Handouts/NoticesLecturesSelf-testsInternet Resources

A Manhattan classroom consistsof up to 13 separate areas, represented

by the colored buttons, called ‘modules’.

Each module provides a different means of

communication betweenpeople in the classroom.

As you learn about Manhattan, keep in mindthat your teacher can select the

modules to use at any particular timein the class.

Your teacher may select only these modules.

… Or these …

… or these!

A Manhattan classroom willalmost NEVER have all

thirteen modules enabled.

Your teacher will decide what is bestfor their classroom.

Only the teacher can postmessages here. It’s a place

for the teacher to putmaterials for you to read.

The Handouts/Notices moduleis for one-way communication

from the teacher to the students.

These modules differ only in their names,and in what you’re likely to find in them.

Actually, the

Lectures

Handouts/Notices

and

Self-tests

modules are exactlythe same!

We’ll focus on the Handouts/Noticesmodule in this tour. Keep in mind that

everything you learn applies to the Lectures and Self-tests modules as well.

We’ll also take a look at the closely related

Internet Resources module.

A Red Star on any module’s buttonmeans there’s one or more messages

within that you have not yet read.

Click!

When you first enter Handouts/Notices you’llsee a list of the messages posted by the teacher.

The subject of the message. The sender of the message. When it was sent.

Each message has three informative parts.

Notice that the oldest messages arelisted first. You can reverse the order

so that your newest messages are listed first.Just click the

‘Reverse Order’ button.

Oldest first

Now the newest messagesare listed first.

Newest first

These little faces can mean different things,depending on their appearance.

They work in conjunction with Red Stars (new or unread messages) and “sleepy topics”.

Sleepy Topics will be discussed in greaterdetail in the Discussion Module tutorial.

You can‘gather’

more than one message

on the same screen.

After choosingwhat you want

to gather, click on the Gather button.

Select the messages to gather from this list. In Handouts/Notices,

there are only two options: ‘Unread’ or ‘All’.

Click here to return to the

module.

In the ‘Gather’ view all messagesare listed on one page. Different

‘Topics’ are separated by alternatecolored backgrounds.

As you can see once you have ‘gathered’messages they are marked as read. The

‘Red Stars’ are gone.

To read a message in the standard view,click on the subject in the list...

Click

This is it what it looks like to read amessage using the standard method.

Take a moment toread this message.

Where?

When?

What?

Who?

Any files attached will belisted here. Click on a file name

to open it.

Throughout Manhattanthese blue arrows,

always near the upper left corner, mean ‘Go Back’. Use them instead

of your browser’s Back button!

The Info button does thesame thing as the ‘?’ linkin the list of messages -

it provides you with moreinformation about the message.

If you wrote the message,you can click here to seewho read the message!

You’ll often find a wayto quickly get back to your classroom’s Main Menu.

The “Read Next” and“Read Previous”

buttons can be usedto move through the

messages one at a time.

The “Read Previous” message is “grayed out”

because there is noprevious message. This

message was the first on the list.

“Grayed out” buttons do nothing when you click on

them - they are commands that are not available

to you in this context.

You, as a student, can’t “Add aNew Message” or “Reply” to aHandouts/Notices message - this module is for one-waycommunication from the teacher to the students.Handout/Notices messages

are not grouped into topics so the Previous/Next Topic

buttons are “grayed out” as well.

Click here to return to the Handouts/Noticesmessage listing.

Click here to leave the Handouts/Notices module.

That’s pretty muchall you need to know to

get around in the Handouts/Notices module.

Actually, youcan apply everythingyou learned here to

Manhattan’s other modules.

In fact, the Lecturesand the Self-tests modules

are exactly the sameas the Handouts/Notices module!

Blue Arrows mean “Go Back” - use them!

If you posted the message,you can find out when

others have read it!

Red Stars = unread messagePaperclip = attached file(s) Click on ‘?’ for more info.

You can “Gather” more than one messageon the same page. In Handouts/Notices, the

choices are simply “All” or “Unread”.

Remember,these workthe same.

All threeprovide a

place for theteacher to

put materialsfor the students

to read.

Most teachers willuse at least the

Handouts/Noticesmodule.

That’s where you’relikely to find thecourse syllabus,

various “handouts”,and announcements to

the class.

You might find PowerPointpresentations, lecture summaries,or even digitized audio recordingsof lectures in the Lectures module.

If the teacherregularly provides

materials to simulate or add toa lecture, it makessense to add the

Lectures module.

Your onlinecourse may

also make useof interactivequizzes called

Self-tests.

If so, it makessense for your

teacher to enable theSelf-tests module andput the quizzes there.

The three modules simplymake your ‘virtual classroom’

a more organized place.

Like the othermodules we’ve been

discussing,only the teacher

can post messages here.

Instead of things likePowerPoint

presentations or audio files,

Internet Resourcesis used to posta list of web

sites for studentsto visit.

Your teacher may also usethe Internet Resources module.

Click!

Click!

The recommended site.

A description of theweb site.

Click!

Click!

The recommended website is displayedin a special window.

Notice the frame with the buttonat the top of the window.

This will return you directlyto your virtual classroom.

You can navigateas deeply as you

like in the window,yet always have

an easy way to getback to yourclassroom.

Click!

Click!

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