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  2. <h2 id="institution">The structure of an institution interface</h2>
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  4. An institutional structure is a multi-level lattice of a group of virtual
  5. classes. Each virtual class in the lattice is called a <em>work zone</em>,
  6. or <em>zone</em>.
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  8. <p id="portal">
  9.   The structure of an institution is built below a unique zone called
  10.   <em>portal</em>. This is the common entrance point, it serves also for
  11.   global management for the institution. No real teaching work should take
  12.   place in this zone.
  13. </p><p id="level">
  14.   Zones immediately below the portal are <em>levels</em>. A level corresponds to
  15.   a set of students sharing the same annual programs.</p>
  16. </p><p>
  17.   The role of levels is essentially to separate things that have no relation
  18.   between them.
  19.   Student logins are not
  20.   accepted for levels, nor teaching works.
  21. </p><p id="class">
  22.   <em>Classes</em> are immediately below each level. A class is a group of
  23.   students sharing the same teaching time table.
  24. </p><p>
  25.   Students should log in to classes. Each student may have one or more classes.
  26. </p><p id="program">
  27.   Immediately below a level are also <em>programs</em>. Each program is a
  28.   gathering point of teaching materials shared by one or several classes in
  29.   the level.
  30. </p><p>
  31.   Students cannot log in to programs. Teachers can log to programs (as
  32.   supervisors) in order to prepare teaching materials.
  33. </p><p id="course">
  34.   <em>Courses</em> are zones of lowerest level. Each course belongs to a
  35.   program, as well as to a class. One can think that to every pair
  36.   {program,class} may correspond a course.
  37. </p><p>
  38.   Teaching materials of a program are shared by all its courses. A student in
  39.   a class can navigate between the courses of the class. Daily student works
  40.   are done in courses.
  41. </p><p>
  42.   A course has a unique set of teaching materials, and a unique time table.
  43. </p><p id="icourse">
  44.   A program can also have <em>Interclass courses</em>. Such a course only
  45.   belongs to a program, and students from any class can register to an
  46.   interclass course. This can be used for optional teaching programs.
  47. </p><p id="test">
  48.   Each program can also have a special course, called <em>test zone</em>.
  49.   Teachers can prepare experimental teaching materials in the text zone, then
  50.   export them to the program when finished. Everything in the test zone is
  51.   invisible to the students.
  52. </p>
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