--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/General_Intro.tex 2002/11/12 22:36:38 1.1 +++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/General_Intro.tex 2002/11/12 22:45:43 1.2 @@ -10,19 +10,22 @@ You will also see a little window on the Control. A good arrangement of the windows will be to have both 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. +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 probably want to select a certain role, +for example that of being a student +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 +34,8 @@ 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 +45,8 @@ 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