Log-In:

We always suggest that you first launch your favorite web browser, go to our web site, then minimize and leave your browser running in the background while you launch the MediaMatrix system which is in your Psych-AI folder/directory. This asssures that you always have an established internet connection and can do your normal clean closure of that connection when your study sessions are complete. AOL users MUST do this because their internet access is only established via an AOL server. In any case, you first launch your PsychAI application by opening the "OpenBook" application as illustrated below: 

 

PC/Windows View:



Macintosh View:



 

You should then see a MediaMatrix splash-screen offering you the options of Open the Book, Downloads, or Exit:

 



 

Make sure you are first connected to the internet, then Click on the Open the Book button. This brings either 1) a download of any updated software fixes and then a second splash screen asking you to submit your 9 digit Social Security number as your student ID/Password, or 2) an immediate access to the second splash screen asking you to submit your 9 digit Social Security number as your student ID/Password:

 



Submitting your password by hitting return or enter initiates contact with the (AI)² servers, as the status report suggests. If there are any problems with the server, you will be given feedback and options accordingly.

Upon your successful identification as a registered user, the system loads your personal use history (if there is any) and takes you to the Frontispiece to begin the session. If you have a history of use, you may pick up exactly where you last left off. 

On the Frontispiece you will see three major user buttons:

1. The type-of-presentation of content -- Outline, Notes, or the defaulted Full Text,

2. The user-mode button which presently shows the system is in its Browse mode and,

3. The topical navigation button showing Psychology.

In addition, there is a Help/Quit listing (in the upper right corner).  If you are logging in after a previous session, you will also see a "Go Recent" button with an arrow, beneath the "Psychology" navigation button in the lower right corner, which allows you to go directly to the topic you were last studying.

Quit:

NOTE: It is extremely important to Quit, or Exit from your program, by using the buttons available for this service. A clean exit by using the Quit buttons will assure that your session history is updated on our server, which is very important in maintaining the integrity of the artificial intelligence services that mirror your ever-changing knowledge and manage the personalization of your tutorial services. BE SURE TO ALLOW THE UPDATE PROCESS TO BE COMPLETED BEFORE LEAVING THE SYSTEM OR TURNING OFF YOUR COMPUTER, OTHERWISE IMPORTANT HISTORY DATA MAY BE LOST!

We already mentioned that there is a Quit button in the service panel at the upper -right of the Frontispiece as illustrated above. There is also a Quit button available within the margin's services menu on each Open Page.

In the left margin of any Open Page screen there is a small "Services" button. Clicking on this popup button opens the margin services menu:



A single click on any selection item in this service menu brings that service, which includes the following:

• Both a Detailed and a Brief Help system explaining what you may do on this screen and how each service works.
• A connection preferences option that allows you to modify various internet connection parameters.
• A hot-word color preference option that allows you to change the color of all hyper-linked words.
• A system-wide Find service for locating any and all uses of a term or collection of terms
• A Glossary of all major technical terms.
• A personal Notepad for margin-marking important passages and annotatingwith any personal comments you might wish to log or print-out.
• If your instructor uses an optional system to offer bonus points for tutoring and/or quizzing, there will be an option to review your points for that page's topic.
• If your instructor uses an optional system to offer bonus points for tutoring and/or quizzing, there will be an option to review information as to how your bonus points affect your test grades.
• Return to the Frontispiece from which your session started.
• And, finally, the Quit option that allows you an orderly and data-updating exit from the system.

Next Topic.....(User Modes)