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    1: \label{General_Intro}
    2: \section*{Introduction}
    3: Help screens 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 \textbf{EXTENDED DISPLAY} button.
   14: 
   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).
   19: \section*{Navigating a Course}
   20: You can move forward and backward in the content with the respective buttons 
   21: in  the Remote Control. 
   22: You can press the \textbf{NAV} (``Navigate Content'') 
   23: button to quickly move to a page 
   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
   28: \textbf{NAV} screen. You might have
   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 
   37: the course content using the \textbf{FDBK} (``Feedback'') 
   38: button in the Remote Control. 
   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.
   47: 
   48: To send internal email, or look at replies to your feedback, use the 
   49: \textbf{COM} 
   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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