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Instructions for students using Practica Musica
Your personal progress records are kept in your student file, which is a small file with your name on it that is found in the Practica Musica Students folder (found within your Practica Musica folder). If you are using the WebStudents[tm] service, a copy of this file is also automatically kept at WebStudents via the internet.
If you are using the Student Edition it will create a new file for you if you haven't yet signed one in. 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:
Choose "Create a New Student File." Follow the instructions in the next window and your file will be created. If you are using a Site Edition or a Standard Edition of Practica Musica at a school computer lab the instructor will have placed some "NewStudent" files in the Practica Musica Student folder. If your name is not already in the list you can choose one of these NewStudent files. The program will ask you for your name and then will personalize the file for you.
If your school has a WebStudent account your teacher will tell you the account name, which is usually the name or initials of the school plus a course number. After you have signed in or created a student file of your own, you can use the Enter or Change WebStudents Account Name command to enter your WebStudents account name. This command is found in the menu that has your name on it (the student menu) and also in the student options part of the options menu. Type the name carefully in lower case and make sure you've spelled it exactly right. Click OK to close the window, and from then on Practica Musica will automatically save your work both to WebStudents and to the local computer. If you have trouble with your file saving properly, please visit Ars Nova's support page for assistance.
If you have created a student file in the past and entered a WebStudent account number then your file will be at WebStudents and also may be present on some of the computers you have used since then. If a copy of your file is on the new computer, just choose it and it will take care of everything. If the new computer doesn't show your name in the student list at startup, click Cancel, and then choose Find My File at WebStudents. You'll be asked for your account name, and after you enter it the program will display a list of the class files at WebStudents. Pick your own file and click OK.
The WebStudents page at Ars Nova's web site is for use by instructors, who will find tools there to check on class progress, send messages to students, etc. Students don't need to visit the WebStudents page at Ars Nova. |