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DeAnza College/CIS2/Catalyst features and guidelines
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- Using catalyst is not to hard but it can be confusing at the beginning so when you log in and you are directed to the home page the best thing to do is,
click on the frequently asked questions, most of your simple questions will be asked and answered there. I also recommend to click on the first time at catalyst, it's like a mini orientation guide for catalyst an if you are still having a difficult time they have 24/7 phone an online service, sometimes is not you it can be your computer. I have asked them questions before and they have been able to answer me right away they understand it is a class and you have deadlines to meet. .. LG
Here is an excellent guide to getting started with Catalyst. It uses the same wiki educator as we did for our projects. ..MH
That was the most useful page and I think she should add the suggestions you guys gave!
I also want to mention that people using catalyst need to be careful not to bloxk other users from contacting them. For additional privacy, users can chose not the receive private messages from those they have not allowed by adding to their contact list. ..MH
- Step 1:
Write your custom/title of a link or the URL, then select it and click on "Insert Web Link", as image below:
- Step 2:
Insert your link at textbox "URL", and select "Target". Target options:
- None: open URL on current browser frame ---> example
- New Window: open URL on new frame (often open up new browser or tab). ---> example (Recommend).
- Same frame, same window, other (out of order): open URL on current browser frame ---> example ..VL
- It is just a small tip to customize catalyst for easy view.
For example, if we study chapter 4, we can choose to display only chapter 4:
After you click "show only topic 4", the display should be like this"
To return full view mode, just click at the same spot again. Hope it help. ..HL
- A simpler way is to check the Distance Learning information
Schedule of Classes - Summer 2009 - scroll down to the list of classes. Also indicates fully online and hybrid courses. http://deanza.edu/distance/schedule.html?t=174
