Confronted by a screen asking for your username and password... then another with odd looking icons... Aaaaargh!!! Here are a few pointers about getting started - sending messages, replying, seeing if you've got messages waiting to be read etc etc. Good luck!!

Once you've logged into FirstClass, you'll have a desktop which looks something like this:

There's a navigation frame down the left hand side to help you find your way around FirstClass more easily. If you're unsure what anything does, then just hold your mouse over it, and a screen tip will appear, telling you what's what!

Now toddle off to the navigation section if you'd like to find out how to get around the desktop...

Down the left hand side you can see a series of labels saying "Welcome", "Desktop", "Mailbox" etc... This is a quickie run down of what they all do! Well, apart from "Welcome" which just takes you to http://firstclass.open.ac.uk and isn't massively helpful in navigating FirstClass!! :o)

	Desktop: No matter where you are in FirstClass, clicking this will take you straight back to your main desktop
	Mailbox: Click it and you'll open up your Mailbox
	News: This 'un opens up the OU Service News conference where any important FC-wide messages appear
	Help: Opens up the LTS Helpdesk conference suite. NB: this is different from the other help button which appears on the top navigation bar