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    1: \label{General_Intro}
    2: \section*{Introduction}
    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.
    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 called the Remote
   10: Control. A good arrangement of the windows will have 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 click 
   13: the blue \textbf{EXTENDED DISPLAY} button.
   14: 
   15: On the screen listing your roles, you will want to select a certain role. Example: the student role
   16: in a certain course. 
   17: (hit the \textbf{Select} button next to the course you want to enter).
   18: \section*{Navigating a Course}
   19: You can move forward and backward in the content with the respective buttons 
   20: in  the Remote Control. 
   21: You can press the \textbf{NAV} (``Navigate Content'') 
   22: button to quickly move to a page 
   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
   27: \textbf{NAV} screen. You might have
   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 
   36: the course content using the \textbf{FDBK} (``Feedback'') 
   37: button in the Remote Control. 
   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: 
   47: To send internal email, or look at replies to your feedback, use the 
   48: \textbf{COM} 
   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.
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