System Design for Sustainability - Oct 28th exam - score has been published.

Dear learner

The results for Oct 28th exam have been published.

How to check the results:

 To check the results goto nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in
  1. Login with the course enrolled mail id.
  2. Clicking on the course name will redirect to the score board.
  3. Click on Exam Scores - Both the Assignment scores and Exam score will be displayed.
  4. Final score is the certification score

Calculation Logic for each course is provided in the same page.

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Note: For each course, reporting of issues comes with its own deadline (date and time) check the exam score/e-certificate as soon as you receive our notification.

Once the certificates are printed, reprint of certificates with corrections will be done only by paying additional fees.

To check the status of scores and e-certificates:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vQP7g1yNTer1DlcBy3Q8THc3qHwpu2woFIo-OmJSwOoUVdo6Q2HioQCwbeMUaq0u7hRHwzURYCXpQof/pubhtml

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E-certificates

E-certificates will be available in http://nptel.ac.in/noc/  3 days after the release of the scores.

You will be informed via mail and SMS about the release of the results and the release of e-certificates

If you are unable to see the scores/e-certificates, please write to nptelexam@nptel.iitm.ac.in

If you want to bring any specific issues wrt the scores/e-certificates to our attention, you can file the issue in http://nptel.ac.in/noc/ (Available in candidates login at http://nptel.ac.in/noc/)

- NPTEL TEAM

Feedback for System Design for Sustainability

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/cgZtto

We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL Team  

System Design for Sustainability : Hall ticket for October 28, 2018 NPTEL Online Certification exams is now available for download

Dear Candidate:

If you have registered and paid successfully for the October 28th 2018 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 download the hall-ticket.

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


If you are not able to find your hall ticket , kindly write to us at – noc@nptel.iitm.ac.in

Note that you will be able to login here, only if you have a valid registration for exams on October 28, 2018. 

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.

Note:- 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 – noc@nptel.iitm.ac.in

On-Screen Calculator Demo Link:

Kindly use the below link to get an idea of how the On-screen calculator will work during the online exam .


Note: On the fourth page ( Group Instruction ) Proceed to Next button will be enabled after 1 minute kindly wait .

Refer the video link below if you have any doubts 


NOTE: Physical calculators are not allowed inside the exam hall.

IMPORTANT:

Change of shift, course, exam center, exam city will not be done .What's mentioned in your Hall-ticket is final .

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

Thanks & Regards,

NPTEL team

Week 12 lectures and assignment

Dear Learners

This is the last week of our course. We have the lectures divide in two sections.

Section 1: We will discuss about engineering design guidelines which can be used to design a product with better environmental performance.

Section 2: We will summarise the learning of the course by connecting all the concepts together.

The assignment, which is based on the readings of section 1, is due by 19th October.

Hope you had a good learning experience. Wish you all the best. We are looking forward to your feedback.

Thanks NPTEL Team

Sample Solution Week 7

Dear Learners

We have now uploaded a sample solution for project based assignment for week 7. In case of any queries, please get back to us.

Regards
NPTEL Team 

Sample Solution Week 8 is online

Dear Learners

A sample solution for Week 8 project based assignment is now online. If you have any queries regarding the same, please get back to us.

Regards
NPTEL Team

Sample Solution Week 8 & Week 9

Dear Learners

Sample solution for project based assignment for week 8 and week 9 has been released. In case of any queries, please get back to us.

Regards
NPTEL Team 

Exam and Certificate Format : System Design for Sustainability

Dear Learners,

Type of exam: Computer based exam 

You will have to appear at the allotted exam centre and produce your Hall ticket and Government Photo 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 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  17th October,2018 to 20th October, 2018. We will notify the same through email.

 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.

 
-NPTEL Admin

Error on slide 38 of Week 11 Lecture 1 Notes

Dear Learners

There was an error on slide 38 of Week 11 Lecture 1 Notes. Now the error has been rectified. Please refer to this new notes.

Regards
NPTEL Team

Week 11 lectures and assignment

Dear Learners

We are now on the 2nd last week of the course. Hope you had a good learning experience. Do leave your feedback so that we can improve the course further.

This week we will discuss about engineering design guidelines which can be used to design a product with better environmental performance. 

The assignment is a MCQ type Questionnaire and is due by 17th October 2018.

Wishing us all a very happy week.

NPTEL Team

LeNS Student Design Competition 2018

Dear Learners

This announcement is not part of the course requirements.

But all participating learners who are also students may choose to participate in this competition if they want. We already used the LeNS tools to design a bicycle sharing systems. You can refine the same and submit for the competition. You can also submit another project if you used the same tools. Here are the details of the competition: http://www.jcdiehl.nl/lensin/

The last date for submission is 31st October 2018.

Thanks & Regards 
Sharmistha Banerjee

Week 10 lectures and assignment

Dear Learners

Nice to meet you all again. This week we will discuss about Sustainability tools designed specifically for particular domains. You will see how the underlying concept remains same but the tools change their nature and focus depending on the domain at hand.

The assignment is a MCQ type Questionnaire and is due by 10th October 2018.

Wishing us all a very happy week.

NPTEL Team

Sample Solution for assignment 6B

Dear Learners

We have uploaded a sample solution for assignment 6B. Please go through the same and let us know if you have any query. We can also have further discussion on the same during our next live session.

Regards
NPTEL Team

Week 9 Lectures and assignment

Dear Learners

Hope you are having a good and intriguing experience with the project. In case of doubts, feel free to raise a question. Here we present week 9 lectures and assignment. Week 9 assignment is in continuation of the project which started from week 6 and is the last week for the project. The aim of week 9 lectures is to understand the MSDS tools. You can draw some elements of the same for your project for the week. We also have a lecture on Sufficiency Economy and introduce you to the complicacy of performing an LCA of a PSS.

The assignment 9 due date is 3rd October 2018. The assignment can be assessed from your computer or laptop only. To reach the assignment, click on the course navigation bar on the left side of the screen. This assignment will be manually evaluated by the course instructor.

Regards
NPTEL Team

Week 8 Lectures and assignment

Dear Learners

Hope you are having a good and intriguing experience with the project. In case of doubts, feel free to raise a question. Here we present week 8 lectures and assignment. Week 8 assignment is in continuation of the project which started from week 6. The aim of week 8 lectures is to understand tools for strategic analysis of socio-economic ecosystems. You can draw some elements of the same for your project for the week.

The assignment 8 due date is 26th September 2018. The assignment can be assessed from your computer or laptop only. To reach the assignment, click on the course navigation bar on the left side of the screen. This assignment will be manually evaluated by the course instructor.

Regards
NPTEL Team

Assignment 6B and 7 submission deadline

Dear Learners

There has been a confusion on the submission date for assignment 6B and 7. We would like to clarify that:

1. Assignment 6B can be submitted till 16th September (due to the confusion some learners could not submit it timely).

2. Assignment 7 is to be submitted by 19th September.

Regards
Team NPTEL

LIVE streaming of NPTEL Online Certification Course on System Design for Sustainability

Dear Learners,

The Live streaming of Intellectual Property has started.

Watch now using the link: https://youtu.be/TmXgz87jMIk

Important Note - Week 6 and 7 assignment

Dear Learners

Kindly note that the week 6 and 7 project based assignment can be assessed only through your laptop/ computer.

Since it is a manually graded assignment, the software does not have the next button to go the assignment. After completing the video lectures, you will see the "END" button only.

Please reach the assignment by clicking on the link on the course navigation bar at the left side of your screen on your laptop/ computer as highlighted (red rectangle) in the image below.



Regards
Team NPTEL

Live Sessions

LIVE SESSION



Dear Students,

Great opportunity to attend the first Live Session in the NPTEL MOOCs course “System Design for Sustainability” as per following details:


Date: 12 September 2018

Time: 05.00 PM

Post your questions early enough in https://goo.gl/forms/CHfncHl4HVdVOIfd2

The live session can be viewed on (12 September 2018; 05:00 PM) by clicking the link: https://youtu.be/TmXgz87jMIk



Best Regards,

NPTEL MOOCs Team

Week 7 Lectures and assignment

Dear Learners

Hope you are having a good and intriguing experience with the project. In case of doubts, feel free to raise a question. Here we present week 7 lectures and assignment. Week 7 assignment is in continuation of week 6 project. The aim of week 7 lectures is to understand tools for strategic analysis of socio-economic ecosystems. You can draw some elements of the same for your project for the week.

The assignment 7 due date is 20th September 2018. The assignment can be assessed from your computer or laptop only. To reach the assignment, click on the course navigation bar on the left side of the screen. This assignment will be manually evaluated by the course instructor.

Regards
NPTEL Team


Exam Registration extended till Sep 17, 2018 - 10:00AM !!

Dear Learners

We have received requests from colleges and learners to extend the exam form and hence it is being extended till 17 September 2018 10am. Payment can be done till 18 September 2018 10am. This is for courses that have exams on 28 October 2018.

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

-NPTEL Team

Exam Registration

Dear Learners

Who are aiming to register for the certification exam, kindly register for the exam as soon as possible to avoid last minute frustration caused due to heavy traffic on the servers.

All the best
NPTEL Team

Important Informations Registration for Exam

Dear Learners

The exam registration form is currently down and the team is working to fix it. Once it is up we will send an intimation and the form will be available for registration again.

The last date for registering for exam for our course is Sep 17, 10am. 

Since the last date for exam registration for some courses is today, we request you to start registering for the exam for our course after tomorrow evening. Also, please don't postpone registering for the exam till the last few days to avoid last minute rush and disappointment.

Regards
NPTEL Team

Week 6 Lectures and Assignment

Dear Learners

Hope you are having a good time with the course so far. We are now in the 6th week of the course and will start a new journey with this week. In this week, we introduce to you a project based assignment. The project will run from Week 6-9 and give you a hands on experience in designing for Sustainability. Submission of the project assignment is to be done in 4 parts (one each week) as per the guidelines elaborated in the description of Assignment 6B.

The aim of this week's learning material are:

1. Understanding the challenges in implementation of S.PSS, the strategies and transition paths that can be used to change course to S.PSS.

2. Introducing design tools for S.PSS design.

This week has 2 assignments with due date of 13th September 2018. Assignment 6A is MCQ based assignment. Assignment 6B is the project. The weightage of assignment 6A is 30% and that of 6B is 70%.

Note:

1. After completing assignment 6A, you will see the "END" button. You will not be able to navigate to assignment 6B automatically.

2. To access assignment 6B, press the link on the left side bar (course navigator bar). 

3. Assignment 6B will not be visible on your mobile and has to be done through your desktop/ laptop. 

4. Assignment 6A and 6B can be done in any order.

Wish us a good learning experience together.

Regards
NPTEL Team

Lectures and assignment for week 5

Dear Learners

Hope you are enjoying the lectures. Feel free to ask questions if you have any. In the meantime we have now reached week 5. 

The aim of week 5 lectures are:

1. Exploring Product-Service System (PSS) Design 

2. Exploring sustainability in the context of PSS Design

3. Seeing the PSS precursors in the Khadi Movement

The due date for the assignment is 12th September 2018..

wishing us us all a happy learning experience.

NPTEL Team 

Important Information regarding assignment 3 and 4 (even for learners who have completed the same)

Dear Learners

The assignment (MCQ and fill in the blanks) accompanying each week course content are auto-graded by the portal software.

Hence for all fill in the blanks questions, where you have to type a text, please be careful about the string that you enter. We have tried our best to code some probable alternatives but we experienced some troubles in assignment 2 with few learners keying in different variations of the strings than what we anticipated.

Please take care of the following while keying in your text input in the fill in the blanks questions.

1. Please use the exact phrase as provided in the lecture notes. The idea here is that you are able to recall the concept and connect it to its defining parameters. Example: Product-Service System Design, EVR, Spatio-Social Innovation. These are correct entries.

2. Please don't remove the space bar between words. Example: ProductServiceSystemDesign, Product&Service. This is incorrect entry.

3. Please don't put space bar between word-hyphen-word. Example: Spatio - Social, Spatio- Social. This is incorrect.

4. Please don't put two hyphens between words. Example: Spatio-- Social, Spatio--Social. This is incorrect.

5. Please don't substitute space bar/ hyphen (in case the lecture notes have hyphen between two words, like Spatio-social) between two words with any other character. Example: Spatio_Social, Spatio&Social. This is incorrect.

6. This formatting style is correct - Steel/ Material. (space bar after "/" symbol)

Please take care of these issues while answering assignment 3 and 4. In case of queries, please mail back to us.

Wishing you all the best.

NPTEL Team

System Design for Sustainability: Due dates for Assignment 3 Extended!!

DearLearners

In view of the large scale flooding in Kerala, we are getting multiple requests from colleges through emails and forum requests. So we have decided to extend the deadline of the assignments.

Deadline for Assignment 3 has been extended till Sep 5, 2018.

-NPTEL Team

Lectures and assignment for week 4

Dear Learners

The lectures and assignment for week 4 are now online. The objectives of the week 4 lectures are:

1. To learn how to conduct a LCA.

2. To design with a Product Life Cycle approach.

The assignment is due by 5th of September 2018.

Wish you a happy learning experience. 

NPTEL Team

Extension for due date for submission of Assignment 2

Dear Learners

The due date for assignment 2 is now 15th Aug 2018. 

Please note that both assignment 1 and 2 are due by 15th August.

Wishing you a good time.

NPTEL Team

Week 3 lectures and assignment

Dear Learners

The week 3 lectures and assignment are now available on the portal. Please go through the same. The objective of the week 3 lectures are:

1. To establish a relationship between the various approaches to Design for Sustainability and the application context

2. To learn Product Life Cycle Design - Methodcs & Stategies

3. To learn Product Life Cycle Assessment

The due date for the assignment is 22 Aug 2018.

Wishing you a good learning experience!

NPTEL Team

Lectures and Assignment for Week 2

Dear Learners

Hope you had a fruitful experience with the week 1 lectures. The lectures and assignment for week 2 are now live on the portal. The learning objectives of the 2nd week are to get an understanding of:

1. the evolution of the concept of Sustainability within the discipline of Design
2. the diverse possible approaches that can be taken for Design for Sustainability and the Sustainability potential of each of these approaches.

The due date for the assignment is 12th August 2018.

Hope you have a good learning experience.

Thanks & Regards
NPTEL Team

Assignment for Week 1

Dear Learners

Hope you are having a good time with the lectures already uploaded. We have also uploaded the Assignment for week 1.

Due date for the assignment 1: 2018-08-05, 00:00 IST.

Thanks and Regards
NPTEL Team

Lectures for Week 1

Dear Learners

Greetings from the NPTEL Team. Lets begin our amazing journey with this course on Sustainability.

We have uploaded four video lectures. The first lecture titled "Systems Approach to Design" is targeted towards those learners who are not acquainted with the idea of Systems Approach to Design". In case you are aware of the concepts related to Systems Approach to Design, you can skip this lecture and move on to the second lecture.

Learning objectives of the 1st week are to understand:

  1. what makes practices/ products/ services unsustainable 
  2. why do we need to move towards sustainability
  3. various definitions of sustainability and sustainable development
  4. various approaches to Design for Sustainability
Thanks & Regards
NPTEL Team

Assignment 0

Dear Learners

Welcome to the course on System Design for Sustainability. We hope to have a great learning journey together. To begin with our journey, we would like to introduce a dummy assignment to you. Marks gained in this assignment will not be calculated in the final marks. The idea of this assignment is to make you familiar with the MOOCs portal. 

Thanks & All the best
MOOCs Team

Progressive Web App (PWA) for NPTEL Online Certification Courses

Dear Learners

We have launched the PWA version of the onlinecourses portal, that is mobile friendly.  Login and see the view for the courses you have enrolled to. It will work better with chrome.

NOTE: Mobile App won't allow you to join the courses and submit the assignments. This can be done only through desktop for now.

Step 1:  Goto https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/ through mobile

Step 2:  Allow notifications when it prompts. 

Step 3: Add it to the Home screen when it prompts / Add to home screen from chrome settings.

Step 4: Login with your enrolled id.

Here is the link for the short video: https://youtu.be/CPpVacKtHTw

 We are enclosing an online feedback form and would request you to spare some of your valuable time to input your observations on this. Your esteemed input will help us in serving you better. 

Here is the link for the Feedback form: https://goo.gl/ScLq3m 

In case of any queries please write to us at : nptelexam@nptel.iitm.ac.in

-NPTEL Team

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

Dear Learner:

Here is the much-awaited announcement on registering for the October 2018 certification exam. The registration for the certification exam is open only to students who have enrolled in the course.  If you want to register for the exam for this course, login here using the same email id used to enroll to the course.

Till the start date of the course, every Monday and Thursday at 5pm, we will sync the enrollment data on the exam form. If you enroll in between, please wait till the nearest Monday/Thursday to register for the exam. Once the enrollment is closed, the enrollment data will be completely loaded and you can register any time.

Dates of exam: October 28, 2018

Certification exam registration URL is: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/
Exam Session time: Forenoon: 9.00 AM -12.00 PM ; Afternoon: 2.00 PM - 5.00 PM
Examination Cities: Click here to access the list of exam cities: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/images/examcities_final.pdf

Registration fees: Rs 1100/- per course exam

(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)Students belonging to the PwD category with more than 40% disability can avail a 50% fee waiver - please select Yes for the option and upload the relevant Disability certificate.)

Last date for registration:  10th September 2018 10.00 am (Monday).

Mode of payment:  Online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking or via SPOC of college

HALL TICKET:
The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively in the Mid of October 2018. 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%

Please check the Announcements section of your course for further details on this.


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:- you can add or delete courses and pay separately – till the date when the exam form closes. No changes will be entertained after that.   You can register for a maximum of 4 course exams ( 2 on Oct 7 and 2 on Oct 28. Same day of exam – you can write exams for 2 courses in the 2 sessions. Same center will be allocated for both the sessions).

2) FOR CANDIDATES WHO ARE PAYING VIA THE LOCAL CHAPTER OF YOUR COLLEGE:-

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.

Please read the instructions carefully before submitting the form.
In case of any queries please write to us at noc@nptel.iitm.ac.in

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL TEAM

Welcome to NPTEL Online Course : System Design for Sustainability

Dear student

Welcome to NPTEL Online Courses and Certification!

Thank you for signing up for our online course "System Design for Sustainability". We wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.

The course will begin on July 30,2018. 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 Ask a Question 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: System Design for Sustainability
Course url: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc18_de01/
Course duration : 12 (In weeks)
o Date of exams: October 28,2018.
o Time of Exams: Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon session: 2pm to 5pm
o Exam for this course will be available in both morning & afternoon sessions.
o Final List of exam cities will be available in exam registration form.
o Exam registration url - Will be announced shortly

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