HandoutsNotices

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• Handouts/Notices
• Lectures
• Self-tests
• Internet Resources

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A Manhattan classroom consists of up to 13
separate areas, represented by the colored
buttons, called modules.
Each module provides a different means
of communication between people in the classroom.
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Your teacher may select only these modules.
As you learn about Manhattan, keep in mind that
your teacher can select the modules to use at
any particular time in the class.
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Or these
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or these!
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A Manhattan classroom will almost NEVER have
all thirteen modules enabled. Your teacher will
decide what is bestfor their classroom.
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The Handouts/Notices module is for one-way
communication from the teacher to the students.
Only the teacher can post messages here. Its a
place for the teacher to put materials for you to
read.
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Actually, the Lectures Handouts/Notices and Se
lf-tests modules are exactly the same!
These modules differ only in their names, and in
what youre likely to find in them.
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Well also take a look at the closely
related Internet Resources module.
Well focus on the Handouts/Notices module in
this tour. Keep in mind that everything you
learn applies to the Lectures and Self-tests
modules as well.
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A Red Star on any modules button means theres
one or more messages within that you have not yet
read.
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Click!
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When you first enter Handouts/Notices youll see
a list of the messages posted by the teacher.
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The subject of the message.
The sender of the message.
When it was sent.
Each message has three informative parts.
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Oldest first
Notice that the oldest messages are listed first.
You can reverse the orderso that your newest
messages are listed first.
Just click theReverse Order button.
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Newest first
Now the newest messagesare listed first.
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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.
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You can gather more than one message on the
same screen.
Select the messages to gather from this list.
In Handouts/Notices, there are only two options
Unread or All.
After choosing what you want to gather, click
on the Gather button.
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In the Gather view all messagesare listed on
one page. DifferentTopics are separated by
alternatecolored backgrounds.
Click here to return to themodule.
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As you can see once you have gatheredmessages
they are marked as read. The Red Stars are
gone.
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Click
To read a message in the standard view,click on
the subject in the list...
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This is it what it looks like to read amessage
using the standard method.
Take a moment toread this message.
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Where?
Who?
When?
What?
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Any files attached will be listed here. Click on
a file name to open it.
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Youll often find a way to quickly get back to
your classrooms Main Menu.
The Info button does the same thing as the ?
link in the list of messages - it provides you
with more information about the message. If you
wrote the message, you can click here to see who
read the message!
Throughout Manhattan these blue arrows, always
near the upper left corner, mean Go Back. Use
them instead of your browsers Back button!
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The Read Next and Read Previous buttons can
be used to move through the messages one at a
time.
The Read Previous message is grayed
out because there is no previous message.
This message was the first on the list.
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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, cant Add a New Message or
Reply to a Handouts/Notices message - this
module is for one-way communication 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.
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Click here to return to the Handouts/Noticesmess
age listing.
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Click here to leave the Handouts/Notices module.
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Thats pretty much all you need to know to get
around in the Handouts/Notices module.
Actually, you can apply everything you learned
here to Manhattans other modules.
In fact, the Lectures and the Self-tests
modules are exactly the same as the
Handouts/Notices module!
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Blue Arrows mean Go Back - use them!
If you posted the message, you can find out
when others have read it!
Red Stars unread message Paperclip attached
file(s) Click on ? for more info.
You can Gather more than one message on the
same page. In Handouts/Notices, the choices are
simply All or Unread.
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Remember, these work the same.
All three provide a place for the teacher to put
materials for the students to read.
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Most teachers will use at least
the Handouts/Notices module.
Thats where youre likely to find the course
syllabus, various handouts, and announcements
to the class.
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If the teacher regularly provides materials to
simulate or add to a lecture, it makes sense to
add the Lectures module.
You might find PowerPoint presentations, lecture
summaries, or even digitized audio recordings of
lectures in the Lectures module.
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Your online course may also make use of
interactive quizzes called Self-tests.
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If so, it makes sense for your teacher to enable
the Self-tests module and put the quizzes there.
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The three modules simply make your virtual
classroom a more organized place.
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Like the other modules weve been discussing, only
the teacher can post messages here.
Your teacher may also use the Internet Resources
module.
Instead of things like PowerPoint presentations
or audio files, Internet Resources is used to
post a list of web sites for students to visit.
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Click!
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Click!
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The recommended site.
A description of the web site.
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Click!
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Click!
Notice the frame with the buttonat the top of
the window.This will return you directlyto your
virtual classroom.
You can navigateas deeply as youlike in the
window,yet always havean easy way to getback
to yourclassroom.
The recommended website is displayedin a special
window.
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Click!
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Click!
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End of Tutorial