Wednesday, April 1st, 2009

We have designed Calaxy to be very graphical. This post will give you a legend of what icons you will see in Calaxy and tell you a little about what they mean. Isn't that iconic.

Application Icons

	Blogs: Personal online journal where you frequently share ideas and receive input from peers
	Videos: Upload and manage your videos online and browse instructional videos
	Podcasts: Upload and manage your podcasts online and discover your peers' podcasts
	Images: Upload and manage your photos and digital images online and find additional images
	Documents: Browse, upload and manage documents online
	Assets: Easy, web-based tool for managing and tracking your inventory
	Wikis: Collaborative workspace on a topic where any user can edit the site content, including other users' contributions
	Moodle: Online course management system
	My TechDesk: Easy, web-based workorder management
	K12video: Videoconference scheduling system for California schools

System Icons

	ID: This first time you login to Calaxy you are required to create an ID. This is your unique identification within Calaxy.
	Profile: The Profile page is the area where you store your information: name, job title, bio, etc...
	Categories: Calaxy allows you to create your own categories, making it easy to organize your content.
	Groups: You may decide to share content with select individuals. The Group feature allows you to restrict access to your content.
	Albums: You may choose to organize your content into albums, each album covering a specific topic.
	Colleagues: You may invite other users to become your "Colleague." This will allow you to view when they are online.

Useability Icons

	Comments: Calaxy helps you connect with and hear from other educators who read, watch or listen to your work and post comments.
	Rating: Each piece of content that is uploaded to these applications can be rated by members of the K-12 trusted community.
	Delete: Where available, this icon allows you to remove an item from Calaxy.
	Edit: Where available, this icon allows you to edit an item you have created.
	E-mail: Calaxy allows you to send invitation e-mails containing detailed instructions on how to join a group you have created.
	RSS Feed: The orange RSS feed icon is displayed across Calaxy's applications. By subscribing to these RSS feeds, content will be delivered to you as it becomes available, helping you to keep up with information in an automated manner.
	K12HSN users have the ability to flag content as inappropriate. Quarantined content is immediately removed from public view. K12HSN staff reviews it and determines if it really should be removed from public view.

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