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1.1 www 1: \label{General_Intro}
2: \section*{Introduction}
1.3 ! albertel 3: Help screens like this one will be available a certain points across the system.
1.1 www 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
1.2 www 13: the blue \textbf{EXTENDED DISPLAY} button.
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1.2 www 15: On the screen listing your roles, you probably want to select a certain role,
16: for example that of being a student
17: in a certain course
18: (hit the \textbf{Select} button next to the course you want to enter).
1.1 www 19: \section*{Navigating a Course}
20: You can move forward and backward in the content with the respective buttons
1.2 www 21: in the Remote Control.
22: You can press the \textbf{NAV} (``Navigate Content'')
23: button to quickly move to a page
1.1 www 24: in the course.
25: \section*{Homework}
26: Your course might offer online homework. You can identify homework by the
27: colorful symbols (yellow - available; green - solved; red - past due) in the
1.2 www 28: \textbf{NAV} screen. You might have
1.1 www 29: more than one try to solve a homework problem, and the system
30: stores all attempts.
31:
32: As you solve a problem, the computer will give you a receipt number.
33: Please write down this number in your records, it is your proof that you have
34: solved the homework.
35: \section*{Communication}
36: LON-CAPA has built-in communication support. You can send messages regarding
1.2 www 37: the course content using the \textbf{FDBK} (``Feedback'')
38: button in the Remote Control.
1.1 www 39: You can choose different categories of feedback, including a contribution to
40: the course discussion.
41:
42: Normal feedback gets routed to the TAs and course faculty.
43:
44: Course discussions are page-specific bulletin boards and come up right under
45: the page that you are viewing. You can choose to post anonymously, in which
46: case only the course faculty can see your name.
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1.2 www 48: To send internal email, or look at replies to your feedback, use the
49: \textbf{COM}
1.1 www 50: (``Communication'') button.
51:
52: Please use the built-in communication rather than normal email, since it
53: automatically provides context for your questions and concerns.
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