LON-CAPA Help

System Overview

• What Is LON-CAPA

Help

Online Help
• Help

Where to Find Additional Help

• Additional Help

Requesting New Features and Submitting Suggestions

• Bugzilla

Logging In

Roles Screen
• Roles Screen

Inline Menu and Remote Menu

• Remote Menu

Setting Preferences

The 'About Me' Personal Information Screen
• Prefs About Me

Change Password

• Change Password

Nickname and Anonymous Discussion Screen Name

• Prefs Screen Name Nickname

Message Forwarding and Notification Address

• Prefs Forwarding

• Prefs Notification

Change the Way Discussion Posts are Displayed

• Change Discussion Display

Color Scheme

• Change Colors

Language Preferences

• Prefs Language

Storing Links

• Wishlist

Exploring Your Course

• Exploring Your Course

  Course Initialization Helper

  • Helper Course Initialization

  Navigation Screen

  • Navigation Screen

  Edit Syllabus

  • Edit Syllabus

  Editing Template Files

  • Docs Editing Templated Pages

Course Settings

• Course Prefs Settings

  General Course Settings

  • Course Prefs General

  Language and Time Localization

  • Course Prefs Language

  Feedback Messages

  • Course Prefs Feedback

  Discussion and Chat

  • Course Prefs Discussions

  Classlists and Course Access Dates

  • Course Prefs Classlists

  Display of Resources

  • Course Prefs Display

  Grading

  • Course Prefs Grading

  Printout Generation

  • Course Prefs Printouts

  Menu Display

  • Course Prefs Menus

  External Tools

  • Course Prefs ExternalTools

  Link Protection

  • Course Prefs Linkprotection

  Spreadsheets

  • Course Prefs Spreadsheet

  Bridge Tasks

  • Course Prefs Bridgetasks

  Other Settings

  • Course Prefs Other

Editing Course Content

• Docs Overview

  Main Course Content

  • Docs Main Course Documents

  Adding Content to Your Course

  • Docs Adding Course Doc

  Adding Folders

  • Docs Adding Folders

  Upload or Link Content

  External Resource
  • Docs Adding External Resource

  External Tool

  • Docs Adding External Tool

  IMS Import

  • Docs Importing IMS Course

  Uploading a New Main Content File

  • Docs Uploading From Harddrive

  Import Published Content

  Inserting Published Content by Searching
  • Docs Search

  Inserting Published Content by Browsing

  • Docs Importing LON-CAPA Resource

  Inserting Published Content from Stored Links

  • Docs Import Stored Link

  Imported Documents: Load Map

  • Docs Load Map

  Grading Resources

  Simple Problem
  • Docs Simple Problem

  • Docs Radio

  • Docs Option Response

  • Docs Essay

  • Docs String Response

  • Docs Numerical Response

  Drop Box

  • Docs Dropbox

  External Scores

  • Docs Score Upload Form

  Collaborative Tools

  Discussion Board
  • Docs About Bulletin Board

  My Personal Information Page

  Personal Information Page for a User

  Course Roster

  • Docs Course Roster

  Group Portfolio

  • Docs About Group Files

  Other Content

  • Docs Creating From Template

    New Composite Page

    • Docs Adding Pages

    Syllabus

    • Docs Adding Syllabus

    • Syllabus ExtLink

    Table of Contents

    • Docs Navigate Content

    Simple Page

    • Docs About Simple Page

    Blank Web Page

    • Docs Web Page

    Alternatives

    • Docs Alternatives

Content Utilities

Verify Content
• Docs Verify Content

Check/Set Resource Versions

• Docs Check Resource Versions

Display/Set Shortened URLs for Deep-linking

• Docs Short URLs

Copy Course Content to Authoring Space

• Docs Dump Course Docs

Supplemental Content

• Docs Supplemental

Managing the Class List

Upload a Class List
• Course Create Class List

  Converting to CSV

  • Course Convert To CSV

Enroll a Single Student

• Course Add Student

  Password Authentication

  • Authentication

Modify Student Data

• Course Modify Student Data

View Class List

• Course View Class List

Drop a Student

• Course Drop Student

Automated Enrollment Manager

• Course Automated Enrollment

User Self-Enrollment

• Course Self Enrollment

Course Groups

• Course Manage Group

Course Content Settings

• Course Setting Parameters

• Parameter Manager

  Cascading Parameter Overview

  • Cascading Parameters

  Parameter Helper

  • Parameter Helper

    Open Date

    • Open Date

    Due Date

    • Due Date

    Answer Date

    • Answer Date

    Tries

    • Tries

    Problem Weight

    • Course Problem Weight

  Parameter Overview

  • Parameter Overview

  Table Mode

  • Table Mode

    Parameters for an Individual Student

    • Course User Parameter

  Course Settings

  • Course Environment

Problem Parameters

Overview
• Problem Parameters

Allowing Collaboration on an Essay Problem

• Course Maximum Collaborators

Course Communication System

• Course Message Access

  Send Messages to User(s)

  • Sending Email

  Broadcast Message to Course

  • Course Broadcast Message

  Distribute Messages from Uploaded File to Course

  • Distribute Messages

  Recording Notes and Face-To-Face Communication

  • Course Face To Face Records

  Critical Messages

  • Course Critical Message

Discussion Posts and Feedback

Resource Discussion
• Resource Discussion

Giving Feedback

• Leaving Feedback

  Feedback to Resource Author

  • Feedback Author

  Question About Resource Content

  • Feedback Content

  Question/Comment/Feedback About Course Policy

  • Feedback Policy

  Contribution to Course Discussion of Resource

  • Feedback Discussion

  Anonymous Contribution to Course Discussion of Resource

  • Feedback Discuss Anon

Feedback Addresses

• Course Feedback Addresses

Disabling Discussion

• Course Disable Discussion

Chart Student Progress

• Chart Description

  Homework Performance Overview

  • Course Homework Performance Overview

  Sections

  • Chart Sections

  Student Data

  • Chart Student Data

  Enrollment Status

  • Chart Enrollment Status

  Sequences and Folders

  • Chart Sequences

  Output Format

  • Chart Output Formats

  Output Data

  • Chart Output Data

Grades and Submissions

• Grade Intro

  Hand Grading and Viewing Submissions

  Current Problem: For One or More Students (Use This for Essay Grading)
  • Grade One

  Current Problem: For All Students in a Selected Section or Course

  • Grade All

  The Complete Sequence: For One Student

  • Grade Sequence

  Upload Scores from File

  • Grade Upload

  Grade Bubblesheets

  • Grade Scantron

  Verify a Submission Receipt Number

  • Grade Verify

  Viewing Student Submissions

  • Course Student Work

Statistics

Overall Problem Statistics
• Statistics Sequence

• Statistics Overall Key

Detailed Problem Analysis

• Analysis Analyze Over

Submission Time Analysis

• Submission Time Analysis

About Clear and Update Cache

• Statistics Cache

Spreadsheet

Introduction to the Spreadsheet
• Spreadsheet About

Student View

• Spreadsheet Student View

Spreadsheet Hierarchy

• Spreadsheet Hierarchy

  The Three Spreadsheet Levels

  • Spreadsheet Levels

  Layout

  • Spreadsheet Layout

  Export Row

  • Spreadsheet Export Row

  Template Row

  • Spreadsheet Template Row

  Row Numbers

  • Spreadsheet Row Numbers

  Authoring Spreadsheet Files

  • Spreadsheet Authoring

Modifying the Spreadsheet

• Spreadsheet Files

• Spreadsheet Editing

  Cell Editing

  • Spreadsheet Cell Editing

  Referencing Cells

  • Spreadsheet Referencing Cells

  Referencing Parameters

  • Spreadsheet Referencing Parameters

  • Spreadsheet Parms

  Special Functions

  • Spreadsheet Functions

  Examples and Comments

  • Spreadsheet HowTo

  Examples and Comments on Assessment Spreadsheets

  • Spreadsheet HowTo Assessments

  Configuring Grade Categories

  • Spreadsheet Category Grades

Portfolio

• Portfolio About

  Creating Portfolio Directories

  • Portfolio CreateDirectory

  Changing Current Portfolio Directories

  • Portfolio ChangeDirectory

  The File Listing Interface

  • Portfolio FileList

  Uploading Files to Portfolio

  • Portfolio AddFiles

  File Actions

  • Portfolio FileAction

    Opening Files in Portfolio

    • Portfolio OpenFile

    Deleting Files from Portfolio

    • Portfolio DeleteFile

    Renaming Files in Portfolio

    • Portfolio RenameFile

    Creating File Catalog

    • Portfolio Catalog

  Sharing Files in Portfolio

  • Portfolio ShareFile

    Setting Public/Password Protected Access

    • Portfolio ShareFile SetAccess

    Change Access Setting

    • Portfolio ShareFile ChangeSetting

    Removing Public/Password Protected Access

    • Portfolio ShareFile StopAccess

    Conditional Access

    • Portfolio ShareFile Conditional

    Group Portfolio File Sharing

    • Portfolio ShareFile Group

Student Grade Access

• Quick Grades Description

  Changing Course Environment for Student Access to Spreadsheet

  • GradingOptions

Exams

• exam basics

Slots

Using Slots
• Slot Use

Uploading Slot Attributes File

• Slot CommaDelimited

Clickers

Using Clickers
• Using Clickers

Registration of Clickers

• Clicker Registration

Printing

Prepare a Printable PDF Document
• Print Resource

Tips for Improving Print Output

• Print Options

  TeXsize Attribute

  • TEXsize attribute

  TeXwidth Attribute

  • TEXwidth attribute

  TeXDropEmptyColumns Attribute

  • TEXDropEmptyColumns attribute

  Image TeX Attributes

  • Problem LON-CAPA Image Options

  TeX Type Attribute

  • TEXtype attribute

  TeX Itemgroup Width Attribute

  • TEXitemgroupwidth attribute

  TeX Layout Attribute

  • TEXlayout attribute

Troubleshooting PDF Errors

• Print Tricks

Miscellaneous

Adding Instructors and Teaching Assistants to Your Course
• Course Add Other

  Actions Available for Standard Course Roles

  • Course Roles

  Change Privileges of a User

  • Course Change Privileges

  Creating a Custom Role

  • Course Editing Custom Roles

Course Calendar

• Calendar Add Announcement

• Calendar Remove Announcement

Course Chat Room

• Course Chat

Surveys

• Authoring Surveys

Evaluating a Resource

• Course User Evaluation

Searching the LON-CAPA Resource Pool

• Searching

  Basic Search

  • Search Basic

  Advanced Search

  • Search Advanced

Browsing Resources

• Browsing Resources

Viewing Resource Catalog Information

• Catalog Info

Annotations

• Annotation

On Deleting Courses

• Course Deleting