(See also: Instructions for students using Practica Musica)

WebStudents - What is it and why would my instructor want it?

WebStudents™ is an optional service that works in conjunction with Practica Musica to store Student Files (student scorekeeping records) on Ars Nova's servers via the Internet. This has several significant benefits:

• Students and professors have a single source for saving and viewing student progress reports.
  
  
• Instructors can easily access student scorekeeping data from any computer with Internet access. Individual student scores can be viewed and class reports generated with WebStudents.
  
  
• Instructors can broadcast messages to students, messages that will be displayed when students log in to Practica Musica.
  
  
• Students don't have to worry about sending score data to instructors via e-mail because score data is automatically backed up to Ars Nova's servers.
  
  
• Students can use the Practica Musica Student Edition at home or the Site Edition in a school music lab without worrying where their scores are being saved or how their instructor is going to get progress reports. Score data is always available to a student on any computer with Practica Musica installed and an Internet connection.
  
  
• IT staff members don't need to be bothered with the installation and configuration of Student Files.

Can I run Practica Musica via the Internet if I have a WebStudents account for my class?

No. Please note that Practica Musica itself is not a web-based program. It isn't possible to actually run the Practica Musica program itself over the Internet. The WebStudents service simply stores student score data to Ars Nova's servers via the Internet. In order to use Practica Musica and WebStudents, Practica Musica must be installed on a local PC or be accessible via a school network, i.e. either students must purchase the Practica Musica Student Edition or the school must purchase the Site Edition. One of these editions is prerequisite to using the WebStudents backup system.

I'm a student using the Student Edition of Practica Musica in my dorm. How can I get a WebStudents account?

WebStudents accounts are one per class, not per student. Therefore, ask your professor to visit our account request form.

What happens if I do some work while connected to the Internet, then later do additional work when not connected? When I connect again wouldn't I lose the work done in that earlier session?

No. It's not a problem to work in Practica Musica while temporarily disconnected from the Internet. When you next connect and open Practica Musica, your local student file will be compared with the one at WebStudents and elements from both will be combined so that no work is lost.

How do I get to my WebStudents file if I go to a new computer that I haven't used before?

When you start Practica Musica the program will ask you to either choose your name or a "NewStudent" file, or click Cancel for more options. Click Cancel, and you'll see three choices:

• Find my File at WebStudents
• Create a New Student File
• Continue without a Student File

Click the "Find my File at WebStudents" button. A dialog box will pop up asking you to enter your WebStudents account name. Enter that, click OK and a list of files in your class WebStudents account will appear. Click your name to highlight it, then click the Open button.