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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.
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