Emma for Faculty Lesson 1: Using <emma> and OpenOffice 1

Transcription

1 Emma for Faculty Lesson 1: Using <emma> and OpenOffice 1 Installing Firefox and OpenOffice If you have not installed Firefox and OpenOffice go to the URL below in a web browser: This will bring up a page like the one pictured at the right. You need to download two different software applications: Firefox: an open source web browser OpenOffice: a productivity suite that is an open source alternative to Microsoft Office To download software, click on the Get Software for Windows or Get Software for Mac OS X links, depending on the type of computer you use. Getting an <emma> Account Open Firefox and go to the URL You should see a screen looking somewhat like that shown below. Click on Create an Account. 1 These instructions closely follow the Wofford <emma> tutorial 101, written by Terry Ferguson Using <emma> 1 2-Sep-08

2 When the window appears, click on the New Account button. You will be asked to Submit your address. Next, enter your name and the user name that you will use in <emma>. Review your information and if it is correct, click on Create Account. You now should see an Account Registration window confirming the creation of your account. The password will be sent to your account. Using <emma> 2 2-Sep-08

3 Logging on <emma> Open Firefox and go to the URL Enter your <emma> username and password. Click on Login. You should see the <emma> Home Page. Logging-Out of <emma> You always should logout of <emma> when you are finished with a session To logout off <emma> click on Logout in the left menu. Using <emma> 3 2-Sep-08

4 Faculty: Creating a New Course Once you have created an account, one of the <emma> administrators will need to promote you to instructor status so you can create a new course. Click on Create new course Fill in the course information. Click on Update course when you are ready. You now will see a New Course Confirmation window, which will allow you to personalize <emma> s description of the course. Suppose that you will assign three papers in the course. The topic of the first paper will be Robotics. Click on Edit project by Paper 1. Using <emma> 4 2-Sep-08

5 Enter Robotics as the Project Name and click on Update Project. You should see that the name of Paper 1 has been changed. Change the name of the second and third papers. Because you will only assign three papers, click on Delete Project by Paper 4. <emma> will need to be reassured that you really want to delete the project. Click on Delete project again. When you are finished, click on the name of the course in the Select Course menu. Using <emma> 5 2-Sep-08

6 Faculty: Uploading Documents to <emma> When you have selected a course, you will see a menu that includes Upload Material. You can use this to upload documents you have prepared for the course. Suppose, for example, that you have prepared a course syllabus using OpenOffice Writer and you now want to upload the syllabus to <emma>. Click on Upload Material and Browse to the file you want to upload. When you find the file, click on the Upload. Fill in the information about the document, by checking Course and Syllabus. Then click on Update. Using <emma> 6 2-Sep-08

7 You now should see a Confirm Document Upload window. If you click on Course Home, you will see the Syllabus listed under Course Content. Suppose that you also have a writing assignment to make. Under Course Home, select Upload Materials. Again, Browse for the file, and when you find it, click on Upload. Using <emma> 7 2-Sep-08

8 Fill in the information about the document and click on Update. If you click on Course Home and Course Materials, you should see the assignment in the list of course content. Note that the syllabus and assignment have been labeled as such. Using <emma> 8 2-Sep-08

9 Faculty and Students: Viewing Documents You, or a student, can view one of the documents by clicking on its title. The document also can be downloaded into OpenOffice Writer. Using <emma> 9 2-Sep-08

10 Students: Uploading Documents to <emma> Students can upload an essay file from their computer to <emma> as described above click on Upload Documents, Browse for the document, and then Upload it. The students will need to specify several things about the document. Its title The project with which it is associated Its stage Whether peers can have access to the document. Generally peers should be given access to a document so it will be available for peer review. Only the final graded copy of an essay should be private. Students: Moving a Document to another Project It is possible that a student, perish the thought, may upload a document to the wrong location, or decide that he or she wants to delete it. A paper can be moved or deleted by editing it. For example, suppose Ima has uploaded the paper WrongPlace WrongTime under the Cloud Computing project rather than File Sharing, where it belongs. She wants to move it. In the Cloud Computing project listing, she sweeps the mouse over the small inverted triangle to the right of the paper s name and clicks on Edit listing in the menu that pops up. Using <emma> 10 2-Sep-08

11 In the Edit Listing window that appears, she selects the button next to the proper project and then clicks on Update. The document now is filed under the proper project. Students: Deleting a Document She also can delete a document from <emma>. Sweep the mouse over the small inverted triangle to the right of the paper s name, which will display the menu shown in the picture below. Clicking on Delete will permanently delete the document from <emma>. Faculty and Students: Viewing a List of Class Documents You may want to see all the papers that have been submitted at a particular stage and are ready for review. Select the Project (e.g., Robotics), Class Docs by Stage and the Stage that you want to see (e.g., Draft 1). Using <emma> 11 2-Sep-08

12 You also may want to see all the papers that a particular person has written. In this case, select Class Docs by Name and select the name of the person you want. Faculty and Students: Downloading a Paper from <emma> To download a paper so that you can edit it, find the paper and click on the Download button. You will be asked if you want to save the file or open it with OpenOffice or NeoOffice. Choose the one you want and click on OK. It usually is best to save the file to disk. Save the file with another name, such as AuthorName-Paper1-YourName for example, Dave-Paper1-Ima The document will be saved as an OpenOffice document file with an.odt extension. Make sure you save it in a place where you can find it later. Using <emma> 12 2-Sep-08