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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.
1.1       www         5: 
                      6: After you log into LON-CAPA, you will see a list of roles which you currently
                      7: have in the system.
                      8: 
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.
1.1       www        14: 
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.
                     30: 
                     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. 
                     42: 
                     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.
                     46: 
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.
                     50: 
                     51: Please use the built-in communication rather than normal email, since it 
                     52: automatically provides context for your questions and concerns.