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1.1     ! www         1: \label{General_Intro}
        !             2: \section*{Introduction}
        !             3: Helpscreens like this one will be available a certain points across the system.
        !             4: You can recognize them by the blue question mark symbol.
        !             5: 
        !             6: After you log into LON-CAPA, you will see a list of roles which you currently
        !             7: have in the system.
        !             8: 
        !             9: You will also see a little window on the site, which is the so-called Remote
        !            10: Control.  A good arrangement of the windows will be to have both the 
        !            11: Remote Control and the content window available next to each other. To get
        !            12: a description of the shorthand buttons on the Remote Control, you can press 
        !            13: the blue ``Extended Display'' button.
        !            14: 
        !            15: You probably want to select a certain role, for example that of being a student
        !            16: in a certain course.
        !            17: \section*{Navigating a Course}
        !            18: You can move forward and backward in the content with the respective buttons 
        !            19: in  the Remote Control (the small extra window that comes up). 
        !            20: You can press the NAV (``Navigate Content'') button to quickly move to a page 
        !            21: in the course.
        !            22: \section*{Homework}
        !            23: Your course might offer online homework. You can identify homework by the
        !            24: colorful symbols (yellow - available; green - solved; red - past due) in the
        !            25: NAV screen. You might have
        !            26: more than one try to solve a homework problem, and the system 
        !            27: stores all attempts.
        !            28: 
        !            29: As you solve a problem, the computer will give you a receipt number. 
        !            30: Please write down this number in your records, it is your proof that you have 
        !            31: solved the homework.
        !            32: \section*{Communication}
        !            33: LON-CAPA has built-in communication support. You can send messages regarding 
        !            34: the course content using the FDBK (``Feedback'') button in the Remote Control. 
        !            35: You can choose different categories of feedback, including a contribution to 
        !            36: the course discussion. 
        !            37: 
        !            38: Normal feedback gets routed to the TAs and course faculty. 
        !            39: 
        !            40: Course discussions are page-specific bulletin boards and come up right under 
        !            41: the page that you are viewing. You can choose to post anonymously, in which 
        !            42: case only the course faculty can see your name.
        !            43: 
        !            44: To send internal email, or look at replies to your feedback, use the COM 
        !            45: (``Communication'') button.
        !            46: 
        !            47: Please use the built-in communication rather than normal email, since it 
        !            48: automatically provides context for your questions and concerns.