1. CE Notes Student User’s Guide
Version – 3
Revised: 1/6/2003
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2. Points to Cover Why – What is the purpose?
What – What does CE Notes do?
How – What makes CE Notes work?
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3. Purpose
The main purpose is to enhance (add value to) the exchange of information between Instructor and Student without creating extra work for ourselves – i.e., HTML maintenance.
Make possible a number of enhancements (add more value): capturing addresses, distributing individual grades, etc. without creating extra work – i.e., make course administration more routine.
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4. How it Works -- Basic Concept
Students may retrieve, print, view any file in the server’s folder/file structure from any browser. (This is the easiest way to administer files.)
Students may retrieve, print, view and files on the server by week. (85-95% of the 349 and 111 students asked for this feature.)
This is what adds the value to what we are already doing.
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5. Basic concept … …
Properly registered Students may retrieve their grades by .
There are plans to develop collaboration modules this spring.
There are plans to develop interactive graded exercises this spring.
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6. Hands On Examples Follow
How to Access CE Notes
How to Log On
How to Browse Material
By Folder\File
By Week
How to Get Your Grade
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7. Access the CE Notes Home Page; Then, click on desired course link.

8. Click on “Users Please Log In.”

9. Log On Using Proper Credentials

10. A Successful Log On.

11. “Clicked” New Users Please Register

12. Registration Hints
It is important that everyone understand that doing this correctly and thoughtfully is key to future success.
Remembering 5-digit SID, and UserID, and password is essential to accessing Grade reports, graded exercises, and the like.
A guest UserID and Password is “students” and “study” may be available at the Instructor’s option.
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13. What the Student Sees! Public Folders and Files
Public Files Organized By Week
Access to Their Grades in Your Class
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14. Click-on the Student Menu and you can:
Browse Folders and Files
Browse Weeks, and
Have your Grades ed to your account.

15. Access to Public Folders and Files

16. Access Material by Week.

17. Grade Request Form

18. Other Functionality Assignments may appear on the Announcements Link.
Assignments may appear on the Assignments Link.
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19. Answers to FAQ’s? URL? – cenotes.tamu.edu
Netscape display looks “funny?” Use IE5.
Yes, you can see thru the TAMU Firewall.
Why can’t I get my grades.
You have to have registered with the correct SID for this to work.
Sometimes grade s with the “tamu.edu” tag are treated as “spam” by YAHOO and HOTMAIL
Make sure your mailbox has enough space to receive messages.
Bad luck, life is not always fair.
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