Front End Book

The front end book is the initial ToolBook book that students start up to begin their training. It is associated with a database through the 'tbkTrackerDatabaseID' property of the front end book. This matches up with the database ID assigned in TBK Tracker Administrator.

Students then select their name from the list in the screen below. This list of students comes from the database associated with the front end book. Note that the "New Student" button is visible only because at least one course in the database has been set for Open Enrollment. The fact that there is no password field means that at least one course does not require a password.

TBK Tracker then displays a list of courses that are available to the selected student. These are courses that have been defined as Open Enrollment, courses that have been assigned to the student directly, and courses that have been assigned to classes of which the student is a member. The student then sees the course selection dialog box (unless the One Course Only global setting is true, in which case she will bypass this screen). Notice that the graphic to the left of the course name reflects the fact that the student has not yet completed the course.

TBK Tracker then determines the lessons and other course settings from the database, using this information to populate the front end book's menu page, as shown below. The graphic for each of the lessons is determined from the lesson name (see the TBK Tracker developer help for more information on configuring this and other interface types). Notice that only the top two lessons (on tennis and basketball) are enabled. That is because the other lessons were set for sequential access in the Associate Lessons with Course screen.