(c) Copyright 1993 Software Essentials All Rights Reserved You have selected HELP from the main panel action bar. The following is discussed: Using the Help Facility Selecting an Action Obtaining Help about a Specific Action Common Key Assignments Using the Help Facility: The help facility is designed to provide a brief explanation of what actions you may perform at any given time. It is not a replacement for your user documentation. You may access the Help facility at any time by selecting the HELP action available on all action bars. If you are performing a data entry action, Help for a specific data entryentry field can be obtained by placing the cursor in the field and pressing F1. Selecting an Action: Select an Action to be performed by placing the cursor on the desired option and pressing ENTER. The action menu may be turned off by pressing the ESC key. The action menu may be redisplayed by pressing any other key. Obtaining Help About a Specific Action: To obtain help about a specific action, move the cursor to the action and press the F1 Key. Common Key Assignments: The following keys are used to control you movement throughout the this product: ENTER - Used to Select an Action. For Data Entry, pressing ENTER signals the start of the data verification and database update process. ESC - Used to turn action menus off. Once turned off any key will redisplay the menu. If you on a data entry, help, or message window, pressing the ESC key cancels the window. Cursor Up - Move the cursor to the previous action. Data entry windows use this key to move to the previous data entry field. Cursor Down - Move the cursor to the next action. Data Entry windows use this key to move to the next data entry field. Cursor Right - Cancel the current action menu and move to next available action menu. Data entry windows use this key to move to the next available position in the data entry field. If no positions remain,the cursor is advanced to the next available data entry field. Cursor Left - Cancel the current action menu and move to the previous action menu. Data entry windows use this key to move to the previous position in the data entry field. If no previous positions remain then the cursor is moved to the last position in the previous field. Tab Right - Cancel the current action menu and move to next available action menu. Data entry windows use this key to move to the first position in the next available data entry field. Tab Left - Cancel the current action menu and move to the previous action menu. Data entry windows use this key to move to the first position in the previous data entry field. F1 - Used to access the Help information for the current action menu item or data entry field. You have selected HELP for the SCHEDULES action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action General Description: The SCHEDULES action displays the class schedule for the most current term available. The most current term is defined as the term that is currently occurring or as the term that has most recently ended. If no class schedule information has been entered then a message and a blank screen are displayed. Once the class schedule is displayed you can perform numerous actions.These include: adding a class schedule for a new term, page back and forth through the list of all available class schedules, enter grades for assignments in a class, enter syllabus information for a class, review grades achieved in a class, drop a class, add a class, enter a final grade in a class, etc. You have selected HELP for the GRADEBOOK action. The following are discussed: General Description of the Action Requirements for Using the Action General Description: The GRADEBOOK action displays the entire list of classes from all available class schedules and the final grade earned in each class. In addition, your cumulative GPA is computed. If no class schedule information is available then a message is displayed. Once the gradebook screen is displayed you can perform numerous actions. These include: adding a final grade for a class, changing a final grade for a class, reviewing all assignment grades for a class, updating the grading scale, etc. Requirements for Using the Action: A default grading scale is supplied with this product. This scale may or may not be appropriate for you. It is recommended that you review the current grading scale and update it as required. You have selected HELP for the STUDYCARDS Action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action General Description: Studycards are a series of database entries that contain information required by a class or subject matter. In essence these cards are the same as index cards with a question on the front and the answer on theback. The STUDYCARD action allows you to perform any of the following actions on studycard entries: Browse all the cards Find a specific card or set of cards Add a new studycard entry Change an existing studycard Delete a studycard Both the question and answer sections of each card are displayed. You have selected HELP for the REVIEWCARDS Action. The following are discussed: General Description of the Action Requirements for Using the Action General Description: Studycards are a series of database entries that contain information required by a class or subject matter. In essence these cards are the same as index cards with a question on the front and the answer on theback. The REVIEWCARDS action allows you to select a single card or a set of cards. Once selected the question section is displayed. You can verifyyour answer by selecting the answer action. If more than one card is selected, you can page back and forth through all of the cards. Requirements for Using the Action Before using the REVIEWCARDS action you must know the criteria which identify the cards to be reviewed. If no criteria is specified then all available cards will be reviewed. If the criteria is specified fora single class then cards specific to that class will be reviewed. If criteria for a subject area is used then all cards available for the specified area will be reviewed. Many other possible combinations are possible. You have selected HELP for the Help ABOUT... action. The following is discussed: Using the Help Facility Obtaining Help about a Specific Action Using the Help Facility: The help facility is designed to provide a brief explanation of what actions you may perform at any given time. It is not a replacement for your user documentation. You may access the Help facility at any time by selecting the HELP action available on all action bars. If you are performing a data entry action, Help for a specific data entryentry field can be obtained by placing the cursor in the field and pressing F1. Obtaining Help About a Specific Action: To obtain help about a specific action, move the cursor to the action and press the F1 Key. You have selected HELP for the Exit TO DOS.. action. The following is discussed: Exiting the "Student's Information System" Exiting the Student's Information System If you select the To EXIT action then your session is closed, execution is ended, and you are returned to the DOS prompt. Please note that it is not necessary to exit the product to ensure all additions, updates, etc you may have made are saved. These are automatically saved at the time the action was confirmed. You have selected HELP for the Class Schedule Display. The following is discussed: General Description of the Display Selecting an Action Obtaining Help about a Specific Action General Description of the Display The Class Schedule display provides a quick review of the classes for either the current term, previous terms, or upcoming terms. When you first open the display, the classes for the most current term are displayed. The most current term is defined as the term that is currently occurring or as the term that has most recently ended. If no class schedule information has been entered then a message and a blank screen are displayed. The following information is displayed for each class: Section Number - The section number assigned to the class Class Number - The identification number assigned to the class Description - This is descriptive information about the class. This is most often used to record the class title. Days - The days when the class occurs. Any nonblank character indicates that the class occurs on that Day. The notation SMTWRFS is short for: S - Sunday M - Monday T - Tuesday W - Wednesday R - Thursday F - Friday S - Saturday Start Time - The scheduled starting time for the class. End Time - The scheduled ending time for the class. Room Number - The room where the class is held Credit - The credits earned when the class is successfully completed. This is most commonly referred to as credit hours or simply hours. Times are in the format hour:minute|Am or Pm. Some fields may be blank. This indicates that the information was not supplied when the class information was entered. Selecting an Action: Select an Action to be performed by placing the cursor on the desired option and pressing ENTER. The action menu may be turned off by pressing the ESC key. The action menu may be redisplayed by pressing any other key. Obtaining Help About a Specific Action: To obtain help about a specific action, move the cursor to the action and press the F1 Key. You have selected HELP for the "Previous Term's Schedule" action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action General Description of the Action Selecting the Previous Term's Schedule action displays the previous term's classes. The previous term is the one that occurred immediatelybefore the currently displayed term. Once displayed, any information including syllabus and detailed grades may be reviewed or updated for any one or all of the displayed classes. You have selected HELP for the "Next Term's Schedule" action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action General Description of the Action Selecting the Next Term's Schedule action displays the next term's classes. The next term is the one that occurred, or will occur, immediately after the currently displayed term. Once displayed, any information including syllabus and detailed grades may be reviewed or updated for any one or all of the displayed classes. You have selected HELP for the Add a Term action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action General Description of the Action The Add a Term action allows you to enter information about all of the classes scheduled for a term. Information can be entered about terms for which information has not yet been saved. This includes terms that you have already completed and future terms. Data entry occurs on a screen that looks exactly like the class schedule display screen currently displayed. This allows you to enter all class information just as it appears on your paper class schedule. When you have completed entering the class schedule, each class will be added to the class database. You have selected HELP for the Add a Class action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action General Description of the Action The Add a Class action allows you to enter information about a single class that you are adding to the schedule. This action differs from the Add a Term action since the class is added to the currently displayed schedule rather than to the schedule for a different term. When you have completed entering the class information, the class willbe added to the class database. You have selected HELP for the Review Grades Action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action General Description of the Action The Review Grades action allows you to review all the detailed grade information you have entered for each class on the schedule. The grade information is presented one class at a time. You can page back and forth between classes as required. Once the review grades window is displayed you can perform other functions such as add a detailed grade entry, delete an entry, and enter a final grade for a class. If no grade information is available for a class, then a blank review grades window is displayed. You have selected HELP for the Review Syllabus By Class Action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action General Description of the Action The Review Syllabus action allows you to review all the syllabus information you have entered for each class on the schedule. The information is presented one class at a time. You can page back and and forth between classes as required. Once the review syllabus windowis displayed you can perform other functions such as add a syllabus entry and delete an entry. If no syllabus information is available fora class, then a blank review syllabus window is displayed. Syllabus entries are simply the assignments, tests, etc required to complete the class. Please note, only one syllabus entry is allowed per day for any one class. You have selected HELP for the Review Syllabus By Date Action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action General Description of the Action The Review Syllabus action allows you to review all the syllabus information you have entered for all classes on the schedule. The information is presented for all classes and is ordered by date. This information is a kind of TODO list for the term. You can page back andand forth between classes as required. Once the review syllabus windowis displayed you can perform other functions such as delete a syllabusentry. If no syllabus information is available for any class scheduledduring the term, a blank review syllabus window is displayed. Syllabus entries are simply the assignments, tests, etc required to complete the class. Please note, only one syllabus entry is allowed per day for any one class. You have selected HELP for the SelectAClass Syllabus Action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action How SelectAClass Works General Description of the Action The SelectaClass Syllabus action allows you to review all the syllabusinformation you have entered for a single class on the schedule. Once the review syllabus window is displayed you can perform other functions such as add a syllabus entry and delete an entry. If no syllabus information is available for the selected class, then a blankreview syllabus window is displayed. How SelectAClass Works All SelectAClass actions differ from other available actions since youare requesting information about a single class rather than for all classes on the display. In order to do this, the action requires you to identify the class that you wish to act upon. Once you request a SelectAClass action, you select a specific entry by moving the cursor to the required line and pressing ENTER. If you decide not to select an entry then simply press ESC to return to regular processing. You have selected HELP for the SelectAClass Grades Action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action How SelectAClass Works General Description of the Action The SelectaClass Grades action allows you to review all the detailed grade information you have entered for a single class on the schedule.Once the review grade window is displayed, you can perform other functions such as add an entry and delete an entry. If no detailed grade information is available for the selected class then a blank review detailed grades window is displayed. How SelectAClass Works All SelectAClass actions differ from other available actions since youare requesting information about a single class rather than for all classes on the display. In order to do this, the action requires you to identify the class that you wish to act upon. Once you request a SelectAClass action, you select a specific entry by moving the cursor to the required line and pressing ENTER. If you decide not to select an entry then simply press ESC to return to regular processing. You have selected HELP for the SelectAClass Drop Action. The followingis discussed: General Description of the Action How SelectAClass Works General Description of the Action The SelectaClass Drop action allows you to drop a class from the current class schedule. Dropping a class removes the class from the class database. All syllabus and grade entries associated with the class are also deleted. A drop is final since all entries are permanently erased from the schedule and cannot be recovered. Dropping a class should be reserved for such rare things as a major scheduling mistake. It is recommended that the class be assigned a final grade of W (Withdraw) or WF (Withdraw/Failed) and be left on the schedule. This avoids many of the potential problems associated with dropping a class. How SelectAClass Works All SelectAClass actions differ from other available actions since youare requesting information about a single class rather than for all classes on the display. In order to do this, the action requires you to identify the class that you wish to act upon. Once you request a SelectAClass action, you select a specific entry by moving the cursor to the required line and pressing ENTER. If you decide not to select an entry then simply press ESC to return to regular processing. You have selected HELP for the SelectAClass Final Grade Action. The following are discussed: General Description of the Action How SelectAClass Works General Description of the Action The SelectaClass Final Grade Action allows you to review, enter, or update the final grade earned in a class. The final grade is used to compute your GPA score by the GRADEBOOK action. Grades of "A"-"F" are allowed as well as some "special" grades such as "I" for a class that was not completed by the end of the semester. How SelectAClass Works All SelectAClass actions differ from other available actions since youare requesting information about a single class rather than for all classes on the display. In order to do this, the action requires you to identify the class that you wish to act upon. Once you request a SelectAClass action, you select a specific entry by moving the cursor to the required line and pressing ENTER. If you decide not to select an entry then simply press ESC to return to regular processing. You have selected HELP for the Help ABOUT... action. The following is discussed: Using the Help Facility Obtaining Help about a Specific Action Using the Help Facility: The help facility is designed to provide a brief explanation of what actions you may perform at any given time. It is not a replacement for your user documentation. You may access the Help facility at any time by selecting the HELP action available on all action bars. If you are performing a data entry action, Help for a specific data entry field can be obtained by placing the cursor in the field and pressing F1. Obtaining Help About a Specific Action: To obtain help about a specific action, move the cursor to the action and press the F1 Key. You have selected HELP for the EXIT ...Home Panel action. The following is discussed: Returning to the Home Panel Returning to the Home Panel: If you select the ...Home Panel action then the class schedule window is closed and the home panel is displayed. The home panel is the firstpanel displayed when you started this product. Once you are back to the home panel you may select any actions available on that panel. Please note, it is not necessary to exit the class schedule window in order to save any additions, updates, deletes, etc that may have occurred. These were automatically saved when you confirmed the action. You have selected HELP during the select phase of SelectAClass action processing. The following is discussed: How SelectAClass Works. How SelectAClass Works All SelectAClass actions differ from other available actions since youare requesting information about a single class rather than for all classes on the display. In order to do this, the action requires you to identify the class that you wish to act upon. Once you request a SelectAClass action, you select a specific entry by moving the cursor to the required line and pressing ENTER. If you decide not to select an entry, simply press ESC to return to regular processing. You have requested HELP for the "Section Number" field on the Add A Class window. The actual section number assigned to the class being added should be entered in this field. If your school does not use section numbers, then this field may be left blank. Once you have entered all the necessary class information press ENTER to save it to the class database. If you decide not to add a class, press ESC and you will be returned to normal processing. You have requested HELP for the "Class Number" field on the Add A Class window. The actual identification number for the class being added should be entered into this field. A class number is required to add the class to the schedule. Once you have entered all the necessary class information press ENTER to save it to the class database. If you decide not to add a class, press ESC and you will be returned to normal processing. You have requested HELP for the "Description" field on the Add A Classwindow. Use this field to enter either the title or a description of the classbeing added. An entry in this field is required in order to add the class to the schedule. Once you have entered all the necessary class information press ENTER to save it to the class database. If you decide not to add a class, press ESC and you will be returned to normal processing. You have requested HELP for the "Days" field on the Add A Class window. Use this field to mark the days on which the class occurs. Simply place any nonblank character in the columns which correspond to the days when the class is scheduled to meet. The notation SMTWRFS is short for: S - Sunday M - Monday T - Tuesday W - Wednesday R - Thursday F - Friday S - Saturday Once you have entered all the necessary class information press ENTER to save it to the class database. If you decide not to add a class, press ESC and you will be returned to normal processing. You have requested HELP for the "Start Time" field on the Add A Class window. Enter the scheduled starting time for the class being added. The time must be in the format hour:minute|Am or Pm. Example starting time entries are 11:30a for half past 11 o'clock in the morning and 2:00p for 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Once you have entered all the necessary class information press ENTER to save it to the class database. If you decide not to add a class, press ESC and you will be returned to normal processing. You have requested HELP for the "End Time" field on the Add A Class window. Enter the scheduled ending time for the class being added. The time must be in the format hour:minute|Am or Pm. Example ending time entries are 11:30a for half past 11 o'clock in the morning and 2:00p for 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Once you have entered all the necessary class information press ENTER to save it to the class database. If you decide not to add a class, press ESC and you will be returned to normal processing. You have requested HELP for the "Room Number" field on the Add A Classwindow. Enter the room number where the class is scheduled to occur. Any combination of letters and numbers are allowed. A room number is required in order to add a class to the schedule. Once you have entered all the necessary class information press ENTER to save it to the class database. If you decide not to add a class, press ESC and you will be returned to normal processing. You have requested HELP for the "Credit" field on the Add A Class window. Enter the credits that will be earned once the class has been successfully completed. The values used in this column are usually referred to as credit hours or simply hours. If no credit will be earned then enter a 0 for the number of credits. This is most often the case when a class is being audited. Credits must be a whole numberbetween 0 and 99. Once you have entered all the necessary class information press ENTER to save it to the class database. If you decide not to add a class, press ESC and you will be returned to normal processing. You have requested HELP for the "School" field on the Add A Term window. Enter the name of the institution where you are enrolled for the term being defined. An entry must be made in this field. Once you have entered all the necessary information press ENTER to save the information to the database. If you decide not to add the term press ESC to return to normal processing. You have requested HELP for the "Term" field on the Add A Term window. Enter the term number for the term being defined. This number is most often used to identify the semester the term is associated with. All class schedule entries are ordered by the term number and the term start date. Two different terms may have the same term number but no two terms of the same number can start on the same date. Examples include: Term 1 for a first semester freshman Term 8 for a second semester senior Once you have entered all the necessary information press ENTER to save the information to the database. If you decide not to add the term press ESC to return to normal processing. You have requested HELP for the "Starting Date" field on the Add A Term window. Enter the date on which the term starts. The date must be in the form month-day-year. All class schedule entries are ordered by term number and term start date. Two different terms may have the same term numberbut no two terms of the same number can start on the same date. Examples dates are: 1-15-93 for January 1, 1993 12/9/92 for December 9, 1992 Once you have entered all the necessary information press ENTER to save the information to the database. If you decide not to add the term press ESC to return to normal processing. You have requested HELP for the "Ending Date" field on the Add A Term window. Enter the date on which the term ends. The date must be in the form month-day-year. This is the date by which all class work including final exams must be completed. Examples dates are: 1-15-93 for January 1, 1993 12/9/92 for December 9, 1992 Once you have entered all the necessary information press ENTER to save the information to the database. If you decide not to add the term press ESC to return to normal processing. You have requested HELP for the "Section Number" field on the Add A Class window. The actual section number assigned to the class being added should be entered in this field. If your school does not use section numbers, then this field may be left blank. Once you have entered all the necessary information press ENTER to save the information to the database. If you decide not to add the term press ESC to return to normal processing. You have requested HELP for the "Class Number" field on the Add A Class window. The actual identification number for the class being added should be entered into this field. A class number is required to add the class to the schedule. Once you have entered all the necessary information press ENTER to save the information to the database. If you decide not to add the term press ESC to return to normal processing. You have requested HELP for the "Description" field on the Add A Classwindow. Use this field to enter either the title or a description of the classbeing added. An entry in this field is required in order to add the class to the schedule. Once you have entered all the necessary information press ENTER to save the information to the database. If you decide not to add the term press ESC to return to normal processing. You have requested HELP for the "Days" field on the Add A Class window. Use this field to mark the days on which the class occurs. Simply place any nonblank character in the columns which correspond to the days when the class is scheduled to meet. The notation SMTWRFS is short for: S - Sunday M - Monday T - Tuesday W - Wednesday R - Thursday F - Friday S - Saturday Once you have entered all the necessary information press ENTER to save the information to the database. If you decide not to add the term press ESC to return to normal processing. You have requested HELP for the "Start Time" field on the Add A Class window. Enter the scheduled starting time for the class being added. The time must be in the format hour:minute|Am or Pm. Example starting time entries are 11:30a for half past 11 o'clock in the morning and 2:00p for 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Once you have entered all the necessary information press ENTER to save the information to the database. If you decide not to add the term press ESC to return to normal processing. You have requested HELP for the "End Time" field on the Add A Class window. Enter the scheduled ending time for the class being added. The time must be in the format hour:minute|Am or Pm. Example ending time entries are 11:30a for half past 11 o'clock in the morning and 2:00p for 2 o'clock in the afternoon. Once you have entered all the necessary information press ENTER to save the information to the database. If you decide not to add the term press ESC to return to normal processing. You have requested HELP for the "Room Number" field on the Add A Classwindow. Enter the room number where the class is scheduled to occur. Any combination of letters and numbers are allowed. A room number is required in order to add a class to the schedule. Once you have entered all the necessary information press ENTER to save the information to the database. If you decide not to add the term press ESC to return to normal processing. You have requested HELP for the "Credit" field on the Add A Class window. Enter the credits that will be earned once the class has been successfully completed. The values used in this column are usually referred to as credit hours or simply hours. If no credit will be earned then enter a 0 for the number of credits. This is most often the case when a class is being audited. Credits must be a whole numberbetween 0 and 99. Once you have entered all the necessary information press ENTER to save the information to the database. If you decide not to add the term press ESC to return to normal processing. You have selected HELP for the Syllabus by class window. The followingare discussed: General Description of the Display Selecting an Action Obtaining Help about a Specific Action General Description of the Display This Syllabus window provides a quick review of the all the syllabus information available for the current class. When you first open the window the first page of available syllabus information is displayed. You may page back and forth through the syllabus entries as required. If no syllabus information has been saved, a blank syllabus window is displayed. The following information is displayed for each syllabus entry: Date - This is the date when the assignment is due. Description - This is the description the assignment. Selecting an Action: Select an Action to be performed by placing the cursor on the desired option and pressing ENTER. The action menu may be turned off by pressing the ESC key. The action menu may be redisplayed by pressing any other key. Obtaining Help About a Specific Action: To obtain help about a specific action, move the cursor to the action and press the F1 Key. You have selected HELP for the "Display Previous Page" action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action General Description of the Action Selecting the Display Previous Page action causes the current display to be replaced with information from the previous page. If no previouspage is available, an error message is displayed. You have selected HELP for the "Display Next Page" action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action General Description of the Action Selecting the Display Next Page action causes the current display to be replaced with information from the next available page. If no more pages are available, an error message is displayed. You have selected HELP for the "Add a Syllabus Entry" action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action General Description of the Action This action opens the add a syllabus entry window. This window allows you to add a single syllabus entry for the current class. You have selected HELP for the SelectAnEntry Update Action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action How SelectAnEntry Works General Description of the Action The SelectAnEntry Update action allows you to change a selected syllabus entry. Typical reasons for an update include a change in the assignment date or a change in the assignment's description. The updated entry replaces the existing entry. How SelectAEntry Works All SelectAnEntry actions differ from other available actions since you are requesting information about a single entry rather than for all entries on the display. In order to do this, the action requires you to identify the entry that you wish to act upon. Once you request a SelectAnEntry action, you select a specific entry by moving the cursor to the required line and pressing ENTER. If you decide not to select an entry then simply press ESC to return to regular processing.You have selected HELP for the SelectAnEntry Delete Action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action How SelectAnEntry Works General Description of the Action The SelectAnEntry Delete action allows you to permanently erase a syllabus entry. Entries are permanently erased from the syllabus database and cannot be recovered. How SelectAnEntry Works All SelectAnEntry actions differ from other available actions since you are requesting information about a single entry rather than for all entries on the display. In order to do this, the action requires you to identify the entry that you wish to act upon. Once you request a SelectAnEntry action, you select a specific entry by moving the cursor to the required line and pressing ENTER. If you decide not to select an entry then simply press ESC to return to regular processing.You have selected HELP for the Help ABOUT... action. The following is discussed: Using the Help Facility Obtaining Help about a Specific Action Using the Help Facility: The help facility is designed to provide a brief explanation of what actions you may perform at any given time. It is not a replacement for your user documentation. You may access the Help facility at any time by selecting the HELP action available on all action bars. If you are performing a data entry action, Help for a specific data entry field can be obtained by placing the cursor in the field and pressing F1. Obtaining Help About a Specific Action: To obtain help about a specific action, move the cursor to the action and press the F1 Key. You have selected HELP for the Exit ...Class Schedule action. The following is discussed: Returning to the Class Schedule Returning to the Class Schedule If you select the ...Class Schedule action then the syllabus window isclosed and the class schedule window becomes the active window. Pleasenote, it is not necessary to exit the syllabus window in order to saveany additions, updates, deletes, etc that may have occurred. These areautomatically saved when you confirmed the action. You have selected HELP during the select phase of SelectAnEntry actionprocessing. The following is discussed: How SelectAnEntry Works. How SelectAnEntry Works All SelectAnEntry actions differ from other available actions since you are requesting information about a single class rather than for all classes on the display. In order to do this, the action requires you to identify the class that you wish to act upon. Once you request a SelectAnEntry action, you select a specific entry by moving the cursor to the required line and pressing ENTER. If you decide not to select an entry, simply press ESC to return to normal processing. You have requested HELP for the "Date" field on the Add/Update a syllabus entry window. Enter the date on which the entry is due or is to occur. The date mustbe in the format Month-day-year. A date is required in order to add or update a syllabus entry. Examples dates are: 1-15-93 for January 15, 1993 12/9/92 for December 9, 1992 Once you have entered all the necessary assignment information press ENTER to save it to the database. If you decide not to save the entry,press ESC and you will be returned to normal processing. You have requested HELP for the "Description" field on the Add/Update a syllabus entry window. Enter a description of the activity required on the specified date. A description is required in order to add or update a syllabus entry. Once you have entered all the necessary assignment information press ENTER to save the it to the database. If you decide not to save the entry press ESC and you will be returned to normal processing. You have selected HELP for the Grades window. The following are discussed: General Description of the Display Selecting an Action Obtaining Help about a Specific Action General Description of the Display The grade window provides a quick review of the all the individual assignment grades and the final grade for a class. When you open the window, the first page of available grade information is displayed. You may page back and forth through the gradebook pages as required. If no grade information has been entered, a blank grade window is displayed. The following information is displayed for each grade entry: Date - This is the date on which the grade was given. Description - This is the description of what the assignment consisted of. Numeric Grade - This is the numeric grade earned. This may be the percentage of correct answers, the number of correct answers, etc. Alpha Grade - This is the letter grade earned. Either a numeric grade, an alpha grade, or both are required. Selecting an Action: Select an Action to be performed by placing the cursor on the desired option and pressing ENTER. The action menu may be turned off by pressing the ESC key. The action menu may be redisplayed by pressing any other key. Obtaining Help About a Specific Action: To obtain help about a specific action, move the cursor to the action and press the F1 Key. You have selected HELP for the "Display Previous Page" action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action General Description of the Action Selecting the Display Previous Page action causes the current display to be replaced with information from the previous page. If no previouspage is available, an error message is displayed. You have selected HELP for the "Display Next Page" action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action General Description of the Action Selecting the Display Next Page action causes the current display to be replaced with information from the next available page. If no more pages are available, an error message is displayed. You have selected HELP for the "Add a Grade Entry" action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action General Description of the Action This action opens the add a grade entry window. This window allows to add a single grade entry for the current class. You have selected HELP for the "Add a Final Grade" action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action General Description of the Action The Add a Final Grade Action allows you to review, enter, or update the final grade earned in a class. The final grade is used to compute your GPA score by the GRADEBOOK action. Grades of A-F are are allowed as well as some "special" grades such as I for a class that was not completed by the end of the semester. You have selected HELP for the SelectAnEntry Update Action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action How SelectAnEntry Works General Description of the Action The SelectAnEntry Update action allows you to change a selected grade entry. Typical reasons for an update include a grade by the class's instructor or a change in the assignment's description. The updated entry replaces the existing entry. How SelectAnEntry Works All SelectAnEntry actions differ from other available actions since you are requesting information about a single entry rather than for all entries on the display. In order to do this, the action requires you to identify the entry that you wish to act upon. Once you request a SelectAnEntry action, you select a specific entry by moving the cursor to the required line and pressing ENTER. If you decide not to select an entry then simply press ESC to return to regular processing.You have selected HELP for the SelectAnEntry Delete Action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action How SelectAnEntry Works General Description of the Action The SelectAnEntry Delete action allows you to permanently erase a grade entry. Entries are permanently erased from the grade database and cannot be recovered. How SelectAEntry Works All SelectAnEntry actions differ from other available actions since you are requesting information about a single entry rather than for all entries on the display. In order to do this, the action requires you to identify the entry that you wish to act upon. Once you request a SelectAnEntry action, you select a specific entry by moving the cursor to the required line and pressing ENTER. If you decide not to select an entry then simply press ESC to return to regular processing.You have selected HELP for the Help ABOUT... action. The following is discussed: Using the Help Facility Obtaining Help about a Specific Action Using the Help Facility: The help facility is designed to provide a brief explanation of what actions you may perform at any given time. It is not a replacement for your user documentation. You may access the Help facility at any time by selecting the HELP action available on all action bars. If you are performing a data entry action, Help for a specific data entry field can be obtained by placing the cursor in the field and pressing F1. Obtaining Help About a Specific Action: To obtain help about a specific action, move the cursor to the action and press the F1 Key. You have selected HELP for the EXIT ...Previous Window action. The following is discussed: Returning to the Previous Window Returning to the Previous Window If you select the ...Previous Window action then the grades window is closed and the previous window becomes the active window. Please note it is not necessary to exit the grade window in order to save any additions, updates, deletes, etc that may have occurred. These were automatically saved when you confirmed the action. You have selected HELP during the select phase of SelectAnEntry actionprocessing. The following is discussed: How SelectAnEntry Works. How SelectAnEntry Works All SelectAnEntry actions differ from other available actions since you are requesting information about a single class rather than for all classes on the display. In order to do this, the action requires you to identify the class that you wish to act upon. Once you request a SelectAnEntry action, you select a specific entry by moving the cursor to the required line and pressing ENTER. If you decide not to select an entry, simply press ESC to return to normal processing. You have requested HELP for the "Date" field on the Add/Update a grade entry window. Enter the date on which the grade was received. The date must be in the format Month-day-year. A date is required in order to add or update a grade entry. Examples dates are: 1-15-93 for January 15, 1993 12/9/92 for December 9, 1992 Once you have entered all the necessary assignment information press ENTER to save the it to the database. If you decide not to save the entry press ESC and you will be returned to normal processing. You have requested HELP for the "Description" field on the Add/Update a grade entry window. Enter a description of the assignment for which the grade was earned. A description is required in order to add or update a grade entry. Once you have entered all the necessary grade information, press ENTER to save it to the database. If you decide not to save the entry,press ESC and you will be returned to normal processing. You have requested HELP for the "Numeric Grade" field on the Add or update a grade entry window. Enter the numeric grade received for the assignment. This could be the percentage of correct answers, the number of correct answers, etc. Either a numeric grade or an alpha grade is required in order to add the grade entry. Once you have entered all the necessary grade information, press ENTER to save it to the database. If you decide not to save the entry, press ESC and you will be returned to normal processing. You have requested HELP for the "Alpha Grade" field on the Add/Update a grade entry window. Enter the letter grade received for the assignment. Grades A-F are allowed. Either a numeric grade or a letter grade is required in order to add the grade entry. Once you have entered all the necessary grade information, press ENTER to save it to the database. If you decide not to save the entry, press ESC and you will be returned to normal processing. You have requested HELP for the "Final Grade" field on the final gradewindow. Enter the final grade received in the class. The grade may be an A-F including a + or - as required. Other available grades are: I - An Incomplete class. P - Indicates that the class was passed but no letter grade was assigned. W - Indicates that you withdrew from the class without a penalty. WF - Indicates that you withdrew from the class with a penalty. Blank - Indicates that no final grade has yet been earned in the class. Special grades are NOT used when your GPA is computed using the GRADEBOOK feature. Once you have entered a final grade, press ENTER to save it to the database. If a final grade already exists, it is replaced by the one currently on the display. If you do not wish to save an entry simply press ESC and you will be returned to normal processing. You have selected HELP for the Gradebook window. The following are discussed: General Description of the Display Selecting an Action Obtaining Help about a Specific Action General Description of the Display The Gradebook window provides a review of all the classes entered in the class database, the final grade earned in each class, and your incremental and cumulative GPA scores. Incremental GPA scores are computed per class on the gradebook display. The cumulative GPA is simply the incremental GPA score associated with the last class in the list of classes. In other words, the cumulative GPA is the last GPA score available on the last available gradebook page. Once the gradebook action has been selected, the first available page is displayed. You can page back and forth through the available pages as required. If no class information has been saved, then a message is be displayed. The following information is presented for each entry: Term - This is the term in which the class was taken. Class - This is the class number. Description - This is the class title or description. Credit - This is the number of credits earned once the class was completed. Grade - This is the final grade earned in the class. GPA - This field contains the incremental GPA score. The first entry is the letter grade and the second entry is the numeric score. Credits - This is the total number of credits earned toward graduation. The incremental GPA is not affected by classes for which a final gradegrade has not been entered or for which a "special" grade such as "I" or "P" exists. The Credits field is incremented regardless of the existence of a final grade. GPA scores are computed using the GPA scale. Use the SCALE action to review or modify the GPA scale. Selecting an Action: Select an Action to be performed by placing the cursor on the desired option and pressing ENTER. The action menu may be turned off by pressing the ESC key. The action menu may be redisplayed by pressing any other key. Obtaining Help About a Specific Action: To obtain help about a specific action, move the cursor to the action and press the F1 Key. You have selected HELP for the "Display Previous Page" action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action General Description of the Action Selecting the Display Previous Page action causes the current display to be replaced with information from the previous page. If no previouspage is available, an error message is displayed. You have selected HELP for the "Display Next Page" action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action General Description of the Action Selecting the Display Next Page action causes the current display to be replaced with information from the next available page. If no more pages are available, an error message is displayed. You have selected HELP for the "GPA Scale" action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action General Description of the Action Selecting the GPA Scale action displays the GPA Scale window. This window contains all information about the scale used when computing the GPA scores. You have selected HELP for the SelectAnEntry Detail Action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action How SelectAnEntry Works General Description of the Action The SelectAnEntry Detail action allows you to review and update the detailed grade information for a selected class. The grade detail consist of the individual assignment and test grades earned while you were taking the class. How SelectAEntry Works All SelectAnEntry actions differ from other available actions since you are requesting information about a single entry rather than for all entries on the display. In order to do this, the action requires you to identify the entry that you wish to act upon. Once you request a SelectAnEntry action, you select a specific entry by moving the cursor to the required line and pressing ENTER. If you decide not to select an entry then simply press ESC to return to regular processing.You have selected HELP for the SelectAnEntry Final Grade Action. The following are discussed: General Description of the Action How SelectAnEntry Works General Description of the Action The SelectAnEntry Final Grade Action allows you to review, enter, or update the final grade earned in a class. The final grade is used to compute your GPA score by the GRADEBOOK action. Grades of A - F are allowed as well as some "special" grades such as I for a class that was not completed by the end of the semester. How SelectAEntry Works All SelectAnEntry actions differ from other available actions since you are requesting information about a single entry rather than for all entries on the display. In order to do this, the action requires you to identify the entry that you wish to act upon. Once you request a SelectAnEntry action, you select a specific entry by moving the cursor to the required line and pressing ENTER. If you decide not to select an entry then simply press ESC to return to regular processing.You have selected HELP for the Help ABOUT... action. The following is discussed: Using the Help Facility Obtaining Help about a Specific Action Using the Help Facility: The help facility is designed to provide a brief explanation of what actions you may perform at any given time. It is not a replacement for your user documentation. You may access the Help facility at any time by selecting the HELP action available on all action bars. If you are performing a data entry action, Help for a specific data entry field can be obtained by placing the cursor in the field and pressing F1. Obtaining Help About a Specific Action: To obtain help about a specific action, move the cursor to the action and press the F1 Key. You have selected HELP for the EXIT ...Home Panel action. The following is discussed: Returning to the Home Panel Returning to the Home Panel: If you select the ...Home Panel action then the gradebook window is closed and the home panel is displayed. The home panel is the first panel displayed when you started this product. Once you are back to the home panel you may select any actions available on that panel. Please note, it is not necessary to exit the gradebook window in order to save any additions, updates, deletes, etc that may have occurred. These are automatically saved when you confirmed the action. You have selected HELP during the select phase of SelectAnEntry processing. The following is discussed: How SelectAnEntry Works How SelectAEntry Works All SelectAnEntry actions differ from other available actions since you are requesting information about a single entry rather than for all entries on the display. In order to do this, the action requires you to identify the entry that you wish to act upon. Once you request a SelectAnEntry action, you select a specific entry by moving the cursor to the required line and pressing ENTER. If you decide not to select an entry then simply press ESC to return to regular processing.You have requested HELP for a "Numeric Grade" field on the GPA scale window. Enter the numeric equivalent of each letter grade. This value will vary depending on the scale used by your school. Typical scales are 4.0, meaning all grades are equivalent to numbers in the range 0-4, and 7.0, meaning all grades are equivalent to numbers in the range 0-7. See you student handbook or consult school administration for details on the scale being used. This product is supplied with data for a typical 4.0 scale. Once you have entered all the necessary information press ENTER to save it to the database. The existing GPA scale is replaced by the new information. If you decide not to save any changes, press ESC and you will be returned to gradebook processing. You have requested HELP for the "Subject Area" field on the ReviewCards criteria window. Subject areas are the broadest category to which the information on a card applies. For example a subject area of economics would all cards which were entered for all economics classes. Example subject areas could also include biology, chemistry, history, etc. Enter the subject area of the studycard or set of studycards that you wish to review. Only those cards whose subject area exactly matches this field will be selected. You only need to enter enough of the subject area field to uniquely identify it. For example to find all all cards in the subject area Chemistry, you only need to enter CHEM. If this field is left blank no subject area restriction will be applied to the resulting set of cards. The set of cards selected will depend on all of the criteria entered on this window. If no criterion are specified, then all cards in the studycard database will be selected for review. Please note that case, capital letters, is important. For example, a lower case c is not equal to an upper case C. Once you have entered all the necessary criteria, press ENTER to select the cards and begin the review process. If you wish to cancel the reviewcard action simply press ESC. You have requested HELP for the "Class Number" field on the ReviewCards criteria window. Enter the class number for which you wish to review a studycard or set of studycards. Only those cards whose class number field exactly match this field will be selected. You only need to enter enough of the field to uniquely identify it. For example to find all cards for classes whose numbers begin with E (Economics) simply enter an E in this field. If this field is left blank, no class number restriction will be applied to the resulting set of cards. The set of cards selected will depend on all of the criteria entered on this window. If no criterion are specified, then all cards in the studycard database will be selected for review. Please note that case, capital letters, is important. For example, a lower case c is not equal to an upper case C. Once you have entered all the necessary criteria, press ENTER to select the cards and begin the review process. If you wish to cancel the reviewcard action simply press ESC. You have requested HELP for the "Division" field on the ReviewCards criteria window. A division id is optionally defined whenever a study card is entered. Typically this field is used to identify the test for which the information is needed. TEST1, TEST2, and MIDTERM are example division identifiers. Enter the division for which you wish to review a studycard or set of studycards. Only those cards whose division field exactly match this field will be selected. You only need to enter enough of the field to to uniquely identify it. For example to find all cards with a divisionwhich begins with "FACTS" simply enter FACTS in this field. All cards whose division begins with FACTS will be selected. If this field is left blank, no division restriction will be applied to the resulting set of cards. This is typically the case when reviewing cards for a test such as a comprehensive final. The set of cards selected will depend on all of the criteria entered on this window. If no criterion are specified, then all cards in the studycard database will be selected for review. Please note that case, capital letters, is important. For example, a lower case c is not equal to an upper case C. Once you have entered all the necessary criteria, press ENTER to select the cards and begin the review process. If you wish to cancel the reviewcard action simply press ESC. You have selected HELP for the ReviewCards Window. The following are discussed: General Description of the Display Selecting an Action Obtaining Help about a Specific Action General Description of the Display The ReviewCards window provides all the information available about a single study card. StudyCards consist of three primary information areas. Information which identifies the context to which the card is relevant is located in the top 1/3 of the window. The question is located in the second 1/3 and the answer is located in the final 1/3. Only cards which matched the criteria specified earlier are available for review. If no cards match the criteria, then a message is displayed. You can page back and forth through the available cards as required. Once you have read the question and determined what you believe to be the correct answer, select the ANSWER action. This will display the answer you provided. The following information is presented for each entry: Subject Area - This is the subject area to which the card applies. Examples could include History, Biology, Economics, or Computers. Class - This is the class number for which the card is most relevant. Division - This is the "separator" amongst the entire set of card for things such as the test number the card required for, etc. Question - This is the study question. Answer - This is the answer you supplied to the study question. Selecting an Action: Select an Action to be performed by placing the cursor on the desired option and pressing ENTER. The action menu may be turned off by pressing the ESC key. The action menu may be redisplayed by pressing any other key. Obtaining Help About a Specific Action: To obtain help about a specific action, move the cursor to the action and press the F1 Key. You have selected HELP for the "Display Previous Card" action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action General Description of the Action Selecting the Display Previous Card action causes the current display to be replaced with information from the previous card. If no previouscard is available, an error message is displayed. You have selected HELP for the "Display Next Card" action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action General Description of the Action Selecting the Display Next Card action causes the current display to be replaced with information from the next available card. If no more cards are available, an error message is displayed. You have selected HELP for the "Answer" action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action General Description of the Action Selecting the Answer action causes the answer section of the card to displayed. This action occurs only for the current studycard. You have selected HELP for the "SHUFFLE" action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action General Description of the Action Selecting the Shuffle action causes the current set of study cards to be randomly shuffled just as if they were a deck of cards. All cards remain available for review. Once the cards have been shuffled, the first card in the set is displayed. You have selected HELP for the Help ABOUT... action. The following is discussed: Using the Help Facility Obtaining Help about a Specific Action Using the Help Facility: The help facility is designed to provide a brief explanation of what actions you may perform at any given time. It is not a replacement for your user documentation. You may access the Help facility at any time by selecting the HELP action available on all action bars. If you are performing a data entry action, Help for a specific data entry field can be obtained by placing the cursor in the field and pressing F1. Obtaining Help About a Specific Action: To obtain help about a specific action, move the cursor to the action and press the F1 Key. You have selected HELP for the EXIT ...Home Panel action. The following is discussed: Returning to the Home Panel Returning to the Home Panel: If you select the ...Home Panel action then the gradebook window is closed and the home panel is displayed. The home panel is the first panel displayed when you started this product. Once you are back to the home panel you may select any action available on that panel. You have selected HELP for the Maintain StudyCards Window. The following are discussed: General Description of the Display Selecting an Action Obtaining Help about a Specific Action General Description of the Display The Maintain StudyCards window displays a blank studycard and allows you to select the action that you want to perform. The available actions allow you to either select a set of cards or add cards to the database. If you need to perform maintenance on a card or a set of cards you must first display the card. Once the card is displayed you then perform the required action on it. Selecting an Action: Select an Action to be performed by placing the cursor on the desired option and pressing ENTER. The action menu may be turned off by pressing the ESC key. The action menu may be redisplayed by pressing any other key. Obtaining Help About a Specific Action: To obtain help about a specific action, move the cursor to the action and press the F1 Key. You have selected HELP for the "Browse" action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action General Description of the Action Selecting the Browse action causes ALL available studycards to become available for maintenance. Once this action has been selected you can page back and forth through the cards as required. Once a card which requires maintenance has been located, select the appropriate action from the browse display. You have selected HELP for the "Find" action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action General Description of the Action Selecting the Find action allows you to specify a criteria that will be used to select a card or a set of cards. Once the criteria has been entered the database will be searched for all matching entries. Matching entries become available for maintenance. If no entries match the specified criteria then a message is displayed. Once a card is displayed you can perform the required maintenance such as delete or update. As noted above, once you select the Find action you must enter the criteria required to single out the card or set or cards for which maintenance is required. The criteria is entered on a blank studycard display. Once you enter the criteria and press ENTER, the database is searched for all matches. Matching occurs by a unique method called pinning. Using this method you can enter information anywhere on the criteria screen and only those database entries having the exact same information will be matched. In other words your criteria is laid over the top of each database entry and a pin is pushed through. If the pin hits a matching character on the database entry for each character in the criteria, then a match has occurred. You can cancel the find action by pressing ESC while on the criteria window. Please note that case, capital letters, is important. A lower case c is not equal to an upper case C. You have selected HELP for the "ADD" action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action General Description of the Action Selecting the ADD action allows you to enter new studycard informationand save it in the studycard database. Once a card has been completed simply press ENTER to save it. You can enter as many cards as needed since the display is reset after each card is saved. Press ESC to exit the ADD studycards loop. You have selected HELP for the Help ABOUT... action. The following is discussed: Using the Help Facility Obtaining Help about a Specific Action Using the Help Facility: The help facility is designed to provide a brief explanation of what actions you may perform at any given time. It is not a replacement for your user documentation. You may access the Help facility at any time by selecting the HELP action available on all action bars. If you are performing a data entry action, Help for a specific data entryentry field can be obtained by placing the cursor in the field and pressing F1. Obtaining Help About a Specific Action: To obtain help about a specific action, move the cursor to the action and press the F1 Key. You have selected HELP for the EXIT ...Home Panel action. The following is discussed: Returning to the Home Panel Returning to the Home Panel: If you select the ...Home Panel action then the gradebook window is closed and the home panel is displayed. The home panel is the first panel displayed when you started this product. Once you are back to the home panel you may select any actions available on that panel. You have selected HELP for the Browse StudyCards Window. The followingare discussed: General Description of the Display Selecting an Action Obtaining Help about a Specific Action General Description of the Display The Browse StudyCards window allows you to review and maintain ALL available studycards. You can page back and forth through the cards as required. Once you have found a card that you need to operate on, simply select the appropriate action. Selecting an Action: Select an Action to be performed by placing the cursor on the desired option and pressing ENTER. The action menu may be turned off by pressing the ESC key. The action menu may be redisplayed by pressing any other key. Obtaining Help About a Specific Action: To obtain help about a specific action, move the cursor to the action and press the F1 Key. You have selected HELP for the "Display Previous Card" action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action General Description of the Action Selecting the Display Previous Card action causes the current display to be replaced with information from the previous card. If no previouscard is available, an error message is displayed. You have selected HELP for the "Display Next Card" action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action General Description of the Action Selecting the Display Next Card action causes the current display to be replaced with information from the next available card. If no more cards are available, an error message is displayed. You have selected HELP for the "Update Current Card" action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action General Description of the Action Selecting the Update Current Card action allows you to change any information on the currently displayed study card. Once you have made all the necessary changes, press ENTER. The existing card will be replaced by the updated card. Press ESC to cancel replacement of the existing card. You have selected HELP for the "Delete Current Card" action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action General Description of the Action Selecting the Delete Current Card action allows you to erase the current study card from the database. The card is permanently removed from the database and cannot be recovered. You will be asked to confirm each delete. You have selected HELP for the Help ABOUT... action. The following is discussed: Using the Help Facility Obtaining Help about a Specific Action Using the Help Facility: The help facility is designed to provide a brief explanation of what actions you may perform at any given time. It is not a replacement for your user documentation. You may access the Help facility at any time by selecting the HELP action available on all action bars. If you are performing a data entry action, Help for a specific data entryentry field can be obtained by placing the cursor in the field and pressing F1. Obtaining Help About a Specific Action: To obtain help about a specific action, move the cursor to the action and press the F1 Key. You have selected HELP for the EXIT ...Function Selection action. The following is discussed: Returning to Function Selection Returning to Function Selection If you select the ...Function Selection action then the browse study card window is closed, and the maintain study card window is redisplayed. The maintain study card window allows you to select a set of cards for maintanence, to add new cards to the database, and to exit back to the home panel. The home panel is the first panel displayed when you started this product. You have selected HELP for the Find StudyCards Window. The following are discussed: General Description of the Display Selecting an Action Obtaining Help about a Specific Action General Description of the Display The Find StudyCards window allows you to review and maintain a selected set of studycards. The find criteria was specified before any cards were displayed. You can page back and forth through the cards as required. Once a card is located that you wish to operate on simply select the appropriate action. Selecting an Action: Select an Action to be performed by placing the cursor on the desired option and pressing ENTER. The action menu may be turned off by pressing the ESC key. The action menu may be redisplayed by pressing any other key. Obtaining Help About a Specific Action: To obtain help about a specific action, move the cursor to the action and press the F1 Key. You have selected HELP for the "Display Previous Card" action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action General Description of the Action Selecting the Display Previous Card action causes the current display to be replaced with information from the previous card. If no previouscard is available, an error message is displayed. You have selected HELP for the "Display Next Card" action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action General Description of the Action Selecting the Display Next Card action causes the current display to be replaced with information from the next available card. If no more cards are available, an error message is displayed. You have selected HELP for the "Update Current Card" action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action General Description of the Action Selecting the Update Current Card action allows you to change any information on the currently displayed study card. Once you have made all the necessary changes, press ENTER. The existing card will be replaced by the updated card. Press ESC to cancel replacement of the existing card. You have selected HELP for the "Delete Current Card" action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action General Description of the Action Selecting the Delete Current Card action allows you to erase the current study card from the database. The card is permanently removed from the database and cannot be recovered. You will be asked to confirm each delete. You have selected HELP for the Help ABOUT... action. The following is discussed: Using the Help Facility Obtaining Help about a Specific Action Using the Help Facility: The help facility is designed to provide a brief explanation of what actions you may perform at any given time. It is not a replacement for your user documentation. You may access the Help facility at any time by selecting the HELP action available on all action bars. If you are performing a data entry action, Help for a specific data entry field can be obtained by placing the cursor in the field and pressing F1. Obtaining Help About a Specific Action: To obtain help about a specific action, move the cursor to the action and press the F1 Key. You have selected HELP for the EXIT ...Function Selection action. The following is discussed: Returning to Function Selection Returning to Function Selection If you select the ...Function Selection action then the find study card window is closed, and the maintain study card window is redisplayed. The maintain study card window allows you to select a set of cards for maintenance, to add new cards to the database, and to exit back to the home panel. The home panel is the first panel displayed when you started this product. You have requested help for the "Subject Area" field on the Add a StudyCard window. Enter the subject area about which the study question pertains. The subject area is the broadest category for study cards. Typical entriesinclude history, economics, math, etc. No verification is done on the subject area field so please make sure that you spell the entry correctly and that you use the same subject areas for like information. Please note that case, capital letters, is important. A lower case c is not the same as an upper case C. This is important to remember since the maintain and review studycard actions require you to enter a criteria in order to find one or more studycards. Once you have entered all of the study card information press enter to save it to the database. You may cancel an entry and leave the add a card cycle by pressing ESC. You have requested help for the "Class Number" field on the Add a StudyCard window. Enter the class number of the class to which the study card pertains. An entry in this field makes it possible to review and maintain cards for a single class. No verification is done on the class number field so please make sure that you spell the entry correctly and that you use the same class number for like studycards. Please note that case, capital letters, is important. A lower case c is not the same as an upper case C. This is important to remember since the maintain and review studycard actions require you to enter a criteria in order to find one or more studycards. Once you have entered all of the study card information press enter to save it to the database. You may cancel an entry and leave the add a card cycle by pressing ESC. You have requested help for the "Division" field on the Add a StudyCard window. Enter the class division to which the study card pertains. An entry inthis field makes it possible to review and maintain cards for parts ofa single class. Divisions are usually used to reference a particular test that the information is required for. If a test is comprehensive you simply leave the leave the division number out of the criteria used to select the cards for review or maintenance. No verification is done on the division field so please make sure thatyou spell the entry correctly and that you use the same division ids for like studycards. Please note that case, capital letters, is important. A lower case c is not the same as an upper case C. This is important to remember since the maintain and review studycard actions require you to enter a criteria in order to find one or more study cards. Once you have entered all of the study card information press enter to save it to the database. You may cancel an entry and leave the add a card cycle by pressing ESC. You have requested help for the "Question" field on the Add a Study Card window. Enter the study question in the area provided. This area allows for the entry of up to a 6 line question. Please note that case, capital letters, is important. A lower case c is not the same as an upper case C. This is important to remember since the maintain and review studycard action require you to enter a criteria in order to find one or more studycards. Once you have entered all of the study card information press enter to save it to the database. You may cancel an entry and leave the add a card cycle by pressing ESC. You have requested help for the "Question" field on the Add a Study Card window. Enter the study question in the area provided. This area allows for the entry of up to a 6 line question. Please note that case, capital letters, is important. A lower case c is not the same as an upper case C. This is important to remember since the maintain and review studycard actions require you to enter a criteria in order to find one or more studycards. Once you have entered all of the study card information press enter to save it to the database. You may cancel an entry and leave the add a card cycle by pressing ESC. You have requested help for the "Question" field on the Add a Study Card window. Enter the study question in the area provided. This area allows for the entry of up to a 6 line question. Please note that case, capital letters, is important. A lower case c is not the same as an upper case C. This is important to remember since the maintain and review studycard action require you to enter a criteria in order to find one or more studycards. Once you have entered all of the study card information press enter to save it to the database. You may cancel an entry and leave the add a card cycle by pressing ESC. You have requested help for the "Question" field on the Add a Study Card window. Enter the study question in the area provided. This area allows for the entry of up to a 6 line question. Please note that case, capital letters, is important. A lower case c is not the same as an upper case C. This is important to remember since the maintain and review studycard action require you to enter a criteria in order to find one or more studycards. Once you have entered all of the study card information press enter to save it to the database. You may cancel an entry and leave the add a card cycle by pressing ESC. You have requested help for the "Question" field on the Add a Study Card window. Enter the study question in the area provided. This area allows for the entry of up to a 6 line question. Please note that case, capital letters, is important. A lower case c is not the same as an upper case C. This is important to remember since the maintain and review studycard action require you to enter a criteria in order to find one or more studycards. Once you have entered all of the study card information press enter to save it to the database. You may cancel an entry and leave the add a card cycle by pressing ESC. You have requested help for the "Question" field on the Add a Study Card window. Enter the study question in the area provided. This area allows for the entry of up to a 6 line question. Please note that case, capital letters, is important. A lower case c is not the same as an upper case C. This is important to remember since the maintain and review studycard action require you to enter a criteria in order to find one or more studycards. Once you have entered all of the study card information press enter to save it to the database. You may cancel an entry and leave the add a card cycle by pressing ESC. You have requested help for the "Answer" field on the Add a StudyCard Card window. Enter the answer to the study question in the area provided. This entry allows for up to 7 lines to enter the answer on. Please note that case, capital letters, is important. A lower case c is not the same as an upper case C. This is important to remember since the maintain and review studycard action require you to enter a criteria in order to find one or more studycards. Once you have entered all of the study card information press enter to save it to the database. You may cancel an entry and leave the add a card cycle by pressing ESC. You have requested help for the "Answer" field on the Add a StudyCard Card window. Enter the answer to the study question in the area provided. This entry allows for up to 7 lines to enter the answer on. Please note that case, capital letters, is important. A lower case c is not the same as an upper case C. This is important to remember since the maintain and review studycard action require you to enter a criteria in order to find one or more studycards. Once you have entered all of the study card information press enter to save it to the database. You may cancel an entry and leave the add a card cycle by pressing ESC. You have requested help for the "Answer" field on the Add a StudyCard Card window. Enter the answer to the study question in the area provided. This entry allows for up to 7 lines to enter the answer on. Please note that case, capital letters, is important. A lower case c is not the same as an upper case C. This is important to remember since the maintain and review studycard action require you to enter a criteria in order to find one or more studycards. Once you have entered all of the study card information press enter to save it to the database. You may cancel an entry and leave the add a card cycle by pressing ESC. You have requested help for the "Answer" field on the Add a StudyCard Card window. Enter the answer to the study question in the area provided. This entry allows for up to 7 lines to enter the answer on. Please note that case, capital letters, is important. A lower case c is not the same as an upper case C. This is important to remember since the maintain and review studycard action require you to enter a criteria in order to find one or more studycards. Once you have entered all of the study card information press enter to save it to the database. You may cancel an entry and leave the add a card cycle by pressing ESC. You have requested help for the "Answer" field on the Add a StudyCard Card window. Enter the answer to the study question in the area provided. This entry allows for up to 7 lines to enter the answer on. Please note that case, capital letters, is important. A lower case c is not the same as an upper case C. This is important to remember since the maintain and review studycard action require you to enter a criteria in order to find one or more studycards. Once you have entered all of the study card information press enter to save it to the database. You may cancel an entry and leave the add a card cycle by pressing ESC. You have requested help for the "Answer" field on the Add a StudyCard Card window. Enter the answer to the study question in the area provided. This entry allows for up to 7 lines to enter the answer on. Please note that case, capital letters, is important. A lower case c is not the same as an upper case C. This is important to remember since the maintain and review studycard action require you to enter a criteria in order to find one or more studycards. Once you have entered all of the study card information press enter to save it to the database. You may cancel an entry and leave the add a card cycle by pressing ESC. You have requested help for the "Answer" field on the Add a StudyCard Card window. Enter the answer to the study question in the area provided. This entry allows for up to 7 lines to enter the answer on. Please note that case, capital letters, is important. A lower case c is not the same as an upper case C. This is important to remember since the maintain and review studycard action require you to enter a criteria in order to find one or more studycards. Once you have entered all of the study card information press enter to save it to the database. You may cancel an entry and leave the add a card cycle by pressing ESC. You have requested help for the "Subject Area" field on the Maintain StudyCards, Find Criteria Screen Enter the subject area about which the study questions pertains. The subject area is the broadest category for study cards. Typical entriesinclude history, economics, math, etc. If you do not enter a subject area then it will not be used to restrict the study cards selected. No verification is done on the subject area field so please make sure that you spell the entry correctly and that you have used the same subject areas for like information. Please note that case, capital letters, is important. A lower case c is not the same as an upper case C. Once you have entered all of the study card criteria press enter to begin the matching process. You may cancel the Find action by pressingthe ESC key. If no criteria is entered then ALL studycards will be selected. This is the same as using the BROWSE action. You have requested help for the "Class Number" field on the Maintain StudyCard, Find Criteria Window. Enter the class number of the class to which the study cards pertain. If you do not enter a class number then it will not be used to restrict the study cards selected. No verification is done on the class number field so please make sure that you spell the entry correctly and that you have used the same class number for like studycards. Please note that case, capital letters, is important. A lower case c is not the same as an upper case C. Once you have entered all of the study card criteria press enter to begin the matching process. You may cancel the Find action by pressingthe ESC key. If no criteria is entered then ALL studycards will be selected. This is the same as using the BROWSE action. You have requested help for the "Division" field on the Maintain StudyCard, Find Criteria Window. Enter the class division to which the study card pertains. If you do not enter a division number, then it will not be used to restrict the studycards selected. Divisions make it possible to review and maintaincards for parts of a single class. Divisions are usually used to reference a particular test that the information is required for. If all studycards for a class are required, simply leave the division outof the criteria. No verification is done on the division field so please make sure thatyou spell the entry correctly and that you have used the same divisions for like studycards. Please note that case, capital letters,is important. A lower case c is not the same as an upper case C. case C. Once you have entered all of the study card criteria press enter to begin the matching process. You may cancel the Find action by pressingthe ESC key. If no criteria is entered then ALL studycards will be selected. This is the same as using the BROWSE action. You have requested help for the "Question" field on the Maintain StudyCard, Find Criteria Window. Enter the text of the question to be used as part of the criteria. If you do not enter a question, then it will not be used to restrict the studycards selected. No verification is done on the question field so please make sure thatyou spell the entry correctly and that you have used the same spacing as the studycard to be selected. Please note that case, capital letters is important. A lower case c is not the same as an upper case C. Once you have entered all of the study card criteria press enter to begin the matching process. You may cancel the Find action by pressingthe ESC key. If no criteria is entered then ALL studycards will be selected. This is the same as using the BROWSE action. You have requested help for the "Question" field on the Maintain StudyCard, Find Criteria Window. Enter the text of the question to be used as part of the criteria. If you do not enter a question, then it will not be used to restrict the studycards selected. No verification is done on the question field so please make sure thatyou spell the entry correctly and that you have used the same spacing as the studycard to be selected. Please note that case, capital letters, is important. A lower case c is not the same as an upper case C. Once you have entered all of the study card criteria press enter to begin the matching process. You may cancel the Find action by pressingthe ESC key. If no criteria is entered then ALL studycards will be selected. This is the same as using the BROWSE action. You have requested help for the "Question" field on the Maintain StudyCard, Find Criteria Window. Enter the text of the question to be used as part of the criteria. If you do not enter a question, then it will not be used to restrict the studycards selected. No verification is done on the question field so please make sure thatyou spell the entry correctly and that you have used the same spacing as the studycard to be selected. Please note that case, capital letters, is important. A lower case c is not the same as an upper caseC. Once you have entered all of the study card criteria press enter to begin the matching process. You may cancel the Find action by pressingthe ESC key. If no criteria is entered then ALL studycards will be selected. This is the same as using the BROWSE action. You have requested help for the "Question" field on the Maintain StudyCard, Find Criteria Window. Enter the text of the question to be used as part of the criteria. If you do not enter a question, then it will not be used to restrict the studycards selected. No verification is done on the question field so please make sure thatyou spell the entry correctly and that you have used the same spacing as the studycard to be selected. Please note that case, capital letters, is important. A lower case c is not the same as an upper caseC. Once you have entered all of the study card criteria press enter to begin the matching process. You may cancel the Find action by pressingthe ESC key. If no criteria is entered then ALL studycards will be selected. This is the same as using the BROWSE action. You have requested help for the "Question" field on the Maintain StudyCard, Find Criteria Window. Enter the text of the question to be used as part of the criteria. If you do not enter a question, then it will not be used to restrict the studycards selected. No verification is done on the question field so please make sure thatyou spell the entry correctly and that you have used the same spacing as the studycard to be selected. Please note that case, capital letters, is important. A lower case c is not the same as an upper caseC. Once you have entered all of the study card criteria press enter to begin the matching process. You may cancel the Find action by pressingthe ESC key. If no criteria is entered then ALL studycards will be selected. This is the same as using the BROWSE action. You have requested help for the "Question" field on the Maintain StudyCard, Find Criteria Window. Enter the text of the question to be used as part of the criteria. If you do not enter a question, then it will not be used to restrict the studycards selected. No verification is done on the question field so please make sure thatyou spell the entry correctly and that you have used the same spacing as the studycard to be selected. Please note that case, capital letters, is important. A lower case c is not the same as an upper caseC. Once you have entered all of the study card criteria press enter to begin the matching process. You may cancel the Find action by pressingthe ESC key. If no criteria is entered then ALL studycards will be selected. This is the same as using the BROWSE action. You have requested help for the "Answer" field on the Maintain StudyCard, Find Criteria Window. Enter the text of the answer to be used as part of the criteria. If you do not enter a question, then it will not be used to restrict the studycards selected. No verification is done on the answer field so please make sure that you spell the entry correctly and that you have used the same spacing as the studycard to be selected. Please note that case, capital letters, is important. A lower case c is not the same as an upper caseC. Once you have entered all of the study card criteria press enter to begin the matching process. You may cancel the Find action by pressingthe ESC key. If no criteria is entered then ALL studycards will be selected. This is the same as using the BROWSE action. You have requested help for the "Answer" field on the Maintain StudyCard, Find Criteria Window. Enter the text of the answer to be used as part of the criteria. If you do not enter a question, then it will not be used to restrict the studycards selected. No verification is done on the answer field so please make sure that you spell the entry correctly and that you have used the same spacing as the studycard to be selected. Please note that case, capital letters, is important. A lower case c is not the same as an upper caseC. Once you have entered all of the study card criteria press enter to begin the matching process. You may cancel the Find action by pressingthe ESC key. If no criteria is entered then ALL studycards will be selected. This is the same as using the BROWSE action. You have requested help for the "Answer" field on the Maintain StudyCard, Find Criteria Window. Enter the text of the answer to be used as part of the criteria. If you do not enter a question, then it will not be used to restrict the studycards selected. No verification is done on the answer field so please make sure that you spell the entry correctly and that you have used the same spacing as the studycard to be selected. Please note that case, capital letters, is important. A lower case c is not the same as an upper caseC. Once you have entered all of the study card criteria press enter to begin the matching process. You may cancel the Find action by pressingthe ESC key. If no criteria is entered then ALL studycards will be selected. This is the same as using the BROWSE action. You have requested help for the "Answer" field on the Maintain StudyCard, Find Criteria Window. Enter the text of the answer to be used as part of the criteria. If you do not enter a question, then it will not be used to restrict the studycards selected. No verification is done on the answer field so please make sure that you spell the entry correctly and that you have used the same spacing as the studycard to be selected. Please note that case, capital letters, is important. A lower case c is not the same as an upper caseC. Once you have entered all of the study card criteria press enter to begin the matching process. You may cancel the Find action by pressingthe ESC key. If no criteria is entered then ALL studycards will be selected. This is the same as using the BROWSE action. You have requested help for the "Answer" field on the Maintain StudyCard, Find Criteria Window. Enter the text of the answer to be used as part of the criteria. If you do not enter a question, then it will not be used to restrict the studycards selected. No verification is done on the answer field so please make sure that you spell the entry correctly and that you have used the same spacing as the studycard to be selected. Please note that case, capital letters, is important. A lower case c is not the same as an upper caseC. Once you have entered all of the study card criteria press enter to begin the matching process. You may cancel the Find action by pressingthe ESC key. If no criteria is entered then ALL studycards will be selected. This is the same as using the BROWSE action. You have requested help for the "Answer" field on the Maintain StudyCard, Find Criteria Window. Enter the text of the answer to be used as part of the criteria. If you do not enter a question, then it will not be used to restrict the studycards selected. No verification is done on the answer field so please make sure that you spell the entry correctly and that you have used the same spacing as the studycard to be selected. Please note that case, capital letters, is important. A lower case c is not the same as an upper caseC. Once you have entered all of the study card criteria press enter to begin the matching process. You may cancel the Find action by pressingthe ESC key. If no criteria is entered then ALL studycards will be selected. This is the same as using the BROWSE action. You have requested help for the "Answer" field on the Maintain StudyCard, Find Criteria Window. Enter the text of the answer to be used as part of the criteria. If you do not enter a question, then it will not be used to restrict the studycards selected. No verification is done on the answer field so please make sure that you spell the entry correctly and that you have used the same spacing as the studycard to be selected. Please note that case, capital letters, is important. A lower case c is not the same as an upper caseC. Once you have entered all of the study card criteria press enter to begin the matching process. You may cancel the Find action by pressingthe ESC key. If no criteria is entered then ALL studycards will be selected. This is the same as using the BROWSE action. You have selected HELP for the Syllabus by date window. The following are discussed: General Description of the Display Selecting an Action Obtaining Help about a Specific Action General Description of the Display This syllabus window provides a quick review of the all the syllabus information available for all classes for the current term. This is a kind of TODO list of requirements for the term. When you open the window the first page of available syllabus information is displayed. You may page back and forth through the available syllabus entries as required. If no syllabus information has been saved for any classes scheduled for the term, a blank window is displayed. The following information is displayed for each syllabus entry: Date - This is the date when the assignment is due. Class - This is Class Number. Description - This is the description of the assignment. Selecting an Action: Select an Action to be performed by placing the cursor on the desired option and pressing ENTER. The action menu may be turned off by pressing the ESC key. Redisplay the action menu by pressing any other key. Obtaining Help About a Specific Action: To obtain help about a specific action, move the cursor to the action and press the F1 Key. You have selected HELP for the "Display Previous Page" action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action General Description of the Action Selecting the Display Previous Page action causes the current display to be replaced with information from the previous page. If no previouspage is available, an error message is displayed. You have selected HELP for the "Display Next Page" action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action General Description of the Action Selecting the Display Next Page action causes the current display to be replaced with information from the next available page. If no more pages are available, an error message is displayed. You have selected HELP for the SelectAnEntry Delete Action. The following is discussed: General Description of the Action How SelectAnEntry Works General Description of the Action The SelectAnEntry Delete action allows you to permanently erase a syllabus entry. Entries are permanently erased from the syllabus database and cannot be recovered. How SelectAnEntry Works All SelectAnEntry actions differ from other available actions since you are requesting information about a single entry rather than for all entries on the display. In order to do this, the action requires you to identify the entry that you wish to act upon. Once you request a SelectAnEntry action, you select a specific entry by moving the cursor to the required line and pressing ENTER. If you decide not to select an entry then simply press ESC to return to regular processing.You have selected HELP for the Help ABOUT... action. The following is discussed: Using the Help Facility Obtaining Help about a Specific Action Using the Help Facility: The help facility is designed to provide a brief explanation of what actions you may perform at any given time. It is not a replacement for your user documentation. You may access the Help facility at any time by selecting the HELP action available on all action bars. If you are performing a data entry action, Help for a specific data entryentry field can be obtained by placing the cursor in the field and pressing F1. Obtaining Help About a Specific Action: To obtain help about a specific action, move the cursor to the action and press the F1 Key. You have selected HELP for the EXIT ...Class Schedule action. The following is discussed: Returning to the Class Schedule Returning to the Class Schedule If you select the ...Class Schedule action then the syllabus window isclosed and the class schedule window becomes the active window. Pleasenote, it is not necessary to exit the syllabus window in order to saveany additions, updates, deletes, etc that may have occurred. These areautomatically saved when you confirmed the action. You have selected HELP during the select phase of SelectAnEntry actionprocessing. The following is discussed: How SelectAnEntry Works. How SelectAnEntry Works All SelectAnEntry actions differ from other available actions since you are requesting information about a single class rather than for all classes on the display. In order to do this, the action requires you to identify the class that you wish to act upon. Once you request a SelectAnEntry action, you select a specific entry by moving the cursor to the required line and pressing ENTER. If you decide to not select an entry, simply press ESC to return to normal processing.
