--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Batch_Creation.tex	2016/08/25 22:33:10	1.7
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Batch_Creation.tex	2020/05/22 15:05:41	1.8
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@ following, with MSU-specific values repl
 <disresdis>1</disresdis>
 <disablechat>1</disablechat>
 <openall></openall>
+<openallfrom></openallfrom>
 <notify_dc>1</notify_dc>
 <notify_owner>1</notify_owner>
 <owner>
@@ -120,6 +121,10 @@ A value of 0 or blank is equivalent to a
 
 Dates are in the format YYYY:MM:DD:HH:MM:SS (:separators required)
 
+If openall has a value of 1, but openallfrom is blank, then the opendate
+set at a course-level will be the time the batch creation of the course occurs,
+otherwise the date specified for openallfrom will be the date used. 
+
 firstres can be nav, syl, or blank for ``Navigate Contents'',
 Syllabus, or no entry respectively.