Electures Portal - User Guide

Christoph Hermann,

Claudius Korzen,

Christoph Wolk 

0.2

Revision History
Revision Version 0.2 SVN $Rev: 4827 $ $LastChangedDate: 2009-05-22 14:54:19 +0200 (Fri, 22 May 2009) $

Last changed by $LastChangedBy: hermann $

Revision Version 0.1

First version released to the public.

Previous authors: Nithin Mathews


Table of Contents

Preface
1. Introduction
2. Contact
3. Version History
3.1. New in Version 0.2
3.2. Version 0.1
4. Further readings / other material
1. Using the Electures-Portal: FAQs and hints...
1. ... for guests
2. ... for students
2.1. Do's and Don'ts
3. ... for hiwis
3.1. Do's and Don'ts
4. ... for administrators
2. Frequently asked Questions
1. HOWTO create a new course/modul in the Electures-Portal
2. Why is a responsible staff member needed for creating a new module?
3. HOWTO make a Bug Report
3.1. Creating a User-Account in the Bug-Tracker
3.2. Logging in to the Bug-Tracker
3.3. Creating a Bug Report
4. In the old Electures-Portal we could set a central username and password for the students to access the lectures, why is that not possible anymore?
5. What does "Files are filtered, because you have not the necessary permissions" mean?
6. The old Electures-Portal was so much better, why is there a new one now?
7. Many files are missing! / All my directly linked files are not accessible anymore, why?
8. I can't access many files even when beeing logged in. It still says "Files are filtered, because you have not the necessary permissions."
9. I want to add flash movies, but i can't select the html file required to load the files.
10. The Flash Files created with Camtasia can't be loaded.
3. Community, Users, Roles and Workflows
1. The Guest Role: Tasks and possible actions
1.1. Navigating through the Portal
1.2. Downloading and/or viewing Files
1.3. Rate an Electure
1.4. Comment on an Electure
1.5. Applying for a User-Account
2. The User Role Role: Tasks and possible actions
2.1. Applying for Group membership to access restricted files
3. The Student Role Role: Tasks and possible actions
3.1. Downloading restricted files
4. The Modul Administrator Role: Tasks and possible actions
4.1. Adding filetypes to a Modul
4.2. Adding new Chapters
4.3. Moving, Editing and Deleting a Chapter
4.4. Adding a new Electure
4.5. Editing an Electure
4.6. Adding files to an Electure
4.7. Adding/Managing Related Files
4.8. Uploading files
4.9. (Re-)Setting Modul Permissions
4.10. (Re-)Setting Permissions for Files
5. The Community Owner Role: Tasks and possible actions
5.1. Approving Community Membership Requests
5.2. Assigning a User the Community Administrator Role
6. The Community Administrator Role: Tasks and possible actions
6.1. Approving Community Membership Requests
7. The Electures Administrator Role: Tasks and possible actions
7.1. Adding a new Modul
7.2. Adding a Modul Administrator to a Modul
4. Electures-Wiki
1. Electures-Wiki Syntax
2. Plugin Syntax
2.1. Latex Syntax for the ElecturesLatexMathWikiPlugin

List of Tables

4.1. Latex-Help for the Wiki