• Final List of exam cities will be available in exam registration form.
• Exam registration url - Will be announced shortly

Once again, thank you for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning - NPTEL team.