Annotation of doc/help/build_course_guide.tex, revision 1.11

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1.1       vandui11   17: \begin{document}
1.4       felicia    18: \pagestyle{empty}
1.5       felicia    19: 
                     20: \begin{flushleft}
1.8       felicia    21: \textbf{\LARGE{\textsf{A Guide to Building Your Course}}}
                     22: \textbf{\textsf{http://www.lon-capa.org}}
1.5       felicia    23: \end{flushleft}
1.3       felicia    24: \vspace{.05in} \hrule height0.6pt \hfill \vspace{ .02in} \\
                     25: \vspace{-.25in}
1.1       vandui11   26: 
1.8       felicia    27: \section*{\large{\textsf{Log In}}}
1.1       vandui11   28: 
                     29: \begin{itemize}
                     30: \item Log in with your username and password.
1.5       felicia    31: \item Your browser must allow JavaScript and cookies.
1.8       felicia    32: \item Your roles screen should appear after logging in. 
1.1       vandui11   33: \end{itemize}
                     34: NOTE: If you only have one role, you will bypass this screen.
                     35: \begin{itemize}
1.8       felicia    36: \item You can always go back to this screen by clicking the 
                     37: \underline{Roles} link on the Inline Menu which appears at the top of every page or by going to the Main Menu. 
1.1       vandui11   38: \item Click the {[}Select{]} button next to the Course Coordinator role
                     39: for the course you wish to work in.
                     40: \item This course will now be displayed. 
                     41: \end{itemize}
                     42: 
1.8       felicia    43: \subsection*{\textsf{\textsl{Course Initialization Helper}}}
1.1       vandui11   44: 
                     45: \begin{itemize}
                     46: \item When entering your course for the first time, the Course Initialization
                     47: Helper will appear. To keep the default LON-CAPA settings, click the
                     48: {[}Next{]} button on each screen. To exit the Helper when done, click
1.9       felicia    49: the {[}Finish{]} button. You will then be directed to the Edit Course Screen. 
1.1       vandui11   50: \end{itemize}
                     51: 
1.9       felicia    52: \section*{\large{\textsf{Edit Course}}}
1.1       vandui11   53: 
                     54: \begin{itemize}
1.10      felicia    55: \item The Course Editor is where you can upload, import, and create documents for your course.
1.9       felicia    56: \item If you are not already at the Course Editor, click the \underline{Edit Course} link from the Inline Menu or Main Menu. 
1.1       vandui11   57: \item You can use folders to organize your course in terms of Homework Sets,
1.5       felicia    58: Chapters, and Units. After creating a folder (Ex: Unit 1), click
1.1       vandui11   59: on the folder icon to enter the folder and create a sub-folder (Ex:
                     60: Chapter 1).
                     61: \end{itemize}
1.8       felicia    62: NOTE: You cannot drag and drop resources. 
                     63: If you add a resource to the wrong folder, use the \underline{Cut} link before the resource name.  Navigate to the folder you wish to paste the resource and click the {[}Paste{]} button.
1.1       vandui11   64: 
1.8       felicia    65: \subsection*{\textsf{Special Documents}}
                     66: \begin{itemize}
                     67: \item By clicking on the corresponding button, you can add a new folder,
                     68:  syllabus, simple page, navigate contents page, simple problem, document drop-box, and more.
                     69: \item Click the {[}New Folder{]} button to add folders in your course.  For example, you can create a folder called ``Homework Set 1'' and import homework problems to that folder.
                     70: \item Clicking the {[}Navigate Contents{]} button will add a Navigate Course
                     71: Contents resource page to your course. This is a good first resource for your course because it displays all of your course contents, such as your syllabus and problems sets.
                     72: \end{itemize}
1.1       vandui11   73: 
1.8       felicia    74: \subsection*{\textsf{Importing Published Documents}}
1.1       vandui11   75: \begin{itemize}
1.5       felicia    76: \item Go to the folder you want to add material to.
1.9       felicia    77: \item Click the {[}Import{]} button on the Edit Course screen.
1.1       vandui11   78: \item Browse published documents from the LON-CAPA resource pool.
                     79: \item Select the documents you wish to use.
                     80: \item Click the {[}Import{]} button to add documents to your course folder.
1.8       felicia    81: \item Finalize the order if more than one document was selected and then click the {[}Finish Import{]} button.
                     82: \item Click the {[}re-initializing Course{]} button to make changes appear. 
1.1       vandui11   83: \end{itemize}
                     84: 
1.8       felicia    85: \subsection*{\textsf{Search for Published Documents}}
1.5       felicia    86: \begin{itemize}
1.10      felicia    87: \item Click the {[}Search{]} button to search the LON-CAPA Catalog and upload documents.
1.5       felicia    88: \end{itemize}
                     89:                                                                                 
                     90: 
1.8       felicia    91: \subsection*{\textsf{Uploading Documents from Your Computer}}
1.1       vandui11   92: 
                     93: \begin{itemize}
1.5       felicia    94: \item Go to the folder you want to add material to. Click the {[}Browse{]} button to search for documents saved to your
1.1       vandui11   95: computer.
                     96: \item Select a file, choose a title, and click the {[}Upload Document{]}
1.10      felicia    97: button to import to your course. Re-initialize course when finished. 
1.1       vandui11   98: \end{itemize}
                     99: 
1.8       felicia   100: \section*{\large{\textsf{Course Enrollment}}}
                    101: \begin{itemize}
1.10      felicia   102: \item Click the icon to manage course users on the Main Menu.
1.8       felicia   103: \item This will bring you to the enrollment manager screen.
1.11    ! raeburn   104: \item Click the link \underline{Automated Enrollment Manager} to modify your automated enrollment if your institution uses this feature. 
1.8       felicia   105: \end{itemize}
                    106: Skip ahead to the Parameter Settings section if your institution uses automated enrollment.
1.1       vandui11  107: 
1.8       felicia   108: \subsection*{\textsf{Uploading a Classlist}}
1.1       vandui11  109: \begin{itemize}
1.10      felicia   110: \item Click the \underline{Upload a File of Course Users} link on the Enrollment Manager screen.
1.8       felicia   111: \item Your classlist can be in any of the following formats: CSV (comma separated values), semicolon separated values, space separated values, or tabular separated values.  
                    112: \item You can save an Excel spreadsheet in a CSV format if you are creating your own classlist.
                    113: \item Classlist files must have values for student usernames at the minimum.
                    114: \item Browse and upload your classlist.
                    115: \item Match column samples to the appropriate enrollment fields.  
                    116: \item If you are using student usernames shared by other systems with a common password, ask your domain coordinator which password authentication to choose.
                    117: \item Usernames used only for LON-CAPA can have intial passwords specified in the classlist or you can set an internally authenticated global password for all students.  Only new accounts will be assigned a new password.  
1.1       vandui11  118: \end{itemize}
1.8       felicia   119: HINT: Use the Reverse Association option to assign the same values to two different fields.  For example, it is common to associate the student ID/number values for both the student ID field and the initial password.
1.1       vandui11  120: 
1.8       felicia   121: \subsection*{\textsf{Resetting Student Passwords}}
                    122: \begin{itemize}
                    123: \item Only the student or the domain coordinator can change the student's password.
                    124: \item If LON-CAPA handles password authentication and an email address is specified in the student's preferences, a forgotten password can be recovered from the log-in screen.
                    125: \item Initial email addresses can be set during enrollment using either an uploaded classlist or automated course enrollment.
                    126: \item Students can set/change email addresses in their preferences.
                    127: \end{itemize}
1.1       vandui11  128: 
1.8       felicia   129: \section*{\large{\textsf{Set/Modify Course Parameter Settings}}}
1.1       vandui11  130: 
                    131: \begin{itemize}
1.8       felicia   132: \item Use the Course Parameter Settings to set parameters such as open date, due date, and number of tries.
                    133: \item Select the Clock Icon to \underline{Modify parameter settings} from the Main Menu. This will
1.1       vandui11  134: take you to the Set/Modify Course Parameters screen. 
                    135: \end{itemize}
                    136: 
1.8       felicia   137: \subsection*{\textsf{Parameter Helper}}
1.1       vandui11  138: 
                    139: \begin{itemize}
1.5       felicia   140: \item The Course Assessment Parameter Helper Mode is the easiest way to
1.1       vandui11  141: set your parameters, as it will guide you through the process step-by-step.
                    142: Using the Helper, you will be able to set the following parameters:
                    143: open date (when problems open to students), due date (when problems
                    144: are due; students cannot view problems after this date unless answer
                    145: date is set), answer date (when answers are viewable to students),
                    146: tries, and weight. 
                    147: \end{itemize}
                    148: NOTE: Changes may take up to 10 minutes to be active for all students
                    149: in your course. 
                    150: 
                    151: 
1.8       felicia   152: \section*{\large{\textsf{Chart Student Progress}}}
1.1       vandui11  153: 
                    154: \begin{itemize}
1.8       felicia   155: \item Select the plain spreadsheet icon on the Main Menu to to view the course assessment progress chart.
1.1       vandui11  156: \item Click the {[}Generate Chart{]} button to view the default chart for
                    157: your class.
                    158: \item You can modify this chart in terms of sections, student data, enrollment
                    159: status, sequences and folders, output format, and output data. 
                    160: \end{itemize}
                    161: 
1.8       felicia   162: \subsection*{\textsf{Output format}}
1.1       vandui11  163: 
                    164: \begin{itemize}
1.8       felicia   165: \item The options for chart output include Excel and CSV formats. Both formats can be opened by Excel.
1.1       vandui11  166: \end{itemize}
                    167: 
                    168: 
1.8       felicia   169: \section*{\large{\textsf{Change Preferences}}}
1.2       vandui11  170: 
                    171: \begin{itemize}
1.8       felicia   172: \item The Change Preferences screen allows you to set preferences such as password (if LON-CAPA takes care of checking it), nickname, anonymous discussion screen name, message forwarding and notification email addresses, language preferences, and various other display and editor preferences.
                    173: \item Under the My Space heading on the Main Menu, click the appropriate icon to set user preferences. 
1.7       felicia   174: \item Click on the link corresponding to what you'd like to change, ex:
1.8       felicia   175: \underline{Change Screen Name}
                    176: \item Make changes and save. 
                    177: \item The \underline{Change Roles Page Preferences} allows you to configure a hotlist for your roles page.  This is especially helpful if you manage many roles in LON-CAPA.
1.2       vandui11  178: \end{itemize}
                    179: 
1.8       felicia   180: \section*{\large{\textsf{Print}}}
1.4       felicia   181:                                                                                 
                    182: \begin{itemize}
1.8       felicia   183: \item The option to generate a PDF printout will only be accessible when you are
                    184: viewing a resource in your course.
                    185: \item When viewing a resource, click the print icon to prepare a printable document.  This will take you to the print helper.
1.4       felicia   186: \end{itemize}
                    187: 
                    188: 
1.8       felicia   189: \section*{\large{\textsf{Getting Help}}}
1.1       vandui11  190: 
                    191: \begin{itemize}
                    192: \item Click on the small blue boxes with white question marks {[}?{]} for
                    193: general topic help.
1.8       felicia   194: \item Click on the \underline{Help} link in the upper-right-hand corner to access the LON-CAPA help/support screen.  You can view and search the entire LON-CAPA manual from this screen. 
                    195: \item Submit enhancement requests from the LON-CAPA help/support screen by clicking on the bug icon.
                    196: \item Click on the \underline{Return to last location link} to exit the help/support screen and return to your course.
                    197: \item Additional help at http://help.lon-capa.org 
1.1       vandui11  198: \end{itemize}
                    199: 
1.3       felicia   200: 
1.1       vandui11  201: \end{document}

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