CHAPTER 5
SELECTION ACTIVITY
A Selection activity allows the members of a conference to choose one or more items from a list. This feature can be used to allow students to choose a term paper topic from a list of topics provided by the instructor; or perhaps the members of a staff could choose a dish to bring to the department holiday party. In any case, the author of the selection activity will provide the list of items that the conference members are to choose from.
5.1 Doing a Selection Activity
If you are currently viewing at item that has a selection activity attached, type Y in response to the use ( Selection Activity ) attachment (Y/N) > prompt and skip to the paragraph immediately following the Selection List screen below. Otherwise, enter a conference that has a selection activity waiting. Select review activitY list. From this list choose the Selection activity that you would like to complete and select Do. EIES® will ask: Enter item number of the activity (#/c#cc# ) >. Type the number of the activity you wish to do (the activity number is simply the comment number that the activity is attached to).
The Selection List Screen displays all of the selection items, their Labels (the label is assigned by the author of the Selection activity), the member(s) who selected the item (a - is displayed for any items that have not yet been selected), and the date the item was selected. To read the conference comment which describes the activity, select view activity Text. The author of a Selection activity may provide a detailed description of each selection item. To see these descriptions choose View/read selection items.
To pick one of the selection items, choose Select. EIES® will ask: Enter Number or Label ( #.#/label ) >. Type the Comment ID number of the item you wish to select. Once an item is selected, no other member may choose that same item (you would be notified if the item you selected was previously chosen by another member). The Selection List Screen will be updated to show that you have selected an item (this may take a few minutes).
If you mistakenly choose the wrong item or simply wish to change your selection choose unselect. As with selecting an item, EIES® will ask for the Comment ID number and the Selection List Screen will be updated.