The
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Elements |
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Browser
checker |
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Log
out |
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Course
List |
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Campus
Announcements |
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Global
calendar and global mail tools |
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File
Manager access |
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Page
customization tools |
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You
have new "..." icons |
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Content
Channels with course related information: My
Grades tool, Campus Bookmarks, Who's Online, Calendar Day, Calendar Week |
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Content
Channels with no connection to courses: To
Do List, Personal Bookmarks |
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Detailed Information about Page Elements |
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| Check
Browser link |
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Use the
link at the top of the screen to run the WebCT Browser Checker |
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The
Browser Checker will determine if your browser has the
proper settings and plug-ins for Vista to work properly
Ideally, each item
in the list will show a green check mark and not a red X.
If problems are identified,
two sources of help are available:
1. IRC's Browser Help and
2. WebCT's Tune-up Page (http://www.webct.com/tuneup).
There is also a link
to WebCT's Tune-up Page in the WebCT Browser Checker. |
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| Help
link |
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Help links
are available from every screen in Vista. Clicking on this link will bring
up context sensitive help. |
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| Log
out link |
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It is important
to use the Log out link to close a Vista session. |
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| Course
List |
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Holding
your cursor over a course title will pop-up a screen which indicates your
role in that section. |
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| Campus
Announcements |
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Check here frequently
for important messages affecting all Vista users.
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| "Global"
Tools - Global Mail, Global Mail |
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The Global
Calendar allows you to see entries from all your Vista calendars
in one place
The Global
Mail tool allows you to see a list of all your sections to quickly
determine which have unread mail. |
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| File
Manager access |
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Each Vista
user has a File Manager that is accessible from the MyVista Courses page.
Documents stored here can only be viewed by the person who put them there.
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| Page
Customization Options |
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Use the
Content, Color, and Layout
links to choose which content channels to display, to alter the color scheme,
and to modify the arrangement of content on the page. |
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| You
have new " ... " icons |
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Small icons
appear under the course title to alert section members when there is new
mail, a new discussion post, a new quiz or assignment, a new announcement,
or a new calendar entry. |
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This chart shows all
the different icons and what each represents. |
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Channels: My
Grades tool, Campus Bookmarks, Who's Online, Calendar Day, Calendar Week |
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The Calendar Day and Calendar Week channels
will display information from the Global Calendar. Entries can be made
to by clicking on the pencil icon.
The My Grades
channel displays new grades for students from any section in which they
are enrolled.
Campus Bookmarks
are entered by the Vista admin. The only option you have here is which
ones to show and which to hide.
Who's Online
shows the members of a section who are logged into Vista who have not
set their status to invisible. This tool can be used to "instant
message" section members. |
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| Content
Channels: To Do List, Personal
Bookmarks |
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The To Do
List and Personal Bookmarks are only available
from the MyVista Courses page and are only viewable and editable by the
person whose name appears at the top of the MyVista Courses page. |
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