Click on the following questions to find more information:
How do I create a new
user?
How do I make someone a tutor for a group?
How do I create a group?
Can a group have more than one group administrator?
How do I batch import users?
How do I input tutor hours so that they display for a particular
group?
How do I delete a user/remove a user from a group?
How can I customize NetTutor?
How do I change the background colors for my group?
How do I change the text colors for my group?
How do I add an image to customize the user experience?
How do I add an image to represent each group?
How do I remove the image I selected to customize the user experience?
How do I remove the image I selected to represent each group?
What are Worksheets, and how do I use them?
Once logged in, click on "Manage Group" in the left frame. At the very top of the Management Center page, click the "Add a New User" button. Complete the required fields and check the box for the groups you wish the user to be a part of. Click the "Update Database" button at the bottom of the page and the user will be added to the respective groups.
How do I make
someone a tutor for a group?
Once logged in, click on "Manage Group" in the left frame. You will now see a listing of all the groups you are a Group Administrator for. Find the group you want to set the tutor for, and click the "Update" link for that group. After the page reloads, scroll to the bottom of the page where the group settings are located. One of the text entry fields will be labelled "Tutors:". In this field, enter the user ID of the user you wish to be a tutor for this group. There can be more than one tutor for a group, so if there is multiple tutors, make sure their user IDs are entered in the field provided, separated by a space.
Group Administrators can not create new groups at this time. If you want more groups, please contact the NetTutor Site Administrator, or click here to send an email to us.
Can a group
have more than one group administrator?
Yes, a group can have more than one Group Administrator. Please contact the NetTutor Site Administrator to add a Group Administrator for your group, or click here to send an email to us.
Once logged in, click on "Manage Group" in the left frame. At the very top of the Management Center page, click the "Batch Import" button. You may then upload a file and choose the groups you wish the users to be a part of. Then click "Import this file" and that batch of users will be imported into the respective groups.
How do I input
tutor hours so that they display for a particular group?
Once logged in, click on "Manage Group" in the left frame. On the Management Center page, click the "Update" link for the group that you wish to input hours for. If you scroll down, you will see all of the variables for this group. One field towards the bottom allows you to input tutor hours called "Live Tutor Schedule". Once you have entered the appropriate information, click "Update Database" at the bottom of the page.
How do I delete
a user/remove a user from a group?
Once logged in, click on "Manage Group" in the left frame. On the Management Center page, click the "Users" link for the group that you wish change users for. Locate the user you wish to remove, and click the "Update" link. Scroll down and you will see the groups that user is a part of. Uncheck the groups you would like to remove them from, scroll down and click "Update Database".
NetTutor can be customized in a variety of ways. You can change the background color of the left navigation to match the colors of your site. You may also change the color of the text on the left navigation to provide contrast with the background. NetTutor also allows the ability to upload a logo at the group level to provide your users with a branded experience. If your institution has multiple groups, you may upload an image to represent the group versus a textual representation. You can learn how to perform these functions by visiting questions 9, 10, 11, and 12.
How do I change
the background colors for my group?
Once logged in, click on "Customize" in the left frame. On the Customize page, locate the group you wish to customize and click the "Customize" link in the Left Frame Page column. On the Set Background and Text colors page, you may choose one of the 16 colors or enter your own RGB values.
How do I change
the text colors for my group?
Once logged in, click on "Customize" in the left frame. On the Customize page, locate the group you wish to customize and click the "Customize" link in the Left Frame Page column. On the Set Background and Text colors page, you may choose one color from the drop down menu for the text color and you may choose a separate color to identify hyperlinks.
How do I add
an image to customize the user experience?
Once logged in, click on "Customize" in the left frame. On the Customize page, locate the group you wish to customize and click the "Upload" link in the Top Frame Image column. Browse your system to locate the file. Once located, you may define the height and width or use the default size. Simply click the upload button to finish.
How do I add
an image to represent each group?
Once logged in, click on "Customize" in the left frame. On the Customize page, locate the group you wish to customize and click the "Upload" link in the Group Icon Image column. Browse your system to locate the file. Once located, you may define the height and width or use the default size. Simply click the upload button to finish.
How do I remove
the image I selected to customize the user experience?
Once logged in, click on "Customize" in the left frame. On the Customize page, locate the group you wish to customize and click the "Upload" link in the Top Frame Image column. Once you are at the Upload Top Frame Image page, simply click "Remove Image".
How do I remove
the image I selected to represent each group?
Once logged in, click on "Customize" in the left frame. On the Customize page, locate the group you wish to customize and click the "Upload" link in the Group Icon Image column. Once you are at the Upload Group Icon Image page, simply click "Remove Image".
What are Worksheets,
and how do I use them?
Worksheets are created by the instructor or tutor for the students. When the tutor or instructor clicks on the "Manage Worksheets" icon, a new window appears with a list of the current worksheets, and how many of each are graded and ungraded. This new window also allows the tutor on instructor to create a new worksheet.
When the user clicks on the worksheet title, a new window appears with a table containing each of the students that have submitted that worksheet. In each row, the student's userid, the last submission date, the last date this student's submission was graded, the last score for this submission, and the current resubmit status. By clicking on the student's userid, the tutor or instructor can being grading the submission. After clicking the submit button when finished, the tutor or instructor is prompted to provide a grade. The resubmit status displays a "Y" if the student can resubmit as often as they wish. A "N" will be displayed if the student cannot resubmit. Clicking on the "change" link will toggle this value. At the bottom of the table, there is a link to "close the submission". This will change all student's resubmit status to "N".
Back on the original Worksheets window, there is the "Create Worksheets" button. The tutor or instructor will be prompted to give the new worksheet a name, then will be allowed to create the worksheet.