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1.8       webbsuza    1: \label{Docs_Overview}A LON-CAPA course is managed through
                      2: the \textbf{Course Documents} screen and accessed by selecting \textbf{DOCS} on the Remote Control or Main Menu. This screen allows you to create new resources and arrange LON-CAPA resources from
                      3: the LON-CAPA network. 
                      4: 
1.9     ! webbsuza    5: \textbf{Main Course Documents} make up the course itself. Students use the navigation 
1.8       webbsuza    6: controls to move through the Main Course Documents. Main Course Documents are listed on
                      7: the \textbf{Navigate Course Contents} screen. Main Course Documents were added to
                      8: LON-CAPA in 2003, so pre-2003 courses (as well as courses deliberately created in
                      9: the old style) will not have Main Course Documents.
                     10: 
                     11: \textbf{Supplemental Course Documents} are attached to the course but do
                     12: not appear in the main course sequence. Students access these documents by
                     13: selecting \textbf{DOCS} on the Remote Control or Main Menu. Supplemental Course Documents
                     14: are particularly useful for auxiliary files that may not be directly viewable
1.9     ! webbsuza   15: or usable in a browser, such as PowerPoint presentations or Word documents --
        !            16: some of which may not work on all students' computers.
1.8       webbsuza   17: 
                     18: These the two types of Course Documents are essentially identical,
                     19: except Main Course Documents have some options not available
                     20: to the Supplemental Course Documents.
                     21: 
                     22: NOTE: These capabilities provide instructors the ability to extend
                     23: already existing courses, or personalize courses with their own syllabi
                     24: or information pages. Main Course Documents and Supplemental Course Documents
                     25: do not carry over from one course to another. To create
                     26: documents for use in multiple courses, please talk to your LON-CAPA
                     27: Domain Coordinator about becoming an Author. For more information about becomming an Author, see
                     28: the LON-CAPA Author's Manual available online at \underbar{http://help.lon-capa.org}.