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1.1 www 1: \label{General_Intro}
2: \section*{Introduction}
1.4 ! vandui11 3: Help screens like this one will be available at certain points in the system.
! 4: You will recognize them by the blue question mark symbol.
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6: After you log into LON-CAPA, you will see a list of roles which you currently
7: have in the system.
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1.4 ! vandui11 9: You will also see a little window on the site, which is called the Remote
! 10: Control. A good arrangement of the windows will have the
1.1 www 11: Remote Control and the content window available next to each other. To get
1.4 ! vandui11 12: a description of the shorthand buttons on the Remote Control, you can click
1.2 www 13: the blue \textbf{EXTENDED DISPLAY} button.
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1.4 ! vandui11 15: On the screen listing your roles, you will want to select a certain role. Example: the student role
! 16: in a certain course.
1.2 www 17: (hit the \textbf{Select} button next to the course you want to enter).
1.1 www 18: \section*{Navigating a Course}
19: You can move forward and backward in the content with the respective buttons
1.2 www 20: in the Remote Control.
21: You can press the \textbf{NAV} (``Navigate Content'')
22: button to quickly move to a page
1.1 www 23: in the course.
24: \section*{Homework}
25: Your course might offer online homework. You can identify homework by the
26: colorful symbols (yellow - available; green - solved; red - past due) in the
1.2 www 27: \textbf{NAV} screen. You might have
1.1 www 28: more than one try to solve a homework problem, and the system
29: stores all attempts.
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31: As you solve a problem, the computer will give you a receipt number.
32: Please write down this number in your records, it is your proof that you have
33: solved the homework.
34: \section*{Communication}
35: LON-CAPA has built-in communication support. You can send messages regarding
1.2 www 36: the course content using the \textbf{FDBK} (``Feedback'')
37: button in the Remote Control.
1.1 www 38: You can choose different categories of feedback, including a contribution to
39: the course discussion.
40:
41: Normal feedback gets routed to the TAs and course faculty.
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43: Course discussions are page-specific bulletin boards and come up right under
44: the page that you are viewing. You can choose to post anonymously, in which
45: case only the course faculty can see your name.
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1.2 www 47: To send internal email, or look at replies to your feedback, use the
48: \textbf{COM}
1.1 www 49: (``Communication'') button.
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51: Please use the built-in communication rather than normal email, since it
52: automatically provides context for your questions and concerns.
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