Introduction To Professional Scientific Communication: Results for March 31st exams have been published

Dear Learner,

The results for March 31st exams have been published.
You will be informed via mail and SMS about the release of exam results and e-certificates.

How to find out if results have been published?
To check the publishing status of exam scores and e-certificates, click on this link:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSem585rhcvZ8KyJsL9flP1Qs_-fDAFzfHV44NQ8nWhcH8un2BFVTdPc--EAJDLni8AEYBEjzahKhdl/pubhtml

How to check exam results & e-certificates:
To check the results & see your e-certificate, go to nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in
Login with the course enrolled e-mail id.
Clicking on the course name will redirect to the score board.
Click on Exam Scores - Both the Assignment scores and Exam score will be displayed.
Final score is the certification score.
Calculation Logic for each course is provided in the same page.

Reporting of errors
For each course, reporting of issues comes with its own deadline (date and time)
So 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.

If you want to lodge any issues about scores/e-certificates, you may do that in the same portal.
nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in

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

- NPTEL TEAM

Feedback for Introduction To Professional Scientific Communication

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 : http://bit.ly/2JpUOFC




We thank you for your valuable time and feedback.


Thanks & Regards,

NPTEL Team  

Introduction To Professional Scientific Communication: Hall ticket for March 31, 2019 NPTEL Online Certification exams is now available for download.

Dear Candidate:

1. If you have registered and paid successfully for the MARCH 31 NPTEL Online certification exams, your Admit Card/Hall ticket is now available at 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. Click on the download tab under the hall ticket for the March 31 exam, from the link.

2. You can also download it from the alternate link given below:
https://cdn3.digialm.com//EForms/configuredHtml/885/60152/login.html

3. NOTE: Candidates who are taking the exam in the following cities (Aizawl, Dimapur, Imphal, Itanagar, Kala Amb, Katra, Port Blair, Shillong) can download the hall ticket only from the link: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/

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 support@nptel.iitm.ac.in
 
Note that you will be able to log in here, only if you have a valid registration for exams on March 31, 2019. 

Please download hall ticket, take a print out and along with an original ID card, carry it with you to the exam venue (The exam center address is displayed in the hall ticket). Read all instructions given in the admit card/ hall ticket carefully and follow them.
 In case you don't get the hall tickets for any particular course, please write to  support@nptel.iitm.ac.in

IMPORTANT:

1. Change of shift, course, exam center, exam city is NOT POSSIBLE.
2. You WILL NOT BE ALLOWED to write the exam if you are showing up at the exam center which is not allocated to you by mistake or by intention.
3. Candidates will not be allowed to write the exam without Hall ticket and proper id proof. Proof on the mobile phones or soft copy of hall ticket is NOT PERMITTED.

On-Screen Calculator Demo Link:

Kindly use the below link to get an idea of how the On-screen calculator will work during the exam.
https://tcsion.com/OnlineAssessment/ScientificCalculator/Calculator.html

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

Introduction To Professional Scientific Communication: Exam Type and Certificate Format

Dear Candidate

Type of exam: Computer based exam 

You will have to appear at the allotted exam center 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 Mid of March 2019. We will notify the same through email.

On-Screen Calculator Demo Link:

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

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

 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

Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication - Assignment-3 (Week 3) & Assignment-4 (Week 4) Solutions Released

Dear Participants,


The Assignment-3 (Week 3) & Assignment-4 (Week 4) Solutions for the course "Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication" has been released in the portal.


Assignments solution are under the course outline in the portal and can be found at the following links:


Assignment solution week 3: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc19_ge06/unit?unit=21&lesson=63

Assignment solution week 4:https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc19_ge06/unit?unit=28&lesson=64


Happy Learning!

TAs


Reminder for assignment week 3 and 4 for the course "Introduction to professional scientific communication"

Dear Participants,


The deadline of the assignment week 3 and week 4 for the course "Introduction to professional scientific communication" is today, i.e., 23:59 hrs on 27/02/2019.

Assignments are under the course outline in the portal and can be found at the following link:

Assignment week 3: <https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc19_ge06/unit?unit=21&assessment=52>
Assignment week 4: <https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc19_ge06/unit?unit=28&assessment=59>

Please note that no request will be entertained for the deadline extension. Kindly submit the assignments on time.

Happy learning!! TAs

Introduction To Professional Scientific Communication : LIVE Event (new link)

Dear Participants,

Due to technical issue, the LIVE event got stopped.

Kindly join the LIVE event session from the following link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6auxpNm1Jd4

Thanks.
NPTEL Team

Introduction To Professional Scientific Communication - Week 3 - Assignment : Deadline Extended

Dear learners,

The due date for "Week 3 - Assignment " has been extended till 2019-02-27, 23:59 IST from 2019-02-20, 23:59 IST
Assignment URL :  https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc19_ge06/unit?unit=21&assessment=52

Introduction To Professional Scientific Communication : Feedback For Week 4

Dear Learner

Thank you for continuing with the course and hope you are enjoying it.
We would like to know if the expectations with which you joined this course are being met and hence please do take 2 minutes to fill out our weekly feedback form.
It would help us tremendously in gauging the learner experience.


Thank you.
-NPTEL team

Introduction To Professional Scientific Communication: Reminder for Exam Registration - March 31, 2019 exams

Dear Candidate,

For March 31, 2019 exams
Last date to fill the exam form: Feb 22, 10:00 AM
Deadline to pay exam fees of Rs. 1500/ course - Feb 22, 5:00 PM

Exam form link: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/
For more details check the previous announcement posted on the course page.

Hurry! Don't let go of this opportunity to earn a certificate from IITs/IISc!

-NPTEL Team

Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication: Live interaction with Course Instructor/TAs

Dear learners,


You can interact LIVE with the Course Instructor Prof S Ganesh/ TAs, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur of the
course – “Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication".
Date: Feb 23, 2019

Time: 5:00pm to 6:00pm

Link to login to: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miYLcOUyoHI


Enter your questions you want Prof/TAs to answer at

https://goo.gl/forms/vezR4WADS1qsWIIu1


You can also ask your doubts during the session through the chat window.

We would also like to have your feedback on the live session. Request you to share

your thoughts in the forum soon after the live session.


Happy Learning!

TAs


Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication – Week 4 assignment released

Dear Participants,

Assignment-4 for the course, Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication, has been released and can be found at the following link: <https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc19_ge06/unit?unit=28&assessment=59>

Please note that the deadline for the submission of Assignment-4 ends at 23:59 hrs on 27/02/2019

Best wishes,

TAs


Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication – Week 4 Lectures released

Dear Participants,

The week-4 lectures for the course "Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication" has been released in the portal.

Links for the online reading materials for the topics covered in these lectures are given below:

Writing the Results Section

How to Prepare Figures & Schematics

How to write Introduction and Discussion Sections

Finalizing the Manuscript and Ethics in Research

Writing a Research Proposal

Preparing for a Scientific Presentation


Happy learning!

TAs


Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication - Assignment-1 (Week1) & Assignment-2 (Week2) Solutions Released

Dear Participants,

If anyone is having a problem in viewing "Assignment-1 (week:1) and Assignment-2 (week:2)" for the course, Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication, can view at the following links:

Assignment-1 <https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc19_ge06/unit?unit=7&lesson=55> Assignment-2 <https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc19_ge06/unit?unit=13&lesson=56>

Please note that the it can be found under the course outline as well.

Best wishes,

TAs

Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication - Assignment-1 (Week1) & Assignment-2 (Week2) Solutions Released

Dear Participants,


The Assignment-1 (Week1) & Assignment-2 (Week2) Solutions for the course "Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication" has been released in the portal.


Happy Learning!

TAs


Introduction To Professional Scientific Communication: Feedback For Week 2 and 3

Dear Learner

Thank you for continuing with the course and hope you are enjoying it.
We would like to know if the expectations with which you joined this course are being met and hence please do take 2 minutes to fill out our weekly feedback form.
It would help us tremendously in gauging the learner experience.

Here is the link to the form: http://nptel.ac.in/noc/nocprofile/super_admin/weekly_feedback/form_login.php 

Thank you.
-NPTEL team

Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication – Week 3 assignment released

Dear Participants,

Assignment-3 for the course, Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication, has been released and can be found at the following link: <https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc19_ge06/unit?unit=21&assessment=52>

Please note that the deadline for the submission of Assignment-3 ends at 23:59 hrs on 20/02/2019

Best wishes,

TAs


Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication – Week 3 Lectures released

Dear Participants,

The week-3 lectures for the course "Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication" has been released in the portal.

Links for the online reading materials for the topics covered in these lectures are given below:


Title for a Research Paper

Keywords

Mileposts for the Article Writing

Writing the Methods Section


Happy learning!

TAs


Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication: Hangout Session

Dear Participants,


We plan to have a Google Hangout session with you, and the schedule is given below:

At 10 AM, Sunday, 10th February 2019


Do join using the following link:

https://meet.google.com/oim-prca-kah


These sessions are planned to have direct interaction with the participants and to clarify doubts on the topics discussed in the course. Please note that we will NOT be able to handle questions on the logistics, exam venue and other procedural issues. Our discussion will be limited to course content, and doubts therein. Thus, you may keep your queries ready or post on the discussion forum.


The hangout session will be such that the audio from the participants will be muted. The questions and queries can be posted using the chat box once the session is on, and we will respond to those orally. The video will be enabled.


We will inform you in advance should there be a change in the schedule of the Google Hangout session,


Best wishes,

TAs


Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication – Week 2 Lectures released

Dear Participants,

The week-2 lectures for the course " Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication " has been released in the portal.

Links for the online reading materials for the topics covered in these lectures are given below:

Scientific Hypothesis

Introduction to Scientific Writing

Writing an Abstract


Happy Learning!

Thanks & Regards,

TAs


Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication – Week 2 assignment released

Dear Participants,

Assignment-2 for the course, Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication, has been released and can be found at the following link: <https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc19_ge06/unit?unit=13&assessment=48>

Please note that the deadline for the submission of Assignment-2 ends at 23:59 hrs on 13/02/2019

Best wishes,

TAs


Introduction To Professional Scientific Communication: Feedback For Week 1

Dear Learners, 

Thank you for enrolling to this NPTEL course and we hope you have gone through the contents for this week and also attempted the assignment. We value your feedback and wish to know how you found the videos and the questions asked - whether they were easy, difficult, as per your expectations, etc We shall use this to make the course better and we can also know from the feedback which concepts need more explanation, etc. 

Please do spare some time to give your feedback - comprises just 5 questions - should not take more than a minute, but makes a lot of difference for us as we know what the learners feel. 

 Here is the link to the form:
 http://nptel.ac.in/noc/nocprofile/super_admin/weekly_feedback/form_login.php 


 Regards
Course Admin NPTEL

Introduction To Professional Scientific Communication - Reminder 1: REGISTER TODAY - CERTIFICATION EXAM FORM IS NOW OPEN!

Dear Learner, 

Here is the much-awaited announcement on registering for the March 2019 certification exam.
 
1.    The registration for the certification exam is open only to students who have enrolled in the course.

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

3.    Till the start date of the course, every Monday and Thursday at 5:00 PM, we will sync the enrollment data on the exam form. If you enroll in between, please wait till the nearest Tuesday/Friday 10:00 AM to register for the exam. Once the enrollment is closed, the enrollment data will be completely loaded and you can register any time.

4.    Date
of exam: March 31, 2019  
•         Certification exam registration URL is: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/
•         Choose an exam session: Forenoon: 9.00 AM -12.00 PM ; Afternoon: 2.00 PM - 5.00 PM
•         Choose from the Cities where exam will be conducted:  list of exam cities
5.    Exam fees:
•         If you register for exam and pay before Feb 18, 10:00 AM, Exam fees will be Rs. 1100/- per exam.
•         If you register for exam before Feb 18 10:00 AM and have not paid or register between Feb 18, 10:00 AM & Feb 22, 10:00 AM, Exam fees will be Rs. 1500/- per exam
 
6.    50% fee waiver for following categories:
•         Students belonging to the SC/ST category: 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: please select Yes for the option and upload the relevant Disability certificate.
 
7.    Last date for registration:  February
22, 2019 10.00 AM (Friday).
 
8.    Mode of payment:  Online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking or via SPOC of college (refer to guidelines for “Pay via SPOC” instructions)
 
9.    HALL TICKET: The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively in the mid
of March 2019. We will confirm the same through an announcement once it is published.
 
10. 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. 
 
11. 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. Same day of exam – you can write exams for 2 courses in the 2 sessions. Same center will be allocated for both the sessions.
 
12. Data changes
 
Following are the data that can be changed once the form is submitted (Last date for data changes: 22 February 2019, 10:00 AM):
•        Data that can be changed in form by candidates themselves: Name, Date of birth, Address, Photo and signature
•        Data that can be changed by Email request to us : Course selected, shift, exam city. For changes in this email us at (noc@nptel.iitm.ac.in) giving your Application number, email id and name. 
•        No changes will be entertained in any details after February 22, 2019 – 10:00 AM.
 
13. LAST DATE FOR CANCELLING EXAMS and getting a refund: 22 FEBRUARY 2019 10:00 AM.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL TEAM

Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication – Week 1 assignment released

Dear Participants,

Assignment-1 for the course, Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication, has been released in the portal and can be found at the following link: <https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc19_ge06/unit?unit=7&assessment=44>

Please note that the deadline for the submission of Assignment-1 ends at 23:59 hrs on 13/02/2019

Best wishes,

TAs


Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication – Week 1 Lectures released

Dear Participants,

The week-1 lectures for the course "Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication" has been released in the portal.

Links for the online reading materials for the topics covered in these lectures are given below:

How to generate research ideas

Inductive vs Deductive reasoning

Multimedia link:

Apollo 13 – the successful failure


Happy Learning!

Thanks & Regards,

TAs


Introduction To Professional Scientific Communication : REGISTER TODAY - CERTIFICATION EXAM FORM IS NOW OPEN!

Dear Learner, 

Here is the much-awaited announcement on registering for the March 2019 certification exam.
 
1.    The registration for the certification exam is open only to students who have enrolled in the course.

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

3.    Till the start date of the course, every Monday and Thursday at 5:00 PM, we will sync the enrollment data on the exam form. If you enroll in between, please wait till the nearest Tuesday/Friday 10:00 AM to register for the exam. Once the enrollment is closed, the enrollment data will be completely loaded and you can register any time.

4.    Date of exam: March 31, 2019  
•         Certification exam registration URL is: http://nptelonlinecourses.iitm.ac.in/
•         Choose an exam session: Forenoon: 9.00 AM -12.00 PM ; Afternoon: 2.00 PM - 5.00 PM
•         Choose from the Cities where exam will be conducted:  list of exam cities
5.    Exam fees:
•         If you register for exam and pay before Feb 18, 10:00 AM, Exam fees will be Rs. 1100/- per exam.
•         If you register for exam before Feb 18 10:00 AM and have not paid or register between Feb 18, 10:00 AM & Feb 22, 10:00 AM, Exam fees will be Rs. 1500/- per exam
 
6.    50% fee waiver for following categories:
•         Students belonging to the SC/ST category: 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: please select Yes for the option and upload the relevant Disability certificate.
 
7.    Last date for registration:  February 22, 2019 10.00 AM (Friday).
 
8.    Mode of payment:  Online payment - debit card/credit card/net banking or via SPOC of college (refer to guidelines for “Pay via SPOC” instructions)
 
9.    HALL TICKET: The hall ticket will be available for download tentatively in the mid of March 2019. We will confirm the same through an announcement once it is published.
 
10. 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. 
 
11. 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. Same day of exam – you can write exams for 2 courses in the 2 sessions. Same center will be allocated for both the sessions.
 
12. Data changes
 
Following are the data that can be changed once the form is submitted (Last date for data changes: 22 February 2019, 10:00 AM):
•        Data that can be changed in form by candidates themselves: Name, Date of birth, Address, Photo and signature
•        Data that can be changed by Email request to us : Course selected, shift, exam city. For changes in this email us at (noc@nptel.iitm.ac.in) giving your Application number, email id and name. 
•        No changes will be entertained in any details after February 22, 2019 – 10:00 AM.
 
13. LAST DATE FOR CANCELLING EXAMS and getting a refund: 22 FEBRUARY 2019 10:00 AM.

Thanks & Regards,
NPTEL TEAM

Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication - Assignment "zero" released

Hello Participants,

We have released the assignment “zero” for the course “Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication.” Assignment “zero” is meant for testing your basic knowledge about the subject and therefore this assignment will NOT be used for grading.

Happy learning!!

TAs


Welcome note from TAs

Hello Participants, 

We are the TAs for this course and we will be helping you with the course and the assignments. We would also attend to the discussion forum and clarify the doubts on the topics discussed once the course is launched. We plan to have two live Google Hangout sessions, at the end of 2nd and 4th week of the course respectively, to have a direct interaction with the participants and to clarify doubts on the topics discussed in the course. Please note that we will not be able to handle questions on the logistics, exam venue, and other procedural issues. Our discussion will be limited to course content and doubts therein.

We will inform you in advance about the schedule of the Google Hangout session. 

Best wishes,

Shweta and Rashmi

Welcome note from Prof. S.Ganesh

Hello Participants:


Welcome to the course, Introduction to Professional Scientific Communication. Effective communication is an essential part of professional life, and more so for those involved in academics, research, and development. This is an exciting topic, and this course is designed to help you master scientific communication skill sets - writing as well as orals. I advise you to go through the first-week lectures, though introductory in nature, as that would provide a foundation as to how to evolve an effective hypothesis and will form the basis for the topics to be covered in later part of the course. We will have periodic assignments that would test your understanding. To help you with the process, we will also be posting links for reading materials, and handouts with practice problems. We also plan to have two live interactive sessions, via the Google Hangout platform, wherein we will be responding to your queries and doubts live. These sessions are most likely will be conducted on a Saturday or a Sunday, and the details (date/time) will be posted to you in advance. 


I also advise that you send us any course related queries using this course portal as this is being attended to by my postdocs (TAs) as well, and you will get a quicker response. Emails to my personal IITK email ID, please be avoided as they may not be attended to immediately.


Good luck with your studies!

Professor S. Ganesh



Welcome to NPTEL Online Course: Introduction To Professional Scientific Communication

Dear student

Welcome to NPTEL Online Courses and Certification!

Thank you for signing up for our online course "Introduction To Professional Scientific Communication". We wish you an enjoyable and informative learning experience.

The course will begin on January 28th 2019. 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. 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, the course instructor/TA will respond to your queries.
  •     If you have any questions regarding the exam, registration, hall tickets, results, queries related to the technical content in the lectures, any doubts in the assignments, etc can be posted in the forum section

Details regarding the course: 

Name of the course: Introduction To Professional Scientific Communication
Course url: https://onlinecourses.nptel.ac.in/noc19_ge06/
Course duration : 4 weeks
  • Date of exams: 31 March 2019 (Sunday).
  • Time of Exams: Morning session 9am to 12 noon; Afternoon session: 2pm to 5pm
  • Exam for this course will be available in both morning & afternoon sessions.
  • Final List of exam cities will be available in exam registration form.
  • Exam registration url - Will be announced shortly.

Once again, thanks for your interest in our online courses and certification. Happy learning.


- NPTEL team