Vista Tools vs. Vista Components and Where These Items Can Be Added
 
Vista Tools
         
 

All the Vista tools are listed at the right.

To provide access to one of these tools, it must be added to the Vista Toolbar.

Only the Syllabus Tool can also be added to an Organizer Page as well as the toolbar. All the rest of the tools can only be added to the toolbar.

 
             
Vista Components
             
What is a Vista Component?
   
  Vista components are items created by Vista tools which can be added to Organizer Pages and Learning Modules. Examples of components include: a Discussion Topic, an Assessment, an Assignment, and a Chat Room.
             
 
What Components can be added to an Organizer Page?
     
  Any of the Components listed to the right can be added to any Organizer Page, including the Home Page.
 
 
What Components can be added to a Learning Module?
             
 

Any of the Components listed to the right can be added to any Learning Module.

Note that Syllabus, Learning Module, and Organizer Page can be added to an Organizer Page but not to a Learning Module
 
 
What other ways are Organizer Pages and Learning Modules different?
             
 
Learning Modules
  
Organizer Pages
Components are organized in a sequence that appears in a navigation menu.   Links to Components are arranged in rows on page
Have Forward and Back buttons for "scrolling" through list of components   No built-in navigation scheme. Must access one component and then return to page to access another
No Headers or Footers   Headers and Footers
Links cannot be annotated   Links can be annotated
Headings and Outline format possible   Arrangement is limited to changing number of items per row
Built-in Printing and Note-taking utilitites    
Can be exported as a unit and used in another Vista site