Student View
Home Page
When Students log in to PathcoreScholar, the first screen displayed is their home page.
Greeting
An optional, customized greeting message can be displayed on the home page. If this message has been updated since the last time the Student logged in, this is indicated via the text "Updated" next to the title of the page and a icon next to the Home button in the left-hand navigation sidebar. The last time the message was updated is always displayed below the message itself.
List of Classes
The Student's home page also displays all of their currently active classes. Classes are listed by name, and each shows the number of modules contained within as well as the start and end date, if set.
Navigation Sidebar
The left-hand sidebar can be used to quickly access available classes, modules, and pages.
Click on the button next to a class name in the sidebar to expand it and display the list of modules for that class. Click on the button again to collapse the list. Modules in the list can be expanded and collapsed in the same manner to display the list of pages for that module.
Modules and pages in the list can have an icon next to their name to indicate the following:
- Gray Briefcase: This module contains graded pages
- Blue Briefcase: All graded pages in this module have been completed
- Lock: This module is past its due date, or is not yet available
- Gray Checkmark: This page contains graded questions
- Blue Checkmark: All graded questions in this page have been completed
Classes
A class contains a set of modules and an optional bulletin board. Modules are how a class's content is organized, akin to chapters in a book.
List of Modules
The modules for a class are listed on the Modules tab of a class page. The order of the modules is set by the Educator.
Class Bulletin
A class may also have a bulletin written by the Educator to deliver announcements to all the Students in that class. If enabled, a Bulletin tab will be available. If the bulletin has been updated since the last time the Student logged in, this is indicated via a icon next to the Bulletin tab.
Modules
A module contains one or more pages of learning material created and organized by the Educator.
List of Pages
The pages of a module are listed on the Pages tab of a module page. The order of the pages is set by the Educator.
Pages
Pages are rich-text documents that may contain didactic information as well as interactive components. Pages may contain formatted text, images, hyperlinks, whole slide images, and various question types. Pages that are designated as “graded” will be included in scoring calculations.
Image Viewer Blocks
An Image Viewer block provides a way for Students to view one or more images in the Viewer, which is a full-featured viewing environment best suited for images that would normally require panning and zooming. The Educator decides whether to embed an inline Viewer or provide thumbnails to click through to a popup dialog.
To open an embedded image in the Viewer in a new browser tab
Hover over the Image Viewer Block
Click on the Open Image button at the top left of the block
To open an image thumbnail in the Viewer in a new browser tab
Hover over the Image Viewer Block
Click on the image thumbnail
Click on the Open Image button at the top left of the popup dialog
Question Blocks
There are several question types available such as multiple choice, number input, and short answer, among others. Most question types provide an opportunity for the Educator to give feedback in the form of a "response message". Response messages may be used to reinforce why a particular response is correct or to guide trainees toward the correct answer in case of incorrect answers.
Multiple Choice Question
Multiple choice questions provide a list of options for Students to select and have one correct answer.
If the page is not graded, a unique response message may be provided for each choice.
Number Input Question
The number input question allows Students to input a number in response to a question. Educators have a great deal of flexibility when it comes to defining the correct answer(s) through one or more value ranges. Each range is associated with a point value, making it easy to reward accurate answers with more points and incorrect answers with fewer, or even negative, points.
If the page is not graded, a unique response message may be provided for each range of values.
Short Answer Question
The short answer question type allows Students to respond to a question using free-form text. This is the only question type that must be scored manually by an Educator.
If the page is not graded, a response message may be provided after answering.
Pin Drop Question
Pin drop questions provide a unique and interactive process for Students to identify relevant structures on an image. Rather than narrowing the field-of-view for a question, Educators can ask trainees to locate structures present in the image with pins. With the pin drop question, each "pin" corresponds to a structure that the Educator wants identified and trainees are expected to drag the pins over the corresponding areas in the image.
Viewer
Whether embedded, in a popup dialog, or a separate browser tab, the Viewer displayed to Students provides a subset of the features offered to an Educator or Administrator. Notable changes include:
- The image name and slide label are hidden from Students
- Students are unable to add annotations
- (Optional) Some or all of the annotations may be hidden from Students
- The left sidebar is not available to Students. Therefore they do not have access to any of the features of the Image Information, Browse Folder, Image Adjustment, Overlays, Annotations, nor Share Image panels.
Side-by-Side View
Side-by-Side View allows multiple images to be viewed simultaneously in the Viewer. Each image is confined to a dedicated panel within the viewing area and retains all the usual capabilities that are available when viewing a single image (e.g., annotating, panning, and zooming).
To enter Side-by-Side View
Navigate to a page that includes an Image Viewer block
Click on the View Side-by-Side button below the inline Viewer or the thumbnail view of the images
To exit Side-by-Side View
- Click on the button at the right corner of the Viewer top bar
Panel Layout
When in Side-by-Side View, the Viewer is divided into a row of image panels. These panels can be rearranged or individually hidden by the Student.
To rearrange image panels
Click on the button in the Viewer top bar to display the Slide Arrangement dialog
Click and hold on the icon to the left of the image and drag it up or down to change its position
To show/hide image panels
Click on the button in the Viewer top bar to display the Slide Arrangement dialog
Click on the button to the right of an image to toggle its visibility
Panel Controls
Side-by-Side View divides the available on-screen space for the Viewer into one or more panels, depending on the number of images that have been chosen. While each panel can be independently controlled, only one panel can be controlled at any given point in time.
To select an image for navigation
Click into any panel to activate it. Note the blue border that appears around the active panel
Use the standard Basic Controls to navigate the image
To enable the rotation tool for the selected panel
Hover or click on the image to reveal the toolbar at the top left of the panel
Click on the button to expand the toolbar if necessary
Click on the button in the toolbar to show or hide the rotation tool
Color Management
For RGB images, the color correction profile of an image in a panel can be adjusted. The capabilities that are available in the Viewer are also available in Side-by-Side View panels. See Color Management for more details.
To change the color management profile for the selected panel
Hover or click on the image to reveal the toolbar at the top left of the panel
Click on the button to expand the toolbar if necessary
Click on the button dropdown in the toolbar to reveal the color management dialog
Select one of the available ICC color profiles
Single Panel Mode
Side-by-Side View reduces the screen area available for each image in the set. If more screen area is required, it's possible to temporarily expand one panel to return to a single image configuration.
To expand a single image panel
Hover or click on the image to reveal the toolbar at the top left of the panel
Click on the button to expand the toolbar if necessary
Click on the button
To minimize an expanded panel (to return to Side-by-Side View mode)
Hover or click on the image to reveal the toolbar at the top left of the panel
Click on the button to expand the toolbar if necessary
Click on the button
Synchronization
Images can be synchronized so that panning and magnification actions are performed simultaneously on all images in the Viewer which have been marked as "synchronized".
To synchronize specific images
Hover or click on the image to reveal the toolbar at the top left of the panel
Click on the button
Repeat steps 1 and 2 for each image to synchronize
To synchronize the row of images
Hover or click on any image from the row to be synchronized, to reveal the toolbar at the top left of the panel
Click on the button next to the button
Select Synchronize Row from the dropdown menu
To synchronize all images in the Viewer
Click on the button in the Viewer top bar to display the synchronize menu
Select Synchronize All from the dropdown menu
Magnification
The magnification of the currently selected image can be applied to all synchronized images or to all images in the Viewer.
If you zoom an image that is part of a synchronized set, the change in magnification is also applied to other images in the set. When an image is pushed past its native resolution, the Viewer applies a digital zoom.
To apply the current magnification to all images in the Viewer
Click on the current image magnification in the Viewer top bar
Select Apply to All Slides from the dropdown menu
To apply the current magnification to synchronized images
Click on the current image magnification in the Viewer top bar
Select Apply to Synchronized Slides from the dropdown menu