Make sure that you set aside some uninterrupted time to do the class. Schedule it on your work calendar with a goal of completing the entire course by a certain date that you work out with your supervisor. In one of the sections that follow, you'll find an estimated times chart for all of the lessons. The entire course takes about 4 hours to complete.

If you are planning to do the class in your regular office or workplace, you may be interrupted repeatedly. You might try posting this "Do Not Disturb" sign. (If you take a look at the sign, you might want to go ahead and print it out. Then use your browser's "back" button to return here.) If the sign doesn't work, talk to your supervisor, and you might be able to use another computer where you might be interrupted less often.

Try to take the class on a computer in the office or use one with a cable connection rather than using a home computer with a slow "dial-up" connection. The course contains a lot of outside links, so the waiting time could get frustrating on a slow connection! If you have to use a slow computer, you do have the option to turn off the graphics which should speed things up. To turn off the graphics, follow these directions:

• In Netscape, go to "Edit" then "Preferences" then "Advanced." There, take the check mark out of the box next to "Automatically load images." Then when each page loads, it should load faster with just text and you can click once on the Image button in the toolbar if you want to see the images.
• In Internet Explorer, go to "Tools" "Internet Options" and then click on the "Advanced" tab. Under Multimedia, clear the "Show Pictures" and "Play Animations" boxes. Then when each page loads, it should load faster with just text and you can still display an individual picture or animation on a Web page by right-clicking its icon, and then clicking Show Picture.

The class also contains some end-of-lesson "take-a-break" word puzzle activities that need to run on a "java-enabled" browser to work properly. All newer browsers run the "java" coding without a problem. If you have the Department's standard browser, Netscape 4.5 (or higher), or the Internet Explorer 5.5 (or higher), all activities should work well. If you have an older Netscape or Internet Explorer browser, one or more of the activities may not work. You can ask your office computer expert to help you adjust your browser to run "java" if possible, or upgrade your browser to the latest version. If that is not possible for some reason, you will still be able to go through all of the course screens necessary to learn the materials. And you can try each one of the break activities, since some may work on older browsers.

For more advice on being a successful e-learner, you may want to read this short article: How to be an E-Learner. (Use your browser's "back" button to return to this screen after you finish reading the article.) This article is sponsored by Performance Learning Systems.

Talk to your supervisor about how you will verify your course completion. The course includes a "Chart Your Progress" form (a Word document) that you can complete after each lesson and then turn in the completed form to your supervisor. Since this class is required for employees who have not had the classroom version, it is important that you complete the course and turn in the Chart Your Progress form to "get credit." You will be prompted to access the form at the end of each lesson and the form has instructions for you and your supervisor. Your supervisor may want you to e-mail the form as an attachment, print it out and mail or hand it in, turn in each segment as completed, or make some other arrangements to use or turn in the form. Your supervisor will then turn in the form to your division or institution training staff to track completion.

If you need Continuing Education Units (CEU's) for this course, you may receive 0.4 hours credit. In addition to the Chart Your Progress form, you may also print out a Certificate of Completion (Word / PDF) that includes the 0.4 CEU notation. You may access the Certificate from the Evaluation page that you will complete at the end of the course.

Yes. We have created many "text only" pages that your screen reader or other device should be able to interpret successfully. As you move through the course screens, just use the "Text Version Forward" links rather than the forward arrows to move through the course. If you have any trouble using this method, please let us know by e-mailing us at "DHHS.HR.division@ncmail.net".

First of all, be sure to bookmark (save) the Course Home Page. You may need to get back to it sometime, so bookmark it as soon as you get to it (see instructions for bookmarking below).

Note the size of the print on your screen, also, as you start the class. Look at how it appears here, for example. If you have a small monitor and very large print, you may want to make the print smaller so that more text will fit on the screen. You can adjust the size to your comfort level. (Each class screen is much shorter than this reference screen, but this would be a good guide to check your text size for comfortable screen reading.)

To adjust the text size in Navigator, click on the "View" menu item at the top of the screen, and then click on "decrease font" or "increase font" once or twice, until it gets to a comfortable size for reading on screen.

To adjust the text size in Internet Explorer, click on the "View" menu item at the top of the screen, and then click on one or more of the smaller or larger sizes until it gets to a comfortable size for reading on screen.

Depending on the browser version you have, the steps may vary slightly from the description above. If you have trouble, ask someone in your office to help!

In one of the later lessons, you'll find some "animated" (moving) images that we included on some pages for variety. Although you won't have to do a lot of reading on these screens, you can stop the animation if you find it distracting. In both Netscape and Internet Explorer, just click on the "Stop" button at the top of your window to stop the animation.

On the first page of most lessons, you will make a choice from a "drop-down menu" (as illustrated below).

To use a "drop-down menu," click on the arrow to see the other choices, click on your choice, and then click on the "Go" button. You may try it on the example below, but the choices will not go anywhere now. In the real class, the choices will take you to the sections listed.

CHOOSE A SECTION Section A: General Issues Section B: Steps to Take If Harassed Section C: Steps to Take If Accused Section D: What Supervisors Need to Do

Throughout the rest of each lesson, you will click on the forward arrow (illustrated below) to proceed through the class.

To use the arrow, just click on it to move to the next page. (The arrow is not active in this illustration, so you won't go anywhere if you click on it here.)

To go back a page, click on the "Back" arrow as illustrated below (not active here).

You will also notice that all content pages of the lessons are numbered at the top, i.e., "Page 3 of 10" or "Page 5 of 12." So, if you need to stop soon, the numbering will give you an idea of how much further you'll need to go to finish a lesson. If you have only a few screens left to complete a lesson, for example, you could possibly finish the lesson rather than stop before finishing a topic.

You will find a number of other buttons and links on each screen as you go through the course.

Near the bottom of each screen, you'll find four buttons and some links. The buttons are illustrated below and should be self-explanatory since they always have the labels you see below.

If you'd like to try these buttons, go ahead. Just use your browser's "back" button to return here after trying each. If you try the "exit" button, be sure to close out the "pop-up" reminder box that will appear by clicking on the "x" in the upper right corner of the pop-up box.

Contents

Help

Questions

Exit

You will also find some links that may be useful as you go through the class. At the bottom of each screen, you can click on
Return to Course Home Page / Return to DHHS Home Page
to go back to the course start page or go to the main DHHS home page. If you click on either one of them now, use your browser's back button to return here.

And at the top of each screen, you'll find links to other parts of the course:
Course Home / Help / Contents / References / Exit
If you click on any of them now, use your browser's back button to return here. If you try the "exit" link, be sure to close out the "pop-up" reminder box that will appear by clicking on the "x" in the upper right corner of the pop-up box.

To stop the class, click on the "Exit" link at the top right corner of every screen or on the exit button near the bottom of each page (illustrated above). In most cases, when you click on exit, you will see a small "pop-up" screen that reminds you to bookmark (save) your place in the course so you can resume from the same screen the next time you get back to the course.

You will also notice that all content pages of the lessons are numbered at the top, i.e., "Page 3 of 10" or "Page 5 of 12." So, if you need to stop soon, the numbering will give you an idea of how much further you'll need to go to finish a lesson. If you have only a few screens left to complete a lesson, for example, you could possibly finish the lesson before bookmarking your place rather than stopping before finishing a topic.

To find the page where you stopped, go to the Course Home Page and click on the "Table of Contents" link at the top of the screen. Then look through the contents listing and try to find the section you were in by the descriptions listed. Not every page is listed, so the Table of Contents links may just get you close to where you stopped, but it's better than starting all over!

You can click on a "Questions" button at the bottom of any screen. This will take you to some instructions and a contact link to find phone numbers and e-mail addresses for your local Human Resource experts on the subject. Click on this Questions link now if you'd like to see what you'll find. (Use your browser's "back" button to return here.)

To find the page where you stopped, go to the Course Home Page and click on the "Table of Contents" link at the top of the screen. Then look through the contents listing and try to find the section you were in by the descriptions listed. Not every page is listed, so the Table of Contents links may just get you close to where you stopped, but it's better than starting all over!

If you are lost in the course pages ...

If you are "lost" in your understanding of some of the course materials ...

If nothing at all happens -- no error message or "file not found" message ...