--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Course_Setting_Parameters.tex 2002/12/11 19:04:47 1.5
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Course_Setting_Parameters.tex 2006/07/31 19:14:49 1.9
@@ -1,26 +1,26 @@
\label{Course_Setting_Parameters}
-As course coordinator, select \textbf{PARM} on the remote to set course
-parameters. From that screen, you can edit either edit the course
-environment, or the course parameters.
+As Course Coordinator, select \textbf{PARM} on the Remote Control or Main Menu to set your course
+parameters. From that screen, you can either edit the course
+environment or the course parameters.
The course environment contains several parameters that apply directly
to the course as a whole.
The other parameters in the course apply with varying granularities to
-the components of the course, such as maps, problems, and students.
+the components of the course (ie maps, problems, and students).
You can display parameters for the entire course (top-level
map) or just select the enclosing map. After the parameters display,
-you can choose to set parameters, due dates for example, on three
+you can choose to set parameters (example: due dates) on three
levels:
\begin{enumerate}
-\item Entire course - everything in the top-level sequence. Click on the
-bar "\_\_" in any of the problems under the \textbf{general} heading.
-\item Enclosing map. Click on the bar "\_\_" in one of the problems in the
+\item Entire course. Everything in the top-level sequence. Click on the
+asterisk (if no current entry exists) or on the entry in any of the problems under the \textbf{general} heading.
+\item Enclosing map. Click on the asterisk or entry in one of the problems in the
enclosing map under \textbf{for Enclosing Map} heading.
-\item One particular resource. Click on the bar "\_\_" in the particular
-problem you want to set parameters for under the \textbf{for Resource} heading.
+\item One particular resource. Click on the asterisk or entry in the particular
+problem you want to set parameters for, under the \textbf{for Resource} heading.
\end{enumerate}
The last heading says \textbf{Parameter in Effect}.