[LON-CAPA-cvs] cvs: loncom /html/adm/help/tex Prefs_About_Me.tex Prefs_Forwarding.tex Prefs_Language.tex Prefs_Messages.tex Prefs_Notification.tex Prefs_Screen_Name_Nickname.tex

raeburn raeburn at source.lon-capa.org
Tue Aug 27 15:56:48 EDT 2013 

raeburn		Tue Aug 27 19:56:48 2013 EDT

  Modified files:              
    /loncom/html/adm/help/tex	Prefs_About_Me.tex Prefs_Forwarding.tex 
                             	Prefs_Language.tex Prefs_Messages.tex 
                             	Prefs_Notification.tex 
                             	Prefs_Screen_Name_Nickname.tex 
  Log:
  - Advertise access to Preferences via dropdown list attached to user's name
    at top left of screen.
  - Compromise to support display in both contextual online help, and aggregated
    in manual (PDF).
    - Identify the "section" by name, because the \ref is converted to a question
      mark icon only, and not a number in online help context.
  
  
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Index: loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_About_Me.tex
diff -u loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_About_Me.tex:1.10 loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_About_Me.tex:1.11
--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_About_Me.tex:1.10	Mon Jul 15 12:32:20 2013
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_About_Me.tex	Tue Aug 27 19:56:48 2013
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@
 To change this internal LON-CAPA information page, do the following:
 
 \begin{enumerate}
-\item Click \textbf{Main Menu} in the Inline Menu
-\item Select \textbf{Set my user preferences} \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{pref} 
-in the \textbf{My Space} group
-\item At the \textbf{Set User Preferences} screen, select 
+\item Either move your mouse pointer over your name at the top left of the page, and select
+\textbf{Information} from the displayed dropdown, or click \textbf{Main Menu} on the Inline Menu
+and Select \textbf{Set user preferences} \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{pref}
+in the \textbf{My Space} group then select
 \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{system-users}
-\textbf{Personal Information Page}.  This will bring you to your Personal Information Page.
-\item Click the Edit\includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{edit} link.
+\textbf{Personal Information Page}
+This will bring you to your Personal Information Page.
+\item Click the Edit\includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{edit} link in the Functions menu.
 \item To upload an image to your Personal Information
 Page, click the \fbox{Browse} button in the editor and grab
 an image from your computer. When you have made your selection, click
@@ -21,15 +22,19 @@
 \item Clicking ANY of the \fbox{Save All} buttons will save the entire page.
 \end{enumerate}
 
-For more information about editing template files, see \ref{Docs_Editing_Templated_Pages}
+For more information about editing template files, see ``Editing Template Files'' section 
+(\ref{Docs_Editing_Templated_Pages}).
 
-NOTE: If you choose to communicate anonymously within the course, students will not
+NOTES 
+\begin{enumerate}
+\item
+If you choose to communicate anonymously within the course, students will not
 be able to view your Personal Information Page through the normal link, but
 Course Coordinators will still be able to view the page through the normal link.
-
-NOTE: The \textbf{My Personal Information Page} is a special page; it
+\item
+The \textbf{My Personal Information Page} is a special page; it
 belongs to you, not a particular course. Contents of that page remain the same no matter 
 how many times it appears. All changes made to the page propogate to all links. Bear
 in mind, as populating your \textbf{My Personal Information Page} for multiple courses, you 
 may not wish to add course-specific information.
-
+\end{enumerate}
Index: loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_Forwarding.tex
diff -u loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_Forwarding.tex:1.16 loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_Forwarding.tex:1.17
--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_Forwarding.tex:1.16	Mon Jul 15 12:32:20 2013
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_Forwarding.tex	Tue Aug 27 19:56:48 2013
@@ -6,9 +6,9 @@
 To forward messages do the following:
 
 \begin{enumerate}
-\item Click \textbf{Main Menu}
-\item Click \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{pref}
-\textbf{Set my user preferences} on the \textbf{My Space} group.
+\item Either move your mouse pointer over your name at the top left of the page, and select \textbf{Preferences} from the displayed dropdown, or click \textbf{Main Menu} on the Inline Menu and
+then select \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{pref} \textbf{Set user preferences}
+in the \textbf{My Space} group.
 \item At the \textbf{Set User Preferences} screen, select
 \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{mail-reply-all}
 \textbf{Messages \& Notifications}.
Index: loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_Language.tex
diff -u loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_Language.tex:1.6 loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_Language.tex:1.7
--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_Language.tex:1.6	Mon Jul 15 12:32:20 2013
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_Language.tex	Tue Aug 27 19:56:48 2013
@@ -3,9 +3,9 @@
 
 \begin{enumerate}
 
-\item Click \textbf{Main Menu} in the Inline Menu
-\item Select \textbf{Set my user preferences} \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{pref} 
-in the \textbf{My Space} group
+\item Either move your mouse pointer over your name at the top left of the page, and select \textbf{Preferences} from the displayed dropdown, or click \textbf{Main Menu} on the Inline Menu and
+then select \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{pref} \textbf{Set user preferences}
+in the \textbf{My Space} group.
 \item At the \textbf{Set user preferences} screen, select 
 \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{preferences-desktop-locale}
 \textbf{Language}. 
@@ -16,8 +16,8 @@
 
 Most likely you will have English as the default language.
 
-If homework problems or other ressources are available in your preferred language they will be displayed to you in that language. Otherwise they will remain in the language they were coded in.
-Course Coordinators can enforce a particular language to be used in their course. This will overwrite the preferred language settings of all course members for that particular course.
+If homework problems or other resources are available in your preferred language they will be displayed to you in that language. Otherwise they will remain in the language they were coded in.
+Course Coordinators can enforce a particular language to be used in their course. This will override the preferred language settings of all course members for that particular course.
  
 
 Within LON-CAPA the default language of the user interface is English. User interfaces for other languages might not be translated completely, in which case untranslated words will appear in English.
Index: loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_Messages.tex
diff -u loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_Messages.tex:1.6 loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_Messages.tex:1.7
--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_Messages.tex:1.6	Sat May 22 21:51:32 2010
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_Messages.tex	Tue Aug 27 19:56:48 2013
@@ -5,10 +5,9 @@
 
 To forward messages do the following:
 \begin{enumerate}
-\item Select \textbf{Preferences} on the Inline Menu or 
-\includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{pref}
-\textbf{Set user preferences} 
-on the Main Menu.
+\item Either move your mouse pointer over your name at the top left of the page, and select \textbf{Preferences}from the displayed dropdown, or click \textbf{Main Menu} on the Inline Menu and
+then select \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{pref} \textbf{Set user preferences}
+in the \textbf{My Space} group.
 \item At the \textbf{Set User Preferences} screen, select 
 \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{mail-reply-all}
 \textbf{Messages \& Notifications}
Index: loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_Notification.tex
diff -u loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_Notification.tex:1.6 loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_Notification.tex:1.7
--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_Notification.tex:1.6	Mon Jul 15 12:32:20 2013
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_Notification.tex	Tue Aug 27 19:56:48 2013
@@ -3,10 +3,10 @@
 \index{e-mail notifications}
 
 LON-CAPA can send new message notifications to your conventional
-email accounts. You can choose the specific types of messages
-which will cause notifications to be sent to the email addresses
+e-mail accounts. You can choose the specific types of messages
+which will cause notifications to be sent to the e-mail addresses
 you provide. The specific types of message
-are: critical messages, standard messages or any message. The notification email
+are: critical messages, standard messages or any message. The notification e-mail
 will include an excerpt of the text contained in the body of the original LON-CAPA
 message.
 
@@ -14,10 +14,9 @@
 
 \begin{enumerate}
 
-\item Click \textbf{Main Menu} on the inline Menu
-\item Click 
-(\includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{pref}
-\textbf{Set my user preferences} from the \textbf{My Space} group.
+\item Either move your mouse pointer over your name at the top left of the page, and select \textbf{Preferences} from the displayed dropdown, or click \textbf{Main Menu} on the Inline Menu and
+then select \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{pref} \textbf{Set user preferences}
+in the \textbf{My Space} group.
 \item At the \textbf{Set my user preferences} screen, click the
   \underbar{Message Forwarding and Notification} link in the \textbf{Messages and Notifications} group.
 \item In the \textbf{Forward messages to other account(s) in LON-CAPA} section, check the checkbox labeled \textbf{Add new address} 
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@
    labeled \textbf{Notification address}. This should be an Internet email
    address like \texttt{user at example.com}
 \item Use the radio buttons to select which types of LON-CAPA message should
- cause a notification email to be sent to the specified address. (See the section \ref{Course_Critical_Message})
+ cause a notification email to be sent to the specified address. (See the Critical Messages section \ref{Course_Critical_Message})
 \item Choose whether you want any HTML tags contained in the original message body
  to be preserved in the excerpt included in the notification email.
 \item Click the \fbox{Save} button.
Index: loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_Screen_Name_Nickname.tex
diff -u loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_Screen_Name_Nickname.tex:1.9 loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_Screen_Name_Nickname.tex:1.10
--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_Screen_Name_Nickname.tex:1.9	Mon Jul 15 12:32:20 2013
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Prefs_Screen_Name_Nickname.tex	Tue Aug 27 19:56:48 2013
@@ -4,10 +4,9 @@
 
 \begin{enumerate}
 
-\item Click \textbf{Main Menu} on the Inline Menu
-\item Select
-\includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{pref}
-\textbf{Set user preferences} in the \textbf{My Space} group.
+\item Either move your mouse pointer over your name at the top left of the page, and select \textbf{Preferences} from the displayed dropdown, or click \textbf{Main Menu} on the Inline Menu and 
+then select \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{pref} \textbf{Set user preferences} 
+in the \textbf{My Space} group.
 \item At the \textbf{Set User Preferences} screen, select 
 \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{preferences-desktop-font}
 \textbf{Screen Name}.

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