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Course Structure
This course is divided into chapters listed on the left sidebar. This self-paced
tutorial is designed to be studied in a linear fashion, but at any time you
can jump to another chapter. At the beginning of each chapter is a summary of
what you will learn in the chapter and a list of the chapter subjects. While
we suggest that you read the chapter subjects in order, you can click a subject
title to jump directly to that subject page.
On the subject pages, you will find icons that you can click to access additional
information.
Link to an in-depth article on the subject
Link to an interactive feature about the subject
Link to recommended resources on the Internet related
to the subject
Link to questions designed to provide you with a better
understanding of the information you just learned.
Link to a test page where you can measure your understanding
of the material
Link to a visual guide that provides a detailed explanation
of how to use a particular tool
Services Bar The course may have a services bar that contains
one or more of the following features. To access any of these features, simply
click on the word.
Home
Displays the course introduction page
FAQs
Displays a list of course related Frequently
Asked Questions and answers
Glossary
Displays an alphabetical list of course
related terms and their definitions
Course Map
Displays a hypertext list (Table of Contents)
of all subject pages
Help
Displays a list of additional sources for
help on the course
Side Bar The course may also have a side bar that has a list of links to
the various chapters in the course. You can click on these links to get
to the first page of the specific chapter. The sidebar may also have
the following buttons which are used for bookmarking:
Save
Stores the center-section page you are
currently viewing so that you can return to it at some future time.
This bookmark is remembered even if you restart your computer.
Go To
Once you have used the Save button,
you can reload the bookmarked page by pressing this button.
Moving About Any time you see text that is underlined and in color,
you can click it and jump directly to another page of information. This is
known as hypertext. You can also click certain graphics, known as hyperlinks
or hot links to access other resources. How do you know which images
are links? Watch the cursor. When you move it over hypertext or a hyperlinked
graphic, the cursor changes from an arrow to a hand.
To continue to the next page, click the Next
button
To return to the previous page, click the Back
button.
You can also use your browser's
Back button to return to the previous page.
Printing You may prefer to read long articles on paper, rather than on your computer
monitor. To print articles from this course, first click once on the article,
then click your web browser's Print button.
How To Use This Course
to continue.
This course is divided into chapters listed on the left sidebar. This self-paced
tutorial is designed to be studied in a linear fashion, but at any time you
can jump to another chapter. At the beginning of each chapter is a summary of
what you will learn in the chapter and a list of the chapter subjects. While
we suggest that you read the chapter subjects in order, you can click a subject
title to jump directly to that subject page.
button.