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 \label{Docs_Overview}A LON-CAPA course is managed through  \label{Docs_Overview}
 the \textbf{Course Documents} screen, accessed by selecting \textbf{DOCS} on the Remote Control or Main Menu. This screen allows you to arrange LON-CAPA resources from  A LON-CAPA course is managed through
 the LON-CAPA network, and create several resources for use in your course.   the \textbf{Course Editor} screen which can be accessed in a number of ways.
   
 \textbf{Main Course Documents} make up the course itself and are the ones the student will use the navigation  \begin{itemize}
 controls to move through. Main Course Documents  \item Selecting \textbf{Course Editor} in the Inline Menu
 show up on the \textbf{Navigate Course Contents} screen. Main Course Documents were added to  \item Selecting \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{docs}
 LON-CAPA in 2003, so courses pre-dating 2003 or deliberately created in  \textbf{Edit course contents} from the Main Menu.
 the old style by the Domain Coordinator will not have Main Course Documents.  \item Clicking the \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{docs} icon in the Tools at the top of
   the Course Contents screen.  
 \textbf{Supplemental Course Documents} are attached to the course, but do  \item Clicking \includegraphics[width=0.015\paperwidth]{editmap} to the right of a folder name
 not appear in the main course sequence. Students access these documents by  on the Course Contents screen. (Editor will open that specific folder).
 selecting \textbf{DOCS} on the Remote Control or Main Menu. Supplemental Course Documents  \item Clicking \includegraphics[width=0.015\paperwidth]{docs} in the Functions menu when viewing
 are particularly useful for auxiliary files that may not be directly viewable  content in the course. (Editor will open that specific folder).
 or usable in a browser, such as PowerPoint presentations or Word documents,  \end{itemize}
 which may not work on all students' computers.  The Course Editor screen allows you to create new resources, upload resources or import
   LON-CAPA resources from the LON-CAPA network.  The screen also allows resources to be
 Manipulating the two types of Course Documents are essentially identical,  rearranged within the course.
 except that the Main Course Documents have some options which are not available  
 to the Supplemental Course Documents, as they do not make sense there.  The Course Editor contains three tabs:
   \begin{enumerate}
 NOTE: These capabilities are provided to allow instructors to extend  \item Main Content Editor
 already existing courses, or personalize courses with their own syllabi  \item Supplemental Content Editor
 or information pages. Main Course Documents and Supplemental Course Documents  \item Content Utilities
 do not carry over from one course to another. If you would like to create  \end{enumerate}
 documents that can be used in multiple courses, please talk to your LON-CAPA  
 Domain Coordinator about becoming an Author, which will open the full power  \textbf{Main Content Editor} tab is used to manage the primary content of the course.
 of the Author role to you. For more information about what that means, see  Content within this area can:
 the LON-CAPA Author's Manual, which is available online at \underbar{http://help.lon-capa.org}.   \begin{itemize}
   \item Have parameters set (including dates controlling availability)
   \item Can be incorporated in PDFs for printing, created by LON-CAPA's print utility
   \item Can be a part of sub-folders for which different students may see a subset of
         contents picked from a pool, and/or contents displayed in a different order.
   \item Be organized within a hierarchical arrangement of folders and sub folders.
   \item Can originate in a variety of ways including import from the shared content pool.
   \end{itemize}
   
   Within the course, students use the navigation
   controls to move through the Main Content. \textbf{Main Content}\index{main content} is listed on
   the \textbf{Contents} screen. Main Content was added to
   LON-CAPA in 2003 (version 1.0), so pre-2003 courses (as well as courses deliberately created in
   the old style) will not have Main Content. The Main Content was called
   Main Course Documents\index{main content} in versions 1.0 through 2.10.
   
   \textbf{Supplemental Content Editor} tab is used to manage supplemental content in the course.
   Content within this area is restricted to uploaded files, a syllabus page, a web page created using
   the HTML editor, or a web page on an external server retrived from a remote site, but displayed within
   the LON-CAPA interface. A hierarchical arrangement of folders and sub folders can be created.
   Students access supplemental content documents by selecting the
   \textbf{Supplemental Content} tab while viewing the \textbf{Course Content}. Supplemental Content
   is particularly useful for auxiliary files that may not be directly viewable
   or usable in a browser, such as PowerPoint presentations or Word documents --
   some of which may require a viewer to be installed on a student's computer.
   
   NOTE: Although the Course Editor provides instructors with the ability to import content
   from the shared content pool, or to copy content from other courses, as well as personalize
   personalize courses with their own syllabi or information pages,  for the ultimate power
   in creating reusable content, you will want to become a content \textbf{Author}.  This is
   especially true if you plan to create your own assignments.  The "simple problem" templates
   available to create assessment items directly with a course, provide a much restricted set of
   components compared to those available when constructing assessment items as an author.
   
   Policies and methods for creation of \textbf{Author} roles vary depending on user status and domain. If you are a course instructor, and you do not have an authoring role, and you do not see a "Request author role" link on your Roles page, make a request through the "Ask Helpdesk" link available on the "Help" page.
   For more information about content authoring in LON-CAPA, see
   the LON-CAPA Author's Manual available online at \texttt{http://help.lon-capa.org}.
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