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Navigating the Editing Interface

Module by: Connexions. E-mail the author

Summary: This module describes some of the navigation and other features used throughout the editing interface.

Show/Hide Toolbars

When editing a module or collection, a useful Show/Hide Sidebars icon is featured in the upper right hand corner. When you click on the icon, the right and left authoring sidebars are hidden and the content pane is expanded. This is especially useful when editing modules using Edit-In-Place, or when using a netbook or other small-screened device.

Once the Show/Hide Sidebars icon has been clicked, you can reduce the editing area and display the sidebars by clicking it again.

Figure 2: Demonstration of the Show/Hide Sidebars icon
Using the Show/Hide Sidebars icon
(a) Click on the "Show/Hide Sidebars" icon...
The module edit page with sidebars shown. The show/hide icon is highlighted and enlarged to emphasize its location in the top-right corner of the editing pane.
(b) ...and the editing area fills the page. Click on the icon again to return to your normal view.
The module edit page with sidebars shown. The show/hide icon is highlighted and enlarged to emphasize its location in the top-right corner of the editing pane.

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Definition of a lens

Lenses

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

What is in a lens?

Lens makers point to 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 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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