How do I login to LEEP, C-Base, Inquiry Page?
For LEEP and C-Base, your login is your netid. Passwords will be distributed in class. You may then change the C-Base password. For the Inquiry Page, your login is your email address and you create your own password.

SystemLoginSchemePassword
LEEPnetidnumerical
C-Basenetid"changeme" initially, then change to your own
Inquiry Pageclick "Join Us", then use your email addressset your own
I can't login into LEEP. What should I do?
If you've never succeeded at the login, try both year of birth and "1900" in the password. If you've been successful, wait a while and try again with the password that worked before. If you're still having problems, you could contact the Instructional Technology Office.
How long should a "small assignment" be?
The length of assignments varies and length is no guarantee of high-quality work, but the typical small assignment is 500-1000 words.
How does a group project compare to an individual one?
A group project is assumed to receive equivalent, but not necessarily the same, contributions from group members, and is expected to be more substantial than an individual project.
How should a research project be carried out?
There are usually no set requirements regarding how you do research. There are some guidelines on the syllabus, under Assignments, FAQs, etc and in the class notes. Basically I'd like to see you take on a topic that you really care about and then to explain why the approach you took (library research, building a web site, conducting a survey, interviews, etc.) was a good way to investigate it.
How do I submit an assignment?
Go to the box in C-Base corresponding to the assignment. Paste in text or a URL for your assignment. The URL can be to an Inquiry Unit, to a web page you created, or to a web board (LEEP) message. Add any comments you would like.
How do I see a response to what I submitted?
When the response to an assignment appears to have a general value, I will respond to that assignment in the web board. For example, there might be a web resource to mention, which everyone should see. Otherwise, the responses will all be posted in C-Base. There is a category response indicated by one of the icons (e.g., a star), and in many cases, a text response as well. You can see that by clicking on the icon.
How can I submit a URL in C-Base, which links to a specific message in the web board, and not just to the board as a whole?
Just login to LEEP; open the message; copy the URL that shows in the address bar when you're viewing the message; and paste that URL into C-Base. That's the best way, even though the URL will be very long and awkward looking.
How can I submit two URL's in C-Base?
Put one in the URL box and the other in the comment field.
When I enter an assignment in C-Base, do I need to add comments, or just a URL?
In general, the URL is sufficient. The comment section may be especially useful if you have something you don't want to broadcast to the class.
After I copy the URL over and hit send, C-Base gives me an error from cold fusion stating there is something wrong with the variable "USERNAME".
C-base requires both cookies and javascript. Check to see that theay are enables in your browser.
How can I enter my unit in the Inquiry data base without making it as an Inquiry Unit?
If you do not create your project as an Inquiry Unit (which is fine), you can still make an "Inquiry Unit wrapper" for it. That way we can easily see all the course projects by a keyword search. To do this, you need to log in to the Inquiry Page, go to the Inquiry Units, and then Add Unit. All you need to enter then is your name, the title or driving question, the keyword, e.g, "liafa2", and a brief description. Then, do one of these things:
  1. add a link to the web page for your project
  2. upload the document file (such as a Word file)
  3. cut & paste in the text
How can I add a search of inquiry units to my own unit?
You can enable the user of your unit to access related units with a single click using html code. Suppose you want the user to see all units involving "American" and "history". Just do a search, then cut-&-paste the URL into your unit:
http://www.inquiry.uiuc.edu/bin/search.cgi?command=search&search=american+history
Who can see my in-progress inquiry unit?
You can mark your inquiry unit as "private" and no one will be able to see it (actually, the site administrators can). If you want to share it with the class, but not have people go off and change their lives based on it, you can mark it as "public" but "not ready to use". In general, the inquiry unit collection contains works in progress; we should be able to learn from anyone else's inquiry unit, but not necessarily adopt any of the units as is.