1. Getting Started for Students

2. Preliminary Steps Locate your Access Code. If you purchased CourseMaster from the bookstore, your Access Code is inside the CourseMaster booklet. Option: purchase it at www.CengageBrain.com If you do not have a single-sign on account (SSO), go to www.cengagebrain.com or http://login.cengagebrain.comwww.cengagebrain.com http://login.cengagebrain.com

3. Locate Quick Start Guide From your SSO Records Management site, click Free Materials. Download and print the Student Quick Start Guide. Details are available for getting started and various question types.

4. Single-Sign On Account (SSO) Go to http://login.cengagebrain.com to register for the online course.http://login.cengagebrain.com Register as a new user or log in if you already have a SSO account.

5. Creating an SSO Account Register and complete the form to establish an SSO account.

6. Paste Student Access Code Once you have established an SSO account, Copy and Paste your Access Code for CouseMaster for Records Management; it is found inside the printed booklet you purchased.

7. Paste Course Key Copy the Course Key provided by your instructor where shown.

8. Open the Course Once your student access code is registered, your course will display. Click Open.

9. Opening Screen If the left navigation button displays, click the gray button at the top to close it. Click a lesson to open it.

10. Exercise Tip #1 Click Enter to continue. Read the directions carefully for each exercise—they vary by activity.

11. Exercise Tip #2 Click Submit button at the bottom of the exercise when completed. Incorrect answers are flagged. Click Rule to review the rule, click Try Again, and resubmit. Indexing must be 100% correct before you can alphabetize the names when alphabetizing is required.

12. Exercise Tip #3 Whenever you are alphabetizing a group of cards, drag the first card to the lower left edge of the screen—this is position 1. Move the next card behind it. When column 1 is full, move the next card to the bottom of column 2.

13. Exercise Tip #4—Key to Index Whenever you index by keying a name, each letter must be keyed correctly; spelling counts; capitalization does not count as an error. Do not key punctuation marks as they are not an indexing unit. Close up space between words within a single indexing unit. For example: Key InAndOut for the name In-And-Out

14. Student Results Results of each exercise are posted in parentheses next to the exercise on the chapter contents. Exercises must be complete in order to be graded. If not complete, a green checkmark appears in the box. If you redo an exercise, results are saved over the top.

15. Complete Assignments Select the exercise you want to complete. Follow the directions on screen. Once an activity is completed, click Submit. You will receive feedback on incorrect answers and points for each completed activity. Display the Chapter contents to see points for each completed activity. Read the CourseMaster Student Quick Start Guide for further details