Bulletin Boards

Here is the icon used for the Bulletin Boards:

As a Student or Tutor...

Clicking this icon displays a threaded listing of entries posted to the bulletin board. To view an entry in the bulletin board, simply click on it. It will display the selected posting in a separate window. You can then print it out or save it using your standard browser options.

Note: To access archives in folders, simply click the name of the folder, located to the right of the folder icon . The current folder will close and the folder you clicked on will open.

You may also respond to the board, either including or not including the original board in your response. To do this simply click include board or do not include respectively. These links are located directly below the posting. Clicking one of these links will bring up the WWWhiteboard™which will automatically open. If you have selected to include the board, the contents of the original board will be included on the WWWhiteboard™. Simply enter your response on the WWWhiteboard™ and click the Submit button located in the bottom left hand corner of the board. Next, close the WWWhiteboard™ and the window that contained the applet session status bar. To view your response, click the Refresh button at the top of the threaded bulletin board listing. You should see your response listed under the posting you responded to.

When viewing a posting you have made you are also given the option of delete this board unless there are already follow-up postings to the board.

Post a Board  

Click on this button to add an entry to the bulletin board for the class. The WWWhiteboard™ will automatically open. Enter your posting on the WWWhiteboard™. When you are finished, hit the Submit button in the bottom left corner, enter a topic, and close the WWWhiteboard™. To view your posting, go to the Bulletin Boards that corresponds the class you posted for.

As a Administrator...

Add/Edit/Delete a Folder 

Click on the Add a Folder button (shown above) to add a new folder to any of the bulletin board, live chat, or tutorial archives. When the Archive Folder Management window pops up, type in the name of the new folder and click Add to Database. You will get a confirmation that the folder has been added. Click the Refresh button to see your folder.

Note: The archives begin without folders. When the first folder is added, all the current archives will be put into a folder called "Main: Top Level Folder" and the new folder will be the empty second folder.

To edit a folder name, simply click on the edit link to the right of the folder. When the Archive Folder Management window pops up, type in the new name of the folder and click Update Database. You will get a confirmation that the folder has been renamed. Click the Refresh button to see the new name. You can edit any folder name.

To delete a folder, simply click on the delete link to the right of the folder. You will be asked to confirm that you want to delete the folder. After you confirm, the Archive Folder Management window will pop up with a notice that the folder has been removed from the system. You can close this window then click the Refresh button to see that the folder has been deleted. You can delete any folder except for the top folder.

Note: When you delete a folder, you delete all of the archives in that folder.

Move an Archive 

Click on the Move Archive button (shown above) to move one or multiple archives from one folder to another. When the Archive Folder Management window pops up, select the two folders from the two pull down menus at the top of the window. After you've selected both folders, click on the names of the archives you want to move (hold the control key down to select multiple archives). Then, click the arrow that is pointing toward the folder you want the archives to move to. When you're finished organizing the archives, close the Archive Folder Management window. Click the Refresh button to see that the archives have been moved.