Annotation of loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Edit_Syllabus.tex, revision 1.11
1.5 albertel 1: \label{Edit_Syllabus}
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1.9 raeburn 3: For Course Coordinators, the inline menu includes a \textbf{Public} dropdown item containing selections
1.8 raeburn 4: for Syllabus and Feeds. For all other course participants, the inline menu will include a \textbf{Syllabus} item, unless the Syllabus has been included in the course's Content area, and items have been added to it. There is also a link to a course's syllabus for each course listed on a user's \textbf{Roles} screen.
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6: The main effect of including a Syllabus item explicitly within course content is that students will be able to generate a PDF for printing using LON-CAPA's print utility. If, on the other hand, the syllabus is not added to the contents, but instead remains as an item in a student's inline menu, students will need to use a browser's own printing support to print it.
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8: When you select ``Syllabus'' from the \textbf{Public} dropdown a syllabus page will be displayed
9: containing the current syllabus style specified for your course.
10: By default, this will be the standard template, which includes a listing of Course Personnel
11: (and their roles in the course), and any fields which have been completed previously
12: using the Syllabus template.
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14: By default, a syllabus item will have been placed in your course's Main Content
15: area when your course was created (unless it was cloned from an existing course).
1.10 raeburn 16: You can use the \underline{Remove} link for this item in the Course Editor if you do not wish
1.8 raeburn 17: to have the syllabus included within the Main Content.
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19: To edit the syllabus select \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{edit}
20: \textbf{Edit} from the Functions menu.
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22: Your choices for the syllabus are:
23: \begin{itemize}
24: \item \textbf{Minimal template}
25: Use the Rich text editor to create a single HTML document, including formatting etc.
26: You can include image files by clicking the image icon in the text editor (second row
27: of buttons, fourth from right). In the Image properties pop-up enter the file name.
1.11 ! raeburn 28: Click ``Save and Edit'' or ``Save and View''. If you have included an image, click LON-CAPA's
1.9 raeburn 29: Manage Dependencies button to display a screen where you will be prompted to upload the image file.
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31: \item \textbf{Standard template}
32: Fill in one or more of the text boxes and click any of the \fbox{Save All} buttons
33: to save changes to your syllabus. By default, users with non-student roles will be displayed in a table at
34: the top of the syllabus. You can either uncheck display of this item entirely, or choose which course
35: personnel and/or roles will be displayed.
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37: \item \textbf{External URL}
1.9 raeburn 38: Enter a web address in the text box. Use the \underbar{Preview} link to preview the page, and the \fbox{Save} button to save it.
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40: \item \textbf{Uploaded file}
1.9 raeburn 41: You can upload a file (e.g., a PDF or HTML file) if you have already created a syllabus document. Click the Browse button to locate the file, and the \fbox{Save} button to save it.
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43: \end{itemize}
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45: Clicking the \textbf{Exit Editing}
46: link will show you you how the syllabus will look when viewed by your students. You
1.1 felicia 47: can copy the URL of your syllabus and distribute it to anyone. The
1.4 webbsuza 48: syllabus is publicly viewable and anyone can see it, even without logging into LON-CAPA.
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