View password file

Although it's called a "password file", you cannot see a student's password. (You can reset a student's password, however - see Reset a person's password) The second configuration item basically answers the question "Who's in this class?"

Here's a portion of a typical password file:

The "Username", along with a secret password, is what a user types to enter Manhattan. The "Name" column lists the person's real name, which can be modified using another choice on the Configuration menu (see Change a person's name, team, or alias)

A person's "Type" can be either "student" or "faculty".

The "Alias" column lists how each person will be known in one particular Manhattan module, the Anonymous Discussion module, which is covered in Manhattan's Teacher's Reference. Usually a person's alias is left set to "anonymous". It is possible to change this to any string characters, for example if the teacher wants to be known by her real name within the Anonymous Discussion module.

Manhattan allows the teacher to divide a class into teams for the purpose of collaborating on projects. There are 26 possible teams, identified by the letters A through Z. The "Team" column lists a person' s current team. When the server administrator first sets up a Manhattan classroom, all students are in team A, and the teacher is placed in team Z. Two commands on the Configuration menu allow you to change a person's team - see Change a person's name, team, or alias and Assign teams.

The Team Discussion modules are discussed in Manhattan's Teacher's Reference.

As you know, each user must have an identification number, as listed in the "Id" column.