\label{Docs_Overview}A LON-CAPA course is managed through
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
the LON-CAPA network. 

\textbf{Main Course Documents} make up the course itself. Students use the navigation 
controls to move through the Main Course Documents. Main Course Documents are listed on
the \textbf{Navigate Course Contents} screen. Main Course Documents were added to
LON-CAPA in 2003, so pre-2003 courses (as well as courses deliberately created in
the old style) will not have Main Course Documents.

\textbf{Supplemental Course Documents} are attached to the course but do
not appear in the main course sequence. Students access these documents by
selecting \textbf{DOCS} on the Remote Control or Main Menu. Supplemental Course Documents
are 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 not work on all students' computers.

These the two types of Course Documents are essentially identical,
except Main Course Documents have some options not available
to the Supplemental Course Documents.

NOTE: These capabilities provide instructors the ability to extend
already existing courses, or personalize courses with their own syllabi
or information pages. Main Course Documents and Supplemental Course Documents
do not carry over from one course to another. To create
documents for use in multiple courses, please talk to your LON-CAPA
Domain Coordinator about becoming an Author. For more information about becomming an Author, see
the LON-CAPA Author's Manual available online at \underbar{http://help.lon-capa.org}.