1. Using the online manual

Welcome to the NetCommons Online Manual!

Select the page you wish to see from the table of contents on the left.

When text is displayed underlined in a blue font like this, which indicates that there is more information on that topic.

Click that text when you want to read more about it.

This page will be displayed in a separate window from NetCommons. View it while actually performing NetCommons operations.

This page can be viewed in the same way as a standard web browser. (You can use the icons at the top of your browser.)

2. Logging in to NetCommons

(1) Logging in to NetCommons

a. Input your User ID and password in single-byte characters in the User ID and Password fields of the login box in the upper left corner, and click the login button.

[Note] About SSL login

Personal information such as your user name and password will be sent after being automatically encrypted using SSL (Secure Socket Layer).

After clicking the login button, all communications, including the content of all pages displayed after logging in, are protected using SSL.

(2) Logging out

a. Click the log out button.

b. Close your web browser.

[Note] If you are using a computer that might also be used by someone else, we recommend that you always make sure to log out when you are finished using NetCommons in order to protect your personal information.

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 3. NetCommons' structure

(1) Overall structure and usage

Welcome to NetCommons!

There are three levels to NetCommons -- the top page,My Room, and Group Room. Each of these levels contains rooms. These rooms can be reached from the Menu on the left (the left frame).

Each room in turn is made up of pages, and each page contains modules, tools for sharing information. Bulletin Boards, chat rooms, and quizzes are examples of modules.

★ The Top Page can be viewed by anyone, not just members of your group. Clicking one of the rooms listed below the Top Page in the Menu will change the content of the right frame.

My Room and Group Room will be displayed only after you have logged in.

★ My Room is your private webpage. No one but you can view it (not even administrators), so use it as your online study. Click here for details on how to use My Room.

★ Group Room is a webpage for sharing information with other NetCommons users.

To start with, click Group Room in the left frame. The names of the rooms you can participate in will be displayed at the lower right.

Next, click the name of the room you want to view. The names of the pages in that room will be displayed to the right. Rooms that are expanded are shown.

Navigate between pages in this way, by clicking items in the Menu in order to display the desired page in the right frame.

[Note] The currently displayed page will appear as follows.

(2) Description and usage of each part.

★ Login box -- Use this as your entry and exit point into and out of NetCommons. Make a point of always logging out when you are done.

[Note] What's SSL login? Click here.

★ Menu -- Displays available rooms. Click the room you want in order to display it in the right frame.

★ Layout mode -- Use this to design My Room.

Click.

★ -- Click this to reload the page.

★ -- This searches text used in all modules such as Bulletin Boards and Notes in NetCommons pages under Top Page, My Room, and Group Room. Try clicking Search in the upper right corner of the page.

The following Search panel will be displayed.

Input the information you are looking for or a keyword or multiple keywords separated by spaces, for the topic in the Keyword field, and click the Search button. You can also specify details such as the handle name of the user who posted the information, the type of room and/or module, and the date of the information.

★ -- Click this to display this NetCommons User Online Manual.

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