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Tasks

Quick steps:

  1. Navigate to your Home page.
  2. Locate the My ANGEL Courses section.
  3. Click on a course.
  4. Click on the Guide button on power strip on the left of the page.
  5. Click on the Tasks link at the bottom of the Guide frame.
  6. Course tasks will be displayed.
  7. If you click on some items such as Personal Tasks, Unread Mail or Ungraded Items, the page to the right will display options and information.
  8. Click on the + to the left of the task to expand it.

Read more:

The Tasks area displays milestones, personal tasks, unread mail, unread discussion posts and ungraded items. To check for new items, click the Refresh link.

Milestones
Students can track their course progress by viewing a list of pending, completed or past due milestones.

Personal Tasks
Users can view personal tasks they created for themselves, tasks assigned to them or assigned to all course members. The Personal Tasks tool allows you to create a list of things you need to do. You can organize this list by categories, or just free form a list of general tasks you need to accomplish.

You must be in a course to access Tasks. Click on a course, locate the Guide button and click on it. Click on Tasks and then Personal Tasks. On the right side of the page, click on the Add Task link to enter the Add Personal Task editor where you can edit Task Information.

In the Subject field, enter the name of your task.

In the Body field you can enter details about the task to be accomplished.

If you wish to categorize your tasks, use the Category drop down menu. Click the Other button to create a new category.

Priority sets the importance of the task. You have scale of 0 to 9 to rate the priority of the task, 0 being the lowest and 9 being the highest priority. Higher priority tasks appear above lower priority tasks in the tasks list.

When you have completed entering your information, be sure to click the Save button at the bottom of the page. You will be returned to your Personal Tasks page. To return to your Home page, click the Home icon on the power strip along the left of the page.

Unread Mail
Click the Unread Mail link to display a list of all new (unread) course or group mail on the right side of the page.

Unread Discussion Posts
The Unread Discussion Posts section displays a list of all new (unread) posts to a course or group discussion forum.

Ungraded items
Click on the Ungraded items link to display a list of all new ungraded course items.


Last modified: 04-16-2007
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