Return to Docs_Overview.tex CVS log

Up to [LON-CAPA] / loncom / html / adm / help / tex

Annotation of loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_Overview.tex, revision 1.12

1.10      riegler     1: \label{Docs_Overview}
                      2: A LON-CAPA course is managed through
                      3: the \textbf{Course Editor} screen and accessed by selecting 
                      4: \textbf{Course Editor} on the Inline Menu or by selecting
                      5: \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{docs}
                      6: \textbf{Edit course contents}
                      7: on the Main Menu. 
                      8: This screen allows you to create new resources and arrange 
                      9: LON-CAPA resources from the LON-CAPA network. 
1.8       webbsuza   10: 
1.11      lira       11: \textbf{Main Content Editor} tab makes up the heart of course itself. Students use the navigation 
                     12: controls to move through the Main Content. \textbf{Main Content}\index{main content} is listed on
                     13: the \textbf{Contents} screen. Main Content was added to
1.8       webbsuza   14: LON-CAPA in 2003, so pre-2003 courses (as well as courses deliberately created in
1.11      lira       15: the old style) will not have Main Content. The Main Content was called 
1.12    ! lira       16: Main Content\index{main content} from then until version 2.11.
1.8       webbsuza   17: 
1.11      lira       18: \textbf{Supplemental Content} is on another tab on the \textbf{Course Editor} page. 
                     19: It is attached to the course but does
                     20: not appear in the main course sequence or main course folder. Students access these documents by
1.10      riegler    21: selecting 
1.11      lira       22: the \textbf{Supplemental Content} tab while viewing the \textbf{Course Content}. Supplemental Content
                     23: is particularly useful for auxiliary files that may not be directly viewable
1.9       webbsuza   24: or usable in a browser, such as PowerPoint presentations or Word documents --
                     25: some of which may not work on all students' computers.
1.8       webbsuza   26: 
                     27: These the two types of Course Documents are essentially identical,
1.11      lira       28: except Main Content has some options not available
                     29: to the Supplemental Content.
1.8       webbsuza   30: 
1.11      lira       31: NOTE: These two types of content provide instructors the ability to extend
1.8       webbsuza   32: already existing courses, or personalize courses with their own syllabi
1.11      lira       33: or information pages. While coursed can be copied or cloned, for the ultimate power
                     34: in creating reusable content, you will want to become a content \textbf{Author}. 
                     35: Please talk to your LON-CAPA
1.8       webbsuza   36: Domain Coordinator about becoming an Author. For more information about becomming an Author, see
1.11      lira       37: the LON-CAPA Author's Manual available online at \texttt{http://help.lon-capa.org}.