Clicking on the
tag item next to any of the lens names in the
Lenses portlet will expand the portlet to show all the
tags the lens creator has associated with this piece of content.
Expand tags in the "Lenses" portlet.
Click one of these tags to view all other content within this lens associated with this tag. The link will take you to a view of the lens page with results filtered to show only the content associated with this tag.
Tags
If the content you are viewing is included in any public lenses, then you will also see a
Tags portlet on the left side of the page. This portlet lists a combination of all of the tags associated with this content from all the lenses it is included in.
Tags portlet.
Click on a tag here to see a listing of all the content in the Connexions repository that is included in a lens and has this tag associated with it.
Because only content contained in a lens can have a tag associated with it, this only finds content that an individual or organization has highlighted with this tag in a lens.
Footer
If you scroll to the bottom of the page, you will reach the
content footer , which contains links to all the various actions in the
Content Action bar , plus more.
Content action links in the footer.
There is one further
footer section , with links to various components of the
metadata page (circled here in red).
Metadata links in the footer.
Collection context
How is a collection context set?
When you first open a Collection, the
collection title page displays. When you land on this page, your browser saves a cookie that lets it know you are viewing that collection. After that, whenever you view a module that is included in the collection, you will view that module in the
context of the collection, explained below. This is true until you land on a different collection's start page, at which point your browser will only display collection context information for modules in that second collection. Even if a module is actually included in 50 different collections by different authors, your browser will only show it in the context of the collection you are viewing.
To view collections correctly, make sure that you have enabled cookies in your browser.
Collection start page
Many portions of the collection start page are analogous to those when viewing a module, but some parts are new.
Collection start page.
In addition to containing information about the collection itself, such as the title, authors, and summary, the center of the page displays a large
Start>> link. Click
Start>> to begin reading the collection from start to finish, module by module. Or, use the
Table of Contents portlet on the left side of the page to jump to any module within the collection.
Table of contents
The
Table of Contents is shown on the collection start page itself, and on any module viewed within the context of that collection. Click a module name to jump to
that module. You can use the triangles next to each subgrouping to open and close sections of the table of contents, or you can collapse the entire Table of Contents to save space by clicking the small triangle at the top of the portlet.
Table of Contents portlet
Collection context bar
When you view a module in the context of a collection, there will be a
collection context bar above the module title bar to remind you that you are inside a collection. Analogous to the module title bar, this contains the collection title, authors, and summary.
Collection context bar.
Previous or next modules
Once you display a module from within a collection, you can move to
the previous module or to the next module in the collection byclicking the
≪Previous or
Next≫ links that appear in
the upper right corner just below the
collection context bar .
Lens context
How is a lens context set?
When you first land on a
lens page , your browser saves a cookie that lets it know you are viewing that lens. After that, whenever you view a module or collection that is included in the lens, you will view that content in the
context of the lens, explained below. This is true until you land on a different lens's start page, at which point your browser will only display lens context information for content that is in that second lens. Even if a module or collection is actually included in 50 different lens by different creators, your browser will only show it in the context of the lens you are viewing.
To view lenses correctly, make sure that you have enabled cookies in your browser.
Lens context when viewing content.
Lens logo
The logo or image uploaded by the lens creator will appear above the
Table of Contents on the left side of the page, to remind you that you are viewing content within that lens.
Branding bar
Additionally, just underneath the breadcrumbs at the top of the page, you will see a colored bar associated with the lens which will print the lens name. Click the name of the lens to return to the lens page.
