Viewing Documents on a Pipeline Course Page

One of the useful ways that faculty can use Pipeline is to store documents like the syllabus, assignments, handouts or presentations so that students can get to them anytime - day or night. To view and/or print these documents you first must log in to your Pipeline account. Then you must choose the My Courses tab in your Pipeline account and then click on the link to the course you wish to work in. Each course has its own set of Course Tools and different groups of documents. Note that not all teachers use this feature in Pipeline so some course pages will be empty.

Viewing Documents:
Instructions and Screenshots
Step 1

Once you have opened a course, click on the green Files link under Course Tools. 
graphic of the Course Tools menu bar
Step 2

You should see the list of the documents and presentations that your instructor has posted showing up on the right side of the window. 
graphic depicting files listed in a Pipeline course
Step 3

To view a file just double-click on the green filename link. Depending on what format your instructor has saved the document in, you will either be able to see it immediately and print it out or you will have to Save the file onto your computer and then Open  it in the correct application.
graphic of file to be opened

Here is a list of possible formats with instructions on how to view and print.
If the file ends with the extension: To view and print:

.doc

This is Word format. Choose Save to download the file to your computer then click on Open to view it. You will need Microsoft Word on your computer in order to see this file and print it out. This will work in the CCRI labs.

 

.rtf

This is a Rich Text Format. Choose Save to download the file and then click on Open to view it. This will open in any type of word processor on your computer. You can then print it from there. This will work in the CCRI labs.

.pdf

This is an Adobe Acrobat format. You will need the free Adobe Acrobat viewer in Internet Explorer in order to view and print this document or presentation. This will work in the CCRI labs.

.htm

This is a web format. A text document or presentation should open up directly in your Internet Explorer. You can print it by clicking on the printer button on the Internet Explorer tool bar. If this is a PowerPoint presentation you can view the slides and can print each individual slide. This format cannot be printed with multiple slides to a page.

.ppt or .pps

This is a PowerPoint format. Choose Save to download the file to your computer then click on Open to view it. You will need Microsoft PowerPoint on your computer in order to see this file and print it out. You will be able to print multiple slides to a page. This will work in the CCRI labs.
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