--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Course_Setting_Parameters.tex	2002/07/26 19:53:59	1.2
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Course_Setting_Parameters.tex	2006/07/31 19:14:49	1.9
@@ -1,17 +1,26 @@
 \label{Course_Setting_Parameters}
-As course coordinator, select \textbf{parm} on the remote to set course
-parameters.  You can display parameters for the entire course (top-level
+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 (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}.