Quickstart guide

You can watch a video showing the basic TIM functions

1. Non-logged in and logged in user properties

In TIM, you will have access to different features depending on whether you are a logged in user or not. If you are not logged in, you can only view the content on TIM and much of the content on is only visible to a logged in user.

2. Login and registration

Log in at

• Log in to TIM primarily with your Haka ID or alternatively with your TIM account.
• After logging in, you will be taken to the TIM welcome page.

To register

• If you do not have the necessary credentials, please register as a TIM user.
  • Click on Register.
  • Fill in your e-mail address in the form that appears.
  • You will receive a temporary password in the e-mail you have sent.
  • Create a new password.

3. Functions on the homepage

After logging in, you will be taken to the TIM homepage, where you will find the following functions.

Basic functions

• By clicking on the arrow to the right of your name, you can select:
  • Omat dokumentit / My documents
  • Add a user to this session (login to TIM)
  • Log out / Log out.
• You can select the language (Finnish/English) under Kieli / Language:
  • In TIM, some of the functions are always in English.

The functions in the top left corner:

• Click on the bookmark to get a list of bookmarks and add a new bookmark.
• Click on the wheel to find different functions depending on the page you are on and the rights you have in TIM.
• The TIM logo appears on all TIM pages and clicking on it will take you back to the TIM home page.
• button you will find the search menu.

UnderMy courses / My courses you can see your current courses, by clicking on the pen you can remove a course from the view or edit the "bookmark".

Get started here / Get started:

• My documents / My documents: you will find the documents in your personal folder

• All documents / All documents: you will find all the documents in TIM, to which you have rights

• Current courses / Availabe courses: you will find the courses currently running on TIM

• Create a new document: you can create a new document directly in your own folder tim.jyu.fi/view/users/surname-name/own-document.

You will find links at the bottom of the front page:

• Tim system introduction
• Quick guide
• Content producer's guide
• All guides

4. Functions in the document

In addition to the wheel and the bookmark in the documents, clicking on the three dots ... found in book .

Clicking on the book will bring up the table of contents for that page.

Below the image you will find the bookmarks as on the front page. Create a new bookmark by filling in the field

• Name to enter the name you want to bookmark.
• Folder the folder where you want to save the bookmark. You can leave this section blank if you want to create a new folder
• Link to the page from which you want the bookmark. If you want a link to the page where is located you can leave this field empty as well.

Finally click Save

By clicking on the wheel, you will find different functions depending on the page you are on and the rights you have on TIM. Once you are in the document, the wheel will open the functions related to the document.

By clicking on

• Quick Start Guide, you will find instructions for basic use of TIM

• Content creator instructions, you will find instructions for creating a course, for example

• All instructions, you will find all the instructions available on TIM

• Customise TIM, to change the settings of TIM

• Edit settings, you can change the settings of the page in question

• Mark all as read, to remove the orange bars from the page

• Print the document, you can download the page as a pdf or LaTeX version

• Browser print menu, print the page

• Search by tags, you can search for documents using keywords.

5. Edit menu

Click on a block to display the pencil on the right side of the block, which opens the edit menu.

Click on

• View source to display the source code for that block

• Comment/note to open a comment on the block you are in

• Follow reference to see if the text in question is quoted from another TIM page. Clicking on it will take you to the original source.

• Close menu to close the editing menu

• Move menu to left/right moves the edit menu opening to the left/right margin.

6. The orange and yellow bars of the blocks

An orange or yellow bar is visible on the right-hand side of the blocks. The orange bar indicates a block that you have not yet read, the yellow bar indicates that the block has been modified.

• By clicking on the orange or yellow bar, you can mark a section as read.
• Clicking on will mark the document blocks up to the previous header level as read.
• To disable the orange and yellow bars completely, click on the wheel and then Mark all as read.

You can also click the wheel and then Customize TIM and under Other settings select "Mark documents as read on first open" if you want the orange and yellow boxes to be completely disabled for that document. If changes are made to any block in the document, an orange or yellow bar will appear in for that block.

7. Retrieved from

You can apply from TIM

• by clicking on at the top of the document, enter in the search field

• To open an advanced search, click on the three lines .

  • By default you should not have any of the following selected

    • Case sensitive if not selected, it does not matter if you type in upper or lower case letters

    • Regex allows you to enter search terms using regex

    • Ignore plugins and settings, the search result will be everything except plugins and settings

    • Search whole words, you will only get results with your search term in the exact same format

    • Search owned documents, find documents for which you have owner rights

    • Open new window for each search, open a new window for each search.
      

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8. Comment

Comment on the content of a block:

• click on the edit menu and select Comment/note
  • if you have moved the edit menu to the left side of the block, click on the block, which will have the letter C (Comment) on the right side, click on the letter C
• enter your comment in the Add comment form
• select whether the comment will be shown to everyone - Everyone or just you - Just me
• save the comment by clicking on the button Save.

8.1 Replying to a comment

You can reply to a comment by adding your own comment.

Alternatively, you can click on the comment to open it, and with the Advanced view function enabled, you can reply to the comment by selecting Style -> Color ->Answer from the navigation bar. The reply will now be displayed in blue.

8.2 Deleting a comment

To delete a comment, simply delete the text and click on Save.

Or, with Advanced view enabled, open the comment and by clicking .

9. Using the programming block

The TIM uses programming blocks to practice programming . When performing tasks, the Highlight/Table button displays/hides the line numbers. Highlight also highlights the code with colours.

The Start button returns the task to the way it was at the beginning.

The Show full code button displays the full program code for the block in question .

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Syntax error in macro template: Expected an expression, got 'end of print statement'