This course uses a number of interactive features to help you learn the material.

Throughout the course, you will find multiple-choice quizzes and hands-on exercises. These learning checks will allow you to assess what you have learned and, if necessary, what to go back and review.

Whenever you see this graphic within the course, an applet that explains or dissects some element of a UML diagram will follow. Move your mouse cursor over the parts of the image outlined in red to display pop-up explanations.

The SlideShow Widget presents a series of images that you can flip through, either forward or backward.
In this course, we will be using Slide Show to illustrate some of the UML elements and diagrams.

Many of the terms used in the course are defined in a JavaScript glossary. The terms appear italicized and underlined in the lesson text. Clicking a glossary term opens a small window with the definition. At that time, you can also choose to view the entire course glossary. In addition, glossary links for key terms appear in each module wrap-up lesson.
In the next lesson, you will learn how to create and submit course exercises.