--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/General_Intro.tex 2002/11/12 22:36:38 1.1 +++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/General_Intro.tex 2004/11/12 16:31:55 1.4 @@ -1,28 +1,30 @@ \label{General_Intro} \section*{Introduction} -Helpscreens like this one will be available a certain points across the system. -You can recognize them by the blue question mark symbol. +Help screens like this one will be available at certain points in the system. +You will recognize them by the blue question mark symbol. After you log into LON-CAPA, you will see a list of roles which you currently have in the system. -You will also see a little window on the site, which is the so-called Remote -Control. A good arrangement of the windows will be to have both the +You will also see a little window on the site, which is called the Remote +Control. A good arrangement of the windows will have the Remote Control and the content window available next to each other. To get -a description of the shorthand buttons on the Remote Control, you can press -the blue ``Extended Display'' button. +a description of the shorthand buttons on the Remote Control, you can click +the blue \textbf{EXTENDED DISPLAY} button. -You probably want to select a certain role, for example that of being a student -in a certain course. +On the screen listing your roles, you will want to select a certain role. Example: the student role +in a certain course. +(hit the \textbf{Select} button next to the course you want to enter). \section*{Navigating a Course} You can move forward and backward in the content with the respective buttons -in the Remote Control (the small extra window that comes up). -You can press the NAV (``Navigate Content'') button to quickly move to a page +in the Remote Control. +You can press the \textbf{NAV} (``Navigate Content'') +button to quickly move to a page in the course. \section*{Homework} Your course might offer online homework. You can identify homework by the colorful symbols (yellow - available; green - solved; red - past due) in the -NAV screen. You might have +\textbf{NAV} screen. You might have more than one try to solve a homework problem, and the system stores all attempts. @@ -31,7 +33,8 @@ Please write down this number in your re solved the homework. \section*{Communication} LON-CAPA has built-in communication support. You can send messages regarding -the course content using the FDBK (``Feedback'') button in the Remote Control. +the course content using the \textbf{FDBK} (``Feedback'') +button in the Remote Control. You can choose different categories of feedback, including a contribution to the course discussion. @@ -41,7 +44,8 @@ Course discussions are page-specific bul the page that you are viewing. You can choose to post anonymously, in which case only the course faculty can see your name. -To send internal email, or look at replies to your feedback, use the COM +To send internal email, or look at replies to your feedback, use the +\textbf{COM} (``Communication'') button. Please use the built-in communication rather than normal email, since it