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The role of the Student user is to maintain their projectgroup's project file, and their personal timesheets for the project's durationsemester. When a student logs in, the default tabs are Current Timesheet, Project File, Past Timesheets, and Reminders, all of which are described in the following sections. The layout is shown in ''Figure 4.1''. <br/>[[Image:default_student.JPG|center|650px|Figure 4.1 - Student Default Page]]

A student may maintain their current timesheet by adding tasks and miscellanious miscellaneous tasks, and editing the start and end dates, as well as the hours for the current week they have spent on them. Adding and editing task and miscellanious miscellaneous tasks are described int he following sections Adding a Task, Adding a Micellanious Miscellaneous Task, Editing a Task, and Editing a Miscellanious Miscellaneous Task. A timesheet is created automatically at the start of every new week. All unfinished tasks from the week before will be carried over into the new timesheet. A timesheet may be submiited submitted manually before the due date by clicking the "''Submit Timesheet''" button, this . This will mark the timesheet as submitted, will record the submitted date, and all unfinished tasks will be carried over to the new week. If a timesheet is submitted before the due date, the timesheet will cannot be uneditable edited further until a new week begins and a new timesheet is created. If a timesheet is not submitted before the due date, after the due date the timesheet will be automatically submitted (however marked as late), and all unfinished tasks will be carried over into the new timesheet for the current week. To see an example of an editable timesheet, see ''Figure 4.2.1'', for an uneditable a timesheetthat cannot be edited, see ''Figure 4.2.2''. <br/>[[Image:current_timesheet_1.JPG|center|650px|Figure 4.2.1 - Editable Timesheet]]<br/>[[Image:current_timesheet_2.JPG|center|650px|Figure 4.2.2 - Uneditable Timesheet]]

To add a task to your timesheet, click the "''Show Add Task''" link. A small window will appear above the timesheet, here . Here you should select the task type "''Assigned''", this will show all assigned tasks to you in the drop down list. To add one of those tasks to your timesheet, select it and click the "''Add''" button. If there are no tasks assigned to you, the drop down list will display "''No Assigned Tasks''" and the "''Add''" button will be disabled. For reference, see ''Figure 4.3.1 and 4.3.2''.<br/>[[Image:timesheet_add_task_1.JPG|center|650px|Figure 4.3.1 - Adding a Task]]<br/>[[Image:timesheet_add_task_2.JPG|center|650px|Figure 4.3.2 - No Assigned Tasks]]

====Adding a Miscellanious Miscellaneous Task====To add a miscellanious miscellaneous task to your timesheet, click the "''Show Add Task''" link. A small window will appear above the timesheet, here you should select the task type "''MiscellaneiousMiscellaneous''", this will show a text box where you can enter a description of the miscellaneious miscellaneous task. Once you have entered a description, you can add the miscellaneious miscellaneous task to your timesheet by clicking the "''Add''" button. For reference, see ''Figure 4.4''.<br/>[[Image:timesheet_add_misctask_1.JPG|center|650px|Figure 4.4 - Adding a Miscellaneious Miscellaneous Task]]

To edit a task, click the "''Edit''" button to the right of the task record on the timesheet. The row will become editable, text boxes will appear for the editable fields, start and finish date, and the weekly hours spent. To edit either the start or finished date, you may manually type the date into the field in the format of ''mm/dd/yyyy'' or you may select the date from the drop down calendar. To edit the weekly hours spent, you may enter the hours spent using numbers, using decimal places if needed. Decimal places must be calcuated calculated in the hundreds, to do this you can divide the time you spent in minutes divided by sixty, for example 125/60 = 2.08. If a task has been started, the weekly hours spent can not be equal to zero. If a task is edited with a finished date but no start date, than the start date, finished date and the weekly hours spent are reset to nothing. Once you are done editing the task details and the fields are validated, you may click the "''Update''" button to the right of the record, and then record will be updated and return to its normal view state. If you do not want to update your changes you may click the "''Cancel''" button. For reference, see ''Figure 4.5''.<br/>'''Note:''' A task will be carried over to a new week's timesheet if the task is unfinished.<br/>[[Image:timesheet_edit_task.JPG|center|650px|Figure 4.5 - Editing a Task]]

====Editing a Miscellaneious Miscellaneous Task====To edit a miscellaneious miscellaneous task, click the "''Edit''" button to the right of the miscellaneious miscellaneous task record on the timesheet. The row will become editable, text boxes will appear for the editable fields, start date and the weekly hours spent. <br/>'''Note:''' There will be no editable textbox for the finished date, since a task is only considered a miscellaneious miscellaneous task if the task only takes a small amount of time to complete, usually only a day. Therefore the finish date for a miscellaneious miscellaneous task to automatically recorded as the same date as the start date.<br/>To edit the start date, you may manually type the date into the field in the format of ''mm/dd/yyyy'' or you may select the date from the drop down calendar. To edit the weekly hours spent, you may enter the hours spent using numbers, using decimal places if needed. Decimal places must be calcuated calculated in the hundreds, to do this you can divide the time you spent in minutes divided by sixty, for example 125/60 = 2.08. If a miscellaneious miscellaneous task has been started, the weekly hours spent can not be equal to zero. If a miscellaneious miscellaneous task is edited with a finished date but no start date, than the start date, finished date and the weekly hours spent are reset to nothing. Once you are done editing the miscellaneious miscellaneous task details and the fields are validated, you may click the "''Update''" button to the right of the record, and then record will be updated and return to its normal view state. If you do not want to update your changes you may click the "''Cancel''" button. For reference, see ''Figure 4.6''.<br/>'''Note:''' A miscellaneious miscellaneous task is not carried over to a new week's timesheet if it is unfinished.<br/>[[Image:timesheet_edit_misctask.JPG|center|650px|Figure 4.6 - Editing a Miscellaneious Miscellaneous Task]]

You may view a past timesheet by clicking on the ''X'' for the week you wish to view. Your past timesheet will be displayed, with your details in the upper left hand corner, including the week number for the task. All tasks that you have finished during this week and their hours are listed, including miscellaneious miscellaneous tasks. For reference, see ''Figure 4.8''. <br/>[[Image:past_timesheet_view.JPG|center|650px|Figure 4.8 - Viewing a Past Timesheet]]

To add a summary task to the project file, click on the "''Add Summary Task''" button in the upper left hand corner. A popup window box will appear to in the upper right hand corner, you must enter a summary task name, and then click "''Add''" button. The popup box will then disappear. For reference, see ''Figure 4.10.1''<br/>[[Image:project_file_1.JPG|center|650px|Figure 4.10.1 - Adding a Summary Task]]

To edit a summary task's details, click on the "''Edit''" button to the right of the summary task take name. A popup box will sppear appear in the upper right hand corner. To edit the details, change the name in the ''Task Name'' field, and then click "''Update''". The editing popup box will then disappear. For reference, see ''Figure 4.10.2''<br/>[[Image:project_file_2.JPG|center|650px|Figure 4.10.2 - Editing a Summary Task's Details]]

Students are required to meet certain deadlines throughout the duration of the project. Each student is responsble responsible for submitting a weekly timesheet and maintaining their project's project file, as well as several other personal and group deadlines. The calendar to the left visually displays upcoming due dates by hilighting highlighting the due dates with a coloured border for quick analysis. A legend for each type of due date is displayed directly below the calendar. The legend colours are described below: <br/>

* an Indiviual Individual Deadline is outlined in Light Steel Blue.