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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.
1.7       raeburn     4: You will recognize them by a small blue circle containing a white question mark symbol:
                      5: \includegraphics[width=0.025\paperwidth]{help}
1.1       www         6: 
1.7       raeburn     7: After you log into LON-CAPA, you will see a list of roles/courses you currently
1.1       www         8: have in the system.
                      9: 
1.5       raeburn    10: From that screen listing your roles, you will want to select a certain role, 
                     11: for example: the student role in a particular course.
                     12: (hit the \textbf{Select} button next to the course you want to enter).
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1.7       raeburn    14: After you have selected a role, you can return to the roles/courses screen by clicking the 
                     15: ``Courses'' link (named ``Roles'' for some types of user), at the top right of the page 
                     16: (one of four links which are displayed there on every LON-CAPA page).
1.5       raeburn    17: 
                     18: The screen listing your current roles also includes a ``Functions'' menu with
                     19: a symbol/link: \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{chkrole} 
                     20: ``Check for changes'' which you can use to check if new roles have been assigned 
                     21: to you since you last logged in.
                     22:  
1.1       www        23: \section*{Navigating a Course}
1.5       raeburn    24: You can move forward and backward in the content with the respective buttons: 
                     25: \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{forw} and \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{back} 
                     26: at the left side of the inline menu.
                     27: You can click the \textbf{Contents} link to display a listing of the course 
                     28: contents from where you can quickly move to a particular page in the course. 
1.1       www        29: \section*{Homework}
                     30: Your course might offer online homework. You can identify homework by the
                     31: colorful symbols (yellow - available; green - solved; red - past due) in the
1.5       raeburn    32: \textbf{Contents} screen. You might have
1.1       www        33: more than one try to solve a homework problem, and the system 
                     34: stores all attempts.
                     35: 
                     36: As you solve a problem, the computer will give you a receipt number. 
                     37: Please write down this number in your records, it is your proof that you have 
                     38: solved the homework.
                     39: \section*{Communication}
                     40: LON-CAPA has built-in communication support. You can send messages regarding 
1.5       raeburn    41: the course content using the \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{fdbk} 
                     42: symbol/link at the right side of the page.
1.1       www        43: You can choose different categories of feedback, including a contribution to 
                     44: the course discussion. 
                     45: 
                     46: Normal feedback gets routed to the TAs and course faculty. 
                     47: 
1.6       bisitz     48: Course discussions are page-specific discussion boards and appear right under 
1.5       raeburn    49: the page content  you are viewing. You can choose to post anonymously, in which 
1.1       www        50: case only the course faculty can see your name.
                     51: 
1.8     ! bisitz     52: To send internal messages, or look at replies to your feedback, use the 
1.5       raeburn    53: \textbf{Messages} link at the top of the page.
1.1       www        54: 
1.8     ! bisitz     55: Please use the built-in communication rather than normal e-mail, since it 
1.1       www        56: automatically provides context for your questions and concerns.