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32: \layout Title
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34: Introduction to the Learning
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36: Online
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38: Network with CAPA
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41: Laboratory for Instructional Technology in Education
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43: and the
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45: Office of Medical Education Research and Development
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47: Michigan State University
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59:
60: Introduction to LON-CAPA
61: \layout Comment
62:
63: This is a comment which will not show in any other rendering of this document.
64: I will use them to document my observations as I work through this tutorial.
65: \layout Comment
66:
67: Imagine a big
68: \begin_inset Quotes eld
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70:
71: IMHO
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74:
75: on all of these comments; I'm just going to give you my comments straight
76: out.
77: I'm not attached to them and won't be offended by anything you say or do
78: about them.
79: \layout Standard
80:
81: LON-CAPA is a web-based interface that helps to organize and present your
82: course website, deliver and manage problem problems, and manage student
83: enrollment.
84: All author functions are done using a web browser (Netscape 4.x or higher
85: is recommended) and the LON-CAPA Author Interface.
86: The URL for LON-CAPA is
87: \family typewriter
88: http://s10.lite.msu.edu
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90: .
91: \layout Standard
92:
93: At this time, you should have:
94: \layout Itemize
95:
96: developed your objectives for your course.
97:
98: \layout Itemize
99:
100: developed your problems for testing and identified the question formats.
101: The Template for Mapping Website to LON-CAPA that you filled in will assist
102: you in the process of creating your course website structure in LON-CAPA.
103: \layout Standard
104:
105: This tutorial describes how to use the various author functions available
106: in LON-CAPA.
107: \layout Section
108:
109: The LON-CAPA Author Interface
110: \layout Subsection
111:
112: Login as Course Author
113: \begin_inset LatexCommand \index{Course Author}
114:
115: \end_inset
116:
117:
118: \layout Standard
119:
120: To begin using LON-CAPA, you first need to log in to your account on LON-CAPA.
121: Open your web browser and navigate to the LON-CAPA URL:
122: \family typewriter
123: http://s10.lite.msu.edu/
124: \family default
125: .
126: You will be presented with a log in screen as in figure
127: \begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{LON-CAPA Log in screen}
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129: \end_inset
130:
131: .
132:
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137: \begin_inset LatexCommand \label{LON-CAPA Log in screen}
138:
139: \end_inset
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141: LON-CAPA Log in screen
142: \layout Standard
143: \align center
144:
145: \begin_inset Figure size 297 234
146: file login.eps
147: width 3 50
148: flags 11
149:
150: \end_inset
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152:
153: \end_float
154: \layout Standard
155:
156: Fill in the Username and Password boxes with your information.
157: Then press the Login button.
158: This will take you to your LON-CAPA User Roles menu.
159: \layout Description
160:
161: Note: Your Username is your PILOT ID, which is the part of your PILOT email
162: address to the left of the @.
163: Your password is your PILOT email password.
164: Both the PILOT ID and the password are case sensitive, so make sure you
165: type upper- and lower-case letters correctly.
166: \layout Subsection
167:
168:
169: \begin_inset LatexCommand \index{Author Remote Control}
170:
171: \end_inset
172:
173: Author Remote Control
174: \layout Comment
175:
176: Comment on the remote controls: I'll only mention this once, but imagine
177: this comment exists everywhere a remote control image is used.
178: The whole
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182: remote control
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185:
186: metaphor is fundamentally flawed and probably can't be salvaged.
187: Why is it flawed?
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192: \layout Comment
193:
194: 1.
195: The remote control invokes a metaphor, that of remote controls.
196: However, remote controls are useful in the real world, despite the overwhelming
197: complexity of modern remotes, for three major reasons: One, they never,
198: ever, ever change.
199: Two, they provide immense amounts of tactile feedback, allowing one to
200: overcome the complexity of using one by putting the knowlege into motor
201: memory.
202: (There are equivalent usability principles in usability, as well; look
203: up Fitt's Law, for instance.) Three, they all basically do the same thing;
204: pick up an unfamiliar TV control and you at least know in advance there
205: will be numbers for channel changing, vol up and down, chan up and down,
206: mute, etc.
207: The remotes used in this system do not have any of these properties.
208: Remotes are actually horrid UI, because they are very, very difficult to
209: learn; they make up for it by being useful and persistent.
210: \layout Comment
211:
212: Further, remotes should *do* things.
213: This remote is like a remote that no matter what button you push, it invokes
214: a menu.
215: Most remotes have
216: \series bold
217: one
218: \series default
219: explicit
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223: menu
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226:
227: button to invoke a menu that has all the feature that aren't worth valuable
228: remote control space.
229: \layout Comment
230:
231: In fact, the metaphor is so unsuccessful that any moderately savvy internet
232: user will almost immediately come to conceptualize the remote as just another
233: list of links, albiet a clumsy and inconvenient one.
234: Why not give them that in the first place?
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241: 2.
242: Even the simplest
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246: remote
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249:
250: I see in the tutorial has eight buttons, which nearly immediately becomes
251: seventeen (!) buttons, all incomprehensible, and I didn't get a chance
252: to count during the interview, but I saw a remote flash by (student remote?
253: admin remote? that wouldn't matter as much) that had at least twenty, probably
254: 24 buttons, again, all or nearly all incomprehensible.
255: This is needlessly intimidating.
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262: 3.
263: By commiting to this
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267: remote control
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271: layout, you commit to a remote control's layout limitations, except that
272: an actual remote control can get away with a 6pt or smaller font, or wierd
273: specialized symbols, or whatnot.
274: I'm looking at a (real) remote control right now that manages to get
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278: channel return
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282: onto one button.
283: That whole phrase fits *twice* into the space the
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285: \end_inset
286:
287: ROLES
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289: \end_inset
290:
291: button takes up on my printout! So in actuality, you're commiting to something
292: no sane remote control designer could deal with.
293: Moreover, I observe that on a real remote, the vast majority of buttons
294: are labelled with one conceptual entity (i.e.,
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298: 1
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302: ,
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306: 5
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310: ,
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314: FF
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318: ,
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321:
322: [the pause symbol]
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326: , etc)., not
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328: \end_inset
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330: Change User
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333:
334: which is two entities by my count, at least for an initial user.
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340:
341: 4.
342: Requiring the user to mouse over something to see what it does is not a
343: solution.
344: Limiting yourself to an 8 by 2 array of characters to explain yourself
345: compounds the problem even more.
346: (Another over-literal extension of the remote control metaphor.) Also, as
347: you may have observed, the accessibility of this is nil.
348:
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354:
355: The upshot is that the only upside to the remote control is a moderately
356: pleasing graphic; the downsides are pretty much everything, up to and including
357: possible illegality under accessability laws.
358: Unfortunately, I do not see any way to salvage any aspect of the remote
359: control; it's going to suck until it's replaced.
360: Pleasing graphics are relatively easy to come by nowadays; it should not
361: drive the design.
362: I'll admit (freely!) I'm not a graphics designer...
363: graphics designers aren't web developers (designers), either.
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368: \layout Comment
369:
370: Also, based on my relatively little info, I think you're data-mining the
371: web logs to see what people actually use.
372: This is good.
373: We may need to do some really simple stuff before he finishes.
374: Raw statistics on what buttons are pressed most often can probably be interpret
375: ed easily enough for our purposes.
376: No matter what the final design is, it should emphasize the two or three
377: commands used day in and day out, as determined by empirical analysis,
378: and shuffle the other commands onto another sub menu or sub menus.
379: Then, use the additional space you'll have (even if you keep the same size
380: window) and actually *spell out* the options.
381:
382: \layout Standard
383:
384: The Author Remote Control, show in figure
385: \begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{Author Remote Control Figure}
386:
387: \end_inset
388:
389: , will automatically load whenever you log in to LON-CAPA as the course
390: instructor.
391: The Author Remote Control is a separate window in your browser, so you
392: may position it on the screen where you can make the best use of it.
393: The Remote Control is a tool that allows you to switch between functions
394: and roles within LON-CAPA.
395: \begin_float fig
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397:
398: Author Remote Control
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401: \end_inset
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406:
407: \begin_inset Figure size 164 387
408: file authorRemote.eps
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411: \end_inset
412:
413:
414: \end_float
415: Of the eight choices on this menu, only two (ROLES and LOGOUT) make *any*
416: sort of sense on a first glance.
417: Abbreviations are evil in this sort of application and should be used as
418: a truly last resort.
419: \layout Standard
420:
421: When you move your mouse over the buttons in the remote, the sixteen gray
422: boxes will show a reminder of what that button does.
423: \layout Itemize
424:
425:
426: \series bold
427: ROLES (CHOOSE ROLE)
428: \series default
429: allows you to select which user role to assume for this session.
430: \layout Itemize
431:
432:
433: \series bold
434: COM (COMMUNICATION)
435: \series default
436: allows you to access the communication functions in the system.
437: \layout Itemize
438:
439:
440: \series bold
441: CUSR (USER ROLES)
442: \series default
443: brings up a page that allows you to create new users and change user privileges.
444: \layout Itemize
445:
446:
447: \series bold
448: CSTR (CONSTRUCT)
449: \series default
450: displays the construction space for your account.
451: \layout Itemize
452:
453:
454: \series bold
455: RES (RESOURCE SPACE)
456: \series default
457: allows you to browse the LON-CAPA network directory.
458: \layout Itemize
459:
460:
461: \series bold
462: EGRD (ENTER GRADES)
463: \series default
464: is used to enter grades for students enrolled in your course.
465: \layout Itemize
466:
467:
468: \series bold
469: SRC (SEARCH LIBRARY)
470: \series default
471: brings up a screen that lets you search the LON-CAPA resources using multiple
472: criteria.
473: \layout Itemize
474:
475:
476: \series bold
477: LOGOUT (LOGOUT)
478: \series default
479: will log you out of the LON-CAPA system.
480: \layout Section
481:
482: Creating Content Using LON-CAPA
483: \layout Standard
484:
485: LON-CAPA provides three types of resources for organizing your course website.
486: LON-CAPA refers to these resources as Content Pages, Problems, and Maps.
487: Maps may be either of two types: Sequences or Pages.
488: You will use these LON-CAPA resources to build the outline, or structure,
489: for the presentation of your course to your students.
490: \layout Itemize
491:
492: A
493: \series bold
494: Content Page
495: \series default
496:
497: \begin_inset LatexCommand \index{Content Page}
498:
499: \end_inset
500:
501: displays course content.
502: It is mostly a conventional HTML page.
503:
504: \layout Comment
505:
506: Check this; is it exactly like HTML pages?
507: \layout Itemize
508:
509: A
510: \series bold
511: Problem
512: \series default
513:
514: \begin_inset LatexCommand \index{Problem}
515:
516: \end_inset
517:
518: resource represents problems for the students to solve, with answers stored
519: in the system.
520: These resources are stored in files that must use the extension
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522: \end_inset
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524: .problem
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526: \end_inset
527:
528: .
529: \layout Itemize
530:
531: A
532: \series bold
533: Map
534: \series default
535:
536: \begin_inset LatexCommand \index{Map}
537:
538: \end_inset
539:
540: resource of the
541: \series bold
542: Sequence
543: \begin_inset LatexCommand \index{Sequence}
544:
545: \end_inset
546:
547:
548: \series default
549: type represents a programmed series of events.
550: The users of this resource can use array keys or NAV buttons to follow
551: the sequence.
552: These resources are stored in files that must use the extension
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556: .sequence
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560: .
561: \layout Comment
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563: What
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565: \end_inset
566:
567: arrow keys
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571: ? Surely not the ones on the keyboard\SpecialChar \ldots{}
572:
573: \layout Itemize
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575: A
576: \series bold
577: Map
578: \series default
579:
580: \begin_inset LatexCommand \index{Map}
581:
582: \end_inset
583:
584: resource of the
585: \series bold
586: Page
587: \series default
588:
589: \begin_inset LatexCommand \index{Page}
590:
591: \end_inset
592:
593: type display multiple resources together.
594: For example, a page of problems will appears as a problem set.
595: These resources are stored in files that must use the extension
596: \begin_inset Quotes eld
597: \end_inset
598:
599: .page
600: \begin_inset Quotes erd
601: \end_inset
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603: .
604: \layout Subsection
605:
606: Description of the Construction Space
607: \layout Standard
608:
609: \begin_float fig
610: \layout Caption
611:
612: Construction Space
613: \begin_inset LatexCommand \label{Construction Space Figure}
614:
615: \end_inset
616:
617:
618: \end_float
619: The Construction Space, as seen in figure
620: \begin_inset LatexCommand \ref{Construction Space Figure}
621:
622: \end_inset
623:
624: , is the section of LON-CAPA where you create and manage your course resources.
625: The Construction Space consists of a green tool bar at the top of the page
626: and a list of all directories and resources below.
627: \layout Standard
628:
629:
630: \begin_inset Tabular
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659: \begin_inset Text
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661: \layout Standard
662:
663: Publish this Resource
664: \end_inset
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666: <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="true" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special="">
667: \begin_inset Text
668:
669: \layout Standard
670:
671: Publishes the current resource.
672: This presents a publishing window where you can provide information for
673: metadata, keywords, language, etc.
674: \end_inset
675: </cell>
676: </row>
677: <row topline="true" bottomline="false" newpage="false">
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681: \layout Standard
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683: List Directory
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687: \begin_inset Text
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689: \layout Standard
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691: Lists the contents of the current working directory
692: \end_inset
693: </cell>
694: </row>
695: <row topline="true" bottomline="false" newpage="false">
696: <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="false" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special="">
697: \begin_inset Text
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699: \layout Standard
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701: Copy
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704: <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="true" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special="">
705: \begin_inset Text
706:
707: \layout Standard
708:
709: Type a new name in the entry box to make a copy the current resource
710: \end_inset
711: </cell>
712: </row>
713: <row topline="true" bottomline="false" newpage="false">
714: <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="false" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special="">
715: \begin_inset Text
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718:
719: Browse
720: \end_inset
721: </cell>
722: <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="true" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special="">
723: \begin_inset Text
724:
725: \layout Standard
726:
727: Opens a file/directory browser for your local computer.
728: Use this to select a file to upload.
729: \end_inset
730: </cell>
731: </row>
732: <row topline="true" bottomline="false" newpage="false">
733: <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="false" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special="">
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735:
736: \layout Standard
737:
738: Upload File
739: \end_inset
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743:
744: \layout Standard
745:
746: Uploads the selected file to your Construction Space
747: \end_inset
748: </cell>
749: </row>
750: <row topline="true" bottomline="false" newpage="false">
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754: \layout Standard
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756: Retrieve Old Version
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760: \begin_inset Text
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762: \layout Standard
763:
764: Load an older version of a resource if you have multiple versions
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767: </row>
768: <row topline="true" bottomline="false" newpage="false">
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772: \layout Standard
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774: Delete
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778: \begin_inset Text
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780: \layout Standard
781:
782: Deletes the current resource
783: \end_inset
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785: </row>
786: <row topline="true" bottomline="false" newpage="false">
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790: \layout Standard
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792: Rename
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796: \begin_inset Text
797:
798: \layout Standard
799:
800: Type a new name in the associated entry box to rename a resource
801: \end_inset
802: </cell>
803: </row>
804: <row topline="true" bottomline="true" newpage="false">
805: <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="false" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special="">
806: \begin_inset Text
807:
808: \layout Standard
809:
810: New Subdirectory
811: \end_inset
812: </cell>
813: <cell multicolumn="0" alignment="center" valignment="top" topline="true" bottomline="false" leftline="true" rightline="true" rotate="false" usebox="none" width="" special="">
814: \begin_inset Text
815:
816: \layout Standard
817:
818: Type a name in the entry box to create a new directory
819: \end_inset
820: </cell>
821: </row>
822: </lyxtabular>
823:
824: \end_inset
825:
826:
827: \layout Subsection
828:
829: How to Create New Content Pages
830: \layout Standard
831:
832:
833: \series bold
834: Content Pages
835: \series default
836: are HTML documents that display the course information you are presenting.
837: These documents can be created in any order.
838: \layout Comment
839:
840: Is this worth mentioning?
841: \layout Standard
842:
843: To create new Content Pages, do the following:
844: \layout Comment
845:
846: Is step one necessary? I don't see how it could be.
847: \layout Enumerate
848:
849: Click the
850: \series bold
851: CSTR
852: \series default
853: button on the LON-CAPA remote.
854: You web page will change to your Construction Space.
855: \layout Enumerate
856:
857: In Location bar of your browser, type in full URL of the new Content Page.
858: Make sure the last part of the URL ends with
859: \begin_inset Quotes eld
860: \end_inset
861:
862: .html
863: \begin_inset Quotes erd
864: \end_inset
865:
866: , for example,
867: \emph on
868: http://www.s10.lite.msu.edu/priv/directory/new_resource.html
869: \emph default
870: .
871: Press the Return or Enter key.
872: \layout Enumerate
873:
874: You should see something like the following message:
875: \series bold
876: File not found: /home/wmsonj/priv/directory/new_resource.html
877: \series default
878: , and an Edit button.
879: An HTML editor opens with a simple page template.
880: \layout Enumerate
881:
882: Type the content into the editor,
883: \series bold
884: OR
885: \series default
886: copy and paste HTML source code into the editor.
887: \layout Enumerate
888:
889: Optionally, click the
890: \series bold
891: View
892: \series default
893: button to preview your Content Page.
894: \layout Enumerate
895:
896: Finally, click the
897: \series bold
898: Save this
899: \series default
900: button
901: \series bold
902: OR
903: \series default
904: click the
905: \series bold
906: Save and then attempt to clean HTML
907: \series default
908: button.
909: \layout Standard
910:
911: Repeat this process as many times as necessary to create your Content Pages.
912: \layout Subsection
913:
914: How to Edit Existing Content Pages
915: \layout Standard
916:
917: You may edit any any Content Pages that have been created.
918: \layout Standard
919:
920: To edit Content Pages:
921: \layout Enumerate
922:
923: Click the
924: \series bold
925: CSTR
926: \series default
927: button on the LON-CAPA Remote.
928: Your web page will change to your Construction Space.
929: \layout Enumerate
930:
931: Click on the link for the name of the Content Page to edit.
932: The Content Page editor will load and display the current edition of the
933: Content Page.
934: \layout Enumerate
935:
936: Press the Edit button.
937: Edit the HTML code, or copy and paste HTML source code into the editor.
938: \layout Enumerate
939:
940: Optionally, click the
941: \series bold
942: View
943: \series default
944: button to preview your Content Page.
945: \layout Enumerate
946:
947: Finally, click the
948: \series bold
949: Save this
950: \series default
951: button
952: \series bold
953: OR
954: \series default
955: click the
956: \series bold
957: Save and then attempt to clean HTML
958: \series default
959: button.
960: If you do not do this, your work will not be saved.
961: \layout Subsection
962:
963: Creating Online Problems Using LON-CAPA
964: \layout Subsubsection
965:
966: Problems Types
967: \layout Standard
968:
969: There are five types of problems that can be created with the LON-CAPA system:
970: Radio Response, Option Response, String Response, Numerical Response, and
971: Formula Response.
972: You will need to identify which types of problem you want to use and create
973: appropriate questions for your course.
974: \layout Subsubsection
975:
976: Radio Response
977: \begin_inset LatexCommand \index{Radio Response}
978:
979: \end_inset
980:
981: Problems
982: \layout Standard
983:
984: Radio Response problems represent multiple choice questions.
985: \layout Standard
986:
987: True/False problems present the student with one question that can be answered
988: true or false.
989: \layout Standard
990:
991: Multiple choice problems are created almost identically to True/False problems.
992: Multiple choice problems contain 3-10 foils.
993: You may display 3-5 foils for each problem and the system randomly picks
994: the choices that are presented to the student.
995: \layout Standard
996:
997: Option Response Problems
998: \layout Standard
999:
1000: Option Response problems present foils to the student with drop-down boxes.
1001: Option response questions may be presented as a collection of True/False
1002: type questions or as a matching type question.
1003: The student must choose the correct answer for each part of the question.
1004: \layout Standard
1005:
1006: String Response Problems
1007: \layout Standard
1008:
1009: String Response problems are problems in which the student submits a string
1010: of characters for the answer.
1011: Examples of string response questions are vocabulary tests, short answer
1012: and entering chemical formulas.
1013: \layout Standard
1014:
1015: Numerical Response Problems
1016: \layout Standard
1017:
1018: Numerical Response problems are answered by entering a number and (optionally)
1019: a unit, such as 2.5 m/s^2.
1020: Tolerance and significant digits can be specified as well.
1021: \layout Standard
1022:
1023: Formula Response Problems
1024: \layout Standard
1025:
1026: Formula Response problems are questions in which the student types in a
1027: math formula for the answer.
1028: If the answer is "x^2 - 11", the student can enter "x^2 - 11", "x*x - 11",
1029: "x^2 + 21 - 10", etc.
1030: Functions such as cos, sin, and exp are accepted as well as the operators
1031: (), +, -, *, and /.
1032: \layout Section
1033:
1034: Appendix A: Student Interface
1035: \layout Standard
1036:
1037: \begin_float fig
1038: \layout Caption
1039:
1040: Student Remote Control
1041: \begin_inset LatexCommand \label{Student Remote Control}
1042:
1043: \end_inset
1044:
1045:
1046: \end_float
1047: The Student Remote Control will automatically load whenever you log in to
1048: a LON-CAPA course as a student.
1049: The Student Remote Control contains most of the functions of the Author
1050: Remote Control and the following additional functions.
1051: \layout Itemize
1052:
1053:
1054: \series bold
1055: NAV (NAVIGATE CONTENTS)
1056: \series default
1057: allows you to directly access resources from the course outline.
1058: \layout Itemize
1059:
1060:
1061: \series bold
1062: ARROWS (LEFT and RIGHT)
1063: \series default
1064: allows you to move to the backward or forward through the course.
1065: \layout Itemize
1066:
1067:
1068: \series bold
1069: GRDS (MY GRADES)
1070: \series default
1071: allows you to check your grades in the courses you are taking.
1072: \layout Itemize
1073:
1074:
1075: \series bold
1076: SBKM (SET BOOKMARK)
1077: \series default
1078: allows you to bookmark pages for easy access.
1079: \layout Itemize
1080:
1081:
1082: \series bold
1083: VBKM (VIEW BOOKMARK)
1084: \series default
1085: displays your bookmarks for easy access to bookmarked resources.
1086: \layout Itemize
1087:
1088:
1089: \series bold
1090: ANOT (ANOTATE)
1091: \series default
1092: allows you to create personal notes.
1093: \layout Itemize
1094:
1095:
1096: \series bold
1097: LOGOUT (LOGOUT)
1098: \series default
1099: will log you out of the LON-CAPA system.
1100: \the_end
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