Help Area Topic : Navigating in MACH 2010

You'll notice that the left hand side of this page, and every other MACH 2010 page, bears a list of links which you may use to move around within the course. The list is divided into two sections by a horizontal line.

The top half of this list appears on every page and gives you access to all the general functions of MACH 2010. These are:

Public Home
This link takes you to the non-secure public MACH 2010 web site. This is the site where you originally registered for the course and contains general program information and tips for logging into the secure course site.

Course Home
This link returns you to the secure MACH 2010 course home page. This is the page you usually see when you first login. If you ever get lost in the course site please return to this page. If you wish to bookmark the MACH 2010 site we ask that you use this page.

Instructors
This page lists the course instructors and teaching assistants for MACH 2010. The page also contains a listing of which student are assigned to which instructor/teaching assistant pairs and a review of the assignment and test submission procedure.

Calendar
The calendar page lists dates for the release of MACH modules and describes other scheduled activites. Unless otherwise stated the dates listed on this page are tentative.

Conferences
This is the private conference listing for MACH 2010. Links to past conferences will lead you back to the MACH 2010 public site while links to upcoming conferences will lead you to secure information pages (housing, expenses,...) and a private registration area.

Help Area
This link leads to the technical support pages for MACH 2010. Most common problems and questions regarding MACH 2010 are discussed here.

Contact Information
This links leads to the MACH 2010 contact page which lists the email addresses and phone numbers of each of our personel.

Modules List
This page lists all of the parts of the course and details important information you must know before starting MACH 2010. This is the page you will most commonly use to access new modules.

Start Over
This link will, like the Course Home link, return you to the MACH 2010 course home page. If at any point you get lost in the course this link will return you to square one.

The bottom half of the list (below the second horizontal line) changes depending upon the part of the course your are currently in. For instance, since you are now in the Help Area of the MACH 2010 course, you'll notice that the bottom half of the navigation bar contains links to different Help Area subsections.

Similarly, if you were on one of the pages from module one, you would see links to take you to the different subsections of module one (pretest, homework, web work, project,...). In addition to the links in the left hand sidebar each module Home Page contains a navigation bar graphic similar to that shown below (hold your pointer over different sections of this graphic to learn more). The graphic navigation bar and the links in the left margin have the same function.