Step

Description

Option 1 (Use a sample book):

• Select a front end book from one of the four front end book samples installed with the Progress Tracker.

 

Option 2 (Start a new book):

• Start a new book.

• Create a page and name it menuOfModules. Use the Progress Tracker Catalog to drag on a "frontEndMenuOfModulesPageSetup" button.

• If the "menuOfModules" page is not going to be the first page of your book, also drag a "frontEndFirstPageSetup" button onto the first page.

• Decide on a module type. Drag items (buttons or groups) corresponding to your chosen moduleType from the catalog to your menuOfModules page. (Only ONE module type can be used in a front end book.) Include as many module items as you want displayed on your menuOfModules page.
   

Use the Tracker menu to assign a database to your book.
 

Make sure that all module items on your menuOfModules page are visible. Customize the appearance of the items as you choose, but do not change their names or grouping (except for "sequencing" names such as "Module 1", "Module 2", etc., you need to change the numbers in such names so that the items are contiguous.) Delete or add module items (all of the same type) to get the number of items you want on the page, being careful to follow any existing naming patterns.

Note that the names of modules will be set by Progress Tracker AFTER a user has logged in and a course has been selected; so you do not need to change the text of button captions or module fields. Simply set the general display properties (font, size, etc.) and name the items contiguously, and Progress Tracker will do the rest.

Use the Edit Front End Book Properties option of the Tracker menu to set the properties of your front end book and its module type . For testing, be sure that the bypassLogon property of your front end is set to false or null. Save and close your front end book.

To test that your front end book has been set up correctly, you will need at least one module books. If you have not removed the samples installed with the Progress Tracker, you should already have two modules to use for testing. If you do not have access to the samples, first use the Progress Tracker Administrator to set up at least one module. To simplify testing, you may want to set your module to allow open enrollment and not require a password. Exit the Administrator after setting up your module.

See the Progress Tracker Administrator help for details.

Open your front end book. If the book has been set up correctly, it will display a login dialog box. After you login, your menuOfModules page should display, populated with the module(s) you set up in step 5.