The program contents page serves two purposes: it provides a means to jump between different Beyond Books programs, and it displays the complete outline for the currently selected program.
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A Beyond Books program contents page
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- User information: In the top left of the screen, a welcome message appears followed by two links: "Your Desk" and "Log Out". To access your personal information, click on "Your Desk." To log out and end your Beyond Books session, click on the "Log Out" link.
- Academic discipline buttons: In the left column is a set of six buttons representing the six Beyond Books academic disciplines: social studies, science, literature and language arts, world languages, and electives. Click on a button to access a complete listing of all Beyond Books programs in that academic discipline.
- Search Beyond Books: The search function allows users to search for names or topics located throughout the Beyond Books site. This search feature is limited to the Beyond Books website, and the search results refer only to Beyond Books content or approved links. You can access content and links only for programs to which you subscribe.
- Yellow navigation bar: At the top of every page of a program is a yellow navigation bar containing several icons. Each icon leads to a different area of Beyond Books with additional information or functions to enhance your use of the site.
- BB Home: The Beyond Books homepage.
- Programs: The program contents page for this program. View the entire program outline or move to another discipline, subject, or program.
- Your Desk: The Your Desk function of the Beyond Books site, used to manage personal information, portfolios, and classes.
- Portfolios: The Portfolios section of Your Desk. Students can click on "Portfolios" to access their own work. Teachers can click on the button to access submissions from their class(es).
- Help: The Beyond Books help directory.
- Teacher: If you are logged in as a teacher, the "Teacher" button will appear. Click on this button to reach the Teacher Door area of the Beyond Books site. Student users do not have access to the Teacher areas.
- Programs drop-down menu: Beneath the yellow navigation bar is a drop-down menu reading "Jump to another Beyond Books program..." Use this drop-down menu from any program contents page to quickly jump to another Beyond Books program. Click on the arrow to the right of the drop-down menu, then scroll up and down through the program outline. When you find the Beyond Books program you want to view, click on its title.
- Organization path: Underneath the drop-down menu of programs is the organization path showing the academic discipline and subject area for this Beyond Books program. To view a listing of all Beyond Books programs in this discipline (such as social studies) or this subject (such as American history), click on the discipline or subject name.
- Program outline: The outline for the currently selected program appears underneath the program navigation area. Each program has its own outline, similar to the table of contents. The numbered items in the outline, called unit areas, are broad topics. The lettered items, called focus topics, are the more specific sections of a unit area.
- About the Authors: At the very bottom of the outline is a link titled "About the Authors." Click on the link to read about the program's writers. To return to the outline, click on "Close This Window."
- To navigate to a different academic discipline: Click on one of the buttons in the left column of the page.
- To jump to a different Beyond Books program: Click on the arrow to the right of the programs drop-down menu, then scroll up and down through the programs listing. When you find the Beyond Books program you want to view, click on its title.
- To jump directly into the content of the program: Move to any specific page in a program by clicking on its title in the outline. (You do not have to begin on any particular page or move in any particular order through the program.) You will then be asked to enter your user name and password. After you type them in, click on the "Enter" button to move on to the content.
- To see the overview for a program: Click on "Introduction Page" at the top of the outline to open a page that contains a written summary of the program as well as the program outline.
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