Basic LiveText Navigation Guide

Navigation Toolbar

All LiveText accounts contain a navigation toolbar which is used to navigate to various features.

My Account

If the account has multiple views, you may switch between views here.

• Click the My Account link to navigate to the Account Information page.
• Click the Help link to navigate to the Help Center.
• Click the Logout link to sign out of the account.

Dashboard

Upon logging into any LiveText account, the user is brought to the Dashboard. The Dashboard displays assignments, recent files, and course announcements.

Each assignment has a title and a button. The button you will see is dependent upon the current status of the assignment.

• If the assignment has a red status indicator, then the status is not submitted and the student may submit work to the assignment.
• If the assignment has a yellow status indicator, then status is awaiting assessment and
  the student is either awaiting the instructor’s assessment or awaiting a resubmission.
• If the assignment has a green status indicator, then the assignment has an assessment published status and the student may view the assessment.

On the Dashboard, assignments are ordered by submission status. Assignments where the student has been asked to resubmit appear first. Then assignments which have not been submitted are displayed. Next, any assignment which is awaiting an assessment appears and, finally, any assignment which has a published assessment is displayed last.

Note: You may filter your posted assignments by term and/ or course. These dropdown boxes are located toward the upper right of your posted assignments.

The Recent Files area is listed toward the right side of the screen. Only the most recently modified files are listed in this area. These files may be LiveText documents or non-LiveText artifacts. Click on the title of a LiveText Document to open the document. Click on the title of a non-LiveText artifact to open the file using the appropriate software on your device.

Announcements are listed beneath the Recent Files area. The Announcements area contains course announcements which are posted by an instructor for a specific course. Clicking on an announcement will open that course’s Announcements tab page.

Courses

Upon clicking the Courses tab, the All Courses page is displayed. This page shows all courses associated with the LiveText account for the current term.

To view assignments for a listed course:

1. Click on a Course Code or Course Name to view that courses Course Overview tab.

   

2. Click on the Assignments tab to view a list of posted course assignments for the course.
   If an assignment has been assessed and if a grade has been provided, then the grade for
   that assignment will also be displayed.

   

LiveText Docs

Click the LiveText Docs tab to open the Documents page. Initially, the My Work tab is selected. The My Work tab contains LiveText documents which have been created within the account.

• The Inbox tab contains LiveText documents which have been shared with the account.
• The Sent tab contains LiveText documents which you have shared with other accounts.
• The Trash tab contains LiveText documents which have been deleted from the Documents page.
• The Trash tab within a LiveText account is never ‘emptied’ and any document listed in the Trash tab can always be restored.
• The All tab contains all of the LiveText documents from each tab on the Documents page.

File Manager

Click on the File Manager tab to open your accounts Tools page. Initially, the File Manager tab will be selected. In your LiveText account, the File Manager is a storage space for files that you have uploaded. No one can access your File Manager except for you.

To upload a file into the File Manager:

1. Click the File Manager tab.
2. Click the Upload Files/Images button.

3. Click the button which is located beneath the text “Browse your computer to upload.”

   Note: This button may appear as a Choose File button or a Browse... button depending on the web browser which is being used.

   In the pop up window which appears, double click the icon of a file from your device’s local storage. Repeat step 3 as needed to select more external files.

4. In the pop up window that appears, select the file that you want to upload (double click the icon preceding the name of the file).
5. The file should begin to upload automatically. You should see an animated bar that indicates that the file is transferring. Wait until you see the word "Completed" in green across from the file name. When you see this, you will know that the file upload is complete.

To download files from the File Manager:

1. Click the File Manager tab.
2. Click the “Download” link across from the name of the file that you would like to
   download.

To rename files in the File Manager:

1. Click the File Manager tab.
2. Click the “Rename” link across from the name of the file that you would like to
   download.
3. Enter the new filename in the provided text box.
4. Click the OK button.

Reviews

Click on the Reviews tab to open the Reviews page. Initially, the Inbox tab is selected. The Inbox tab contains LiveText documents which have been sent to your account for review.

The Sent tab contains a list of LiveText document which have been sent to others for review.

The Drafts tab contains a list of LiveText documents for which you have saved, but not
submitted, an assessment or review.

The Trash tab contains LiveText documents which have been deleted from the Reviews page.

The Trash tab within a LiveText account is never ‘emptied’ and any document listed in the Trash tab can always be restored to its previous tab.

The All tab contains all of the LiveText documents from each tab on the Reviews page.

Forms

Click on the Forms tab to navigate to the Forms page. The Inbox tab may contain forms which have been launched to your account by your institution.

To take a form that has been launched to your account:

1. Click the Forms tab.
2. Click the “Take form” link across from the title of the form you need to take.
3. Enter your responses on the form.
4. To save your responses on the form so that you may complete and submit the form at a
   later time, click Save Form. Otherwise, to submit your responses on the form right
   away, click the Submit Form button.

Tools

Click the Tools tab to navigate to the Tools page. The Reports tab is open by default. From the Reports tab various types of reports may be run for assessments which have been completed from within this account.

The Standards & Outcomes tab is an area where you may search for standards which have been
uploaded into LiveText.

The Visitor Passes tab is an area where visitor passes may be created. A visitor pass may be used to share a LiveText document with non-LiveText users. Only non-LiveText users who use the visitor pass code you provide will be allowed access to the LiveText document which has been shared with the visitor pass.

The File Manager is a storage space for files that you have uploaded. No one can access your File Manager except for you.