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Module by: Richard Baraniuk. E-mail the author

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Summary: Overview of Connexions courses

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The information in this module is outdated. Please see How to Use the Course Composer for the latest information about Connexions courses.

Instructors weave modules into courses

  • a course is a guided tour through the pool of modules
  • Course Composer functionalities:
    • search and preview appropriate modules
    • incorporate modules into a course path
    • re-order course path
    • group modules into "chapters"
    • add course-specific "implicit" links
    • export course path as an Resource Description Framework (RDF) file (metadata standard)

Course path is multipurpose

  • navigational tools and Roadmap display course path (look to the left to the "course view")
  • modules in course path easily fused into a pdf file for printing as a custom textbook (by student, instructor, university, or Kinkos, for example)

Planned additions

  • course-specific annotations
  • segues
  • side branches off course path

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My Favorites (?)

'My Favorites' is a special kind of lens which you can use to bookmark modules and collections directly in Connexions. 'My Favorites' can only be seen by you, and collections saved in 'My Favorites' can remember the last module you were on. You need a Connexions account to use 'My Favorites'.

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Definition of a lens

Lenses

A lens is a custom view of Connexions content. You can think of it as a fancy kind of list that will let you see Connexions through the eyes of organizations and people you trust.

What is in a lens?

Lens makers point to Connexions materials (modules and collections), creating a guide that includes their own comments and descriptive tags about the content.

Who can create a lens?

Any individual Connexions member, a community, or a respected organization.

What are tags? tag icon

Tags are descriptors added by lens makers to help label content, attaching a vocabulary that is meaningful in the context of the lens.

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