			   PC Blackboard Tutorial

	The PC Blackboard tutorial is broken into three parts.  The first 
deals with functions that do not require you to be connected to a remote 
location, the second will show you the remote capabilities, and the third 
section discusses the fax functionality.

			      Local Capabilities

There are three exercises for this section.

1) Drawing Tools and Attribute Menu

	This exercise will get you acquainted with the drawing tools and 
	their attributes.

	A) Scroll through the available drawing tools by pushing the button 
	   on the pen or by hitting the right button of a mouse.  You will 
	   notice that your drawing tool changes each time you hit one of 
	   these buttons.  Now scroll through the tools until you come to the 
	   free hand draw icon (it is shaped like a pencil, thin and pointed 
	   at the top). You may now draw by pushing down on the pen or pushing 
	   the left button of a mouse.  As you hold either of these down and 
	   move your pointing device, you will begin to draw to the screen.

	B) Choose the rectangle icon by pushing the button on the pen or by 
	   hitting the right button of the mouse.  The rectangle icon it is 
	   your second icon, and is bigger than the square icon (the third 
	   icon).  Move your cursor to your desired position and push down on 
	   the pen or push the left button on a mouse.  Now as you move your 
	   pointing device while you hold down either of these buttons, a 
	   ghost box will appear. When the box attains the size you wish it to 
	   be, just let up on the pen or on the first  button of the mouse.  
	   The rectangle will now be drawn.

	C) You need to practice cancelling the drawing of a shape.  As you are 
	   moving the ghost box around on the screen, you have the capability 
	   to cancel the drawing of the box.  This is done by hitting the 
	   button on the pen, hitting the right button on the mouse, or by 
	   hitting the <ESC> button on the keyboard, while you are holding 
	   down the pen or holding down the left button of the mouse.  This 
	   action must be done simultaneously.  Now practice this.  You will 
	   find that it is difficult to do this with the pen, if you do not 
	   use the <ESC> key on the keyboard.

	D) Try out all the remaining tools (square, line, and circle.)  All 
	   three will work just as the rectangle did.

	E) Change the Fill attribute of the circle tool. Scroll until the 
	   circle icon appears, then go to the main menu (hit the <ESC> key 
	   or hit the middle button of the mouse). Select attributes from the main menu.  
	   This will pop-up a window with two options.  You may change your 
	   line width and/or toggle from a filled circle to a non-filled 
	   circle (and vice-versa).  Change the fill option to "YES".  This 
	   is done by moving your cursor into the "FILL" box and pushing down 
	   on a pen, hitting the left button of a mouse, or hitting the 
	   <ENTER> key on the keyboard.  As you select on this box, you will 
	   notice that it will toggle between "YES" and "NO". Exit both the 
	   attribute menu and the main menu, draw a circle.  You will notice 
	   that the circle is filled.

	F) Change the Line Width attribute of the circle tool. Re-enter the 
	   attribute menu (following the steps above) and change fill to "NO" 
	   and change the line width to four.  This is done by moving your 
	   cursor within the grid until the box within the grid is to the far 
	   right.  Now exit both the attribute and main menus, and draw a 
	   circle.  (Be careful when exiting the attribute menu that you do 
	   not change the desired line width.  You must move your cursor out 
	   of the grid before exiting this menu.)  You will notice the circle is not filled, but its outline has a 
	   width of four.  It is recommended that you test out this feature 
	   with all the tools and with different line widths.  You will soon 
	   notice that draw and line only have the line width option.

	 NOTE: If you have the pointer selected (the upward arrow), you will 
	       not be able to enter the attribute menu since it has no 
	       attributes to be set.

2) Save and Load File

	This exercise is meant to show you the save and load features.

	A) Draw some shapes and free hand draw on the screen.  

	B) Go to the main menu and select files.  Select the save option by 
	   moving your highlight bar to save and select it.  A window will 
	   appear with all existing files. If no files exist, you will be 
	   notified, then a window will appear asking you for a title.  In 
	   either case, type in "TEST1" followed by the <ENTER> key.  Your 
	   screen is now saved.

	C) Exit the file menu and select the clear screen.

	D) Re-enter the main menu and then the files menu.  Select load, and 
	   move the highlight bar to "TEST1.PCX".  Then push the pen down, 
	   hit the left button of a mouse, or hit the <ENTER> key.  Your 
	   image will now be loaded to the screen. It is very simple.

3) Palette

	This exercise describes the palette feature.  This window has two 
	features depending on the type of graphic card you have.  Each will 
	be described separately.  But first, select "PALETTE" from the main 
	menu.

	A) If you only have a CGA card in your machine, a window will pop-up 
	   that allows you to change your foreground color.  This is done 
	   simply by pushing down on the pen, hitting the left button of a 
	   mouse, or by hitting the <ENTER> key on the keyboard.  You are not 
	   constrained by the window on the screen, so you may do this 
	   wherever you cursor is on the screen.  As you select, you will 
	   notice that the foreground color changes.  When you reach the 
	   color of your choice, exit from the palette.

	B) If you have a VGA card, you may change both the foreground and 
	   background colors.  When "PALETTE" is selected, a window will 
	   appear with two boxes within it.  One will be marked "FOREGROUND" 
	   (the left box) and the other will be marked "BACKGROUND"(the right 
	   box).  To change either of these, position your cursor within the 
	   desired box and select it.  You will notice that as you select it, 
	   the given area (foreground or background) will change.  Play with 
	   this until you feel comfortable with it.  When you have chosen the 
	   colors of your choice, exit the palette.


			     Remote Capabilities

	This section will discuss the process of connecting to another PC, as 
	well as some strictly remote features. There are 5 exercises in this 
	section.

1) The Configuration Menu and Communication Menu

	The configuration menu allows you to setup the communication 
	parameters. Select Configuration from the main menu.

	A) Select the type of modem you are going to use.  That is, you must 
	   change the device type to Hayes compatible, Telebit Trailblazer, 
	   or AT&T Comsphere. If you do not have a Telebit Trailblazer or 
	   AT&T Comsphere, you must select Hayes compatible.  This selection 
	   is done by moving your cursor into the box to the right of device 
	   and selecting it.  This will allow you to scroll through your 
	   available options.

	B) The next parameter to be set is the com port number.  This 
	   represents which port your communication device is connected 
	   too.  It is up to you to determine which com port it is connected 
	   too.

	C) The third option is the baud rate.  Both modems must be setup at 
	   the same baud rate.  It is recommended to run at the highest speed 
	   possible that is available to both modems.  For this exercise, 
	   select 2400 baud (if both modems can handle this).

	D) Now that all the parameters are set.  Leave the configuration menu.  
	   Then have one site call the other.  The one who is going to receive 
	   the call, must exit the main menu.  As you both exit the 
	   configuration menu, you will be informed if the modem is setting 
	   up.  Once the receive PC has exited the main menu, he/she is ready 
	   to receive the call.  The person who is going to make the call must 
	   now enter the communications menu and select on the connect button 
	   (position your cursor within the communication box and select it).  
	   Once the modem has setup, a window will pop-up that will wait for 
	   the phone number to be input.  Type in the number and hit the 
	   <ENTER> key.  The call will now be made.  When the connection is 
	   made, both users will be notified.

2) Interactive Functions

	Now that a connection has been established, both sites may interact 
	with one another.  To do this, the calling site will need to exit the 
	communication and main menus.  Now, each site should write to one 
	another.  Have one site write the word "hello", and have the other 
	site circle it.  Now practice using all the drawing tools. You will 
	see how easy this is.

3) Send File

	Have one site send the "TEST1.PCX" image, that was created in section 
	1, to the other PC.  This is done by selecting the files menu from 
	the main menu.  Once in the file menu, select send file.  This, 
	again, will bring up all the files in the directory. For ease of 
	use, once this window is on the screen, type in "TEST1.PCX".  
	As you type, a window will appear with the file name.  When 
	completed, hit the <ENTER> key.  A window will appear on both 
	PCs with a running count of the sent and received packets.  
	Once the file is there, the windows will disappear.

4) Load File

	Now, have one site load the "TEST1.PCX" image.  Follow the steps in 
	section 1. You will notice that the image is loaded on both machines.

5) Clear Screen, On-line, Off-line, and Send Screen

	A) Have one site clear their screen.  Notice this clears the remote 
	   screen as well.

	B) Have one site go off-line.  This is done by hitting the F1 key.  
	   A message will appear in the middle of your screen to notify you 
	   that you went off-line. You are connected to one another, but you 
	   are not communicating. The site that went off-line, draw on your 
	   screen and put shapes to the screen. Hit the F1 key to go back 
	   on-line.

	C) Select send screen from the main menu.  This will send your 
	   screen to the other PC.


				Fax Capability

	This section is intended to utilize a fax/modem.  In order to utilize 
	the fax board, you must select fax board within the communications 
	menu, just as you did for the modem in section 2.  The baud rate will 
	automatically adjust.  The only change that may be required is to 
	change the com port.  Once this is selected, exit the communications 
	menu to see if the board is found.  If you are using com 3 or com 4, 
	see the PC Blackboard documentation for necessary user input. There 
	are 3 exercises in this section.

1) Fax Screen

	If you have use of a fax machine, then this exercise will be possible.

	A) Simply draw something on your screen (using free hand draw, 
	   shapes, and text), then select the fax menu from the main menu.

	B) Select fax screen from this menu.  The screen will be converted to 
	   a fax format and then you will be asked to input the fax phone 
	   number.  Enter this just as you did for the modem in section 2.  
	   Once the number is entered, your PC will call the fax machine and 
	   your screen will be faxed.

2) Receive Screen

	Again, if you have use of a fax machine, fax a document to your PC.  
	You cannot have any menus on your screen, so make sure that none 
	exist before you fax the document.  Once you have verified this, just 
	fax the document to your PC phone number just as you would for any 
	other document.

3) Load Fax

	If you were able to fax yourself a document, select the fax menu from 
	the main menu.  Then select load.  Again, this will bring up all the 
	fax files.  You will notice that the received fax has a title with six 
	numbers and two characters.  This is to insure a unique name for each 
	file.  Highlight this file and select it.  The fax will now be 
	displayed on your screen.  Only a portion of the image will be 
	displayed, therefore, a document queue will pop-up in the bottom right 
	corner when the image is completed loading.  You may now use the 
	document queue to move around the document.  Try the following 
	exercises:

	A) Hit the "P" on the queue.  This is done by positioning the cursor 
	   over the "P" and selecting it.  Once this is selected, you will get 
	   a preview of the screen. You may interact on this image if you wish.  
	   Once you are ready to zoom back in on the image, hit the "Z" box.

	B) Use the scroll icons to move around the document.  "B" will take you 
	   to the bottom of the document, "T" will take you to the top of the 
	   document.  The arrows will scroll in that particular direction.  Try 
	   all these to become used to them.  If you sent a multi-page document, 
	   you may access different pages by selecting on the page number 
	   (located in the last box on the right).  This will  pop-up a box 
	   which allows you to change pages.  Select the page you wish to 
	   display.

	C) Try section 2 again, but this time send your fax file instead of 
	   "TEST1.PCX". Then use the document queue to see how it becomes an 
	   interactive function also.
