--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Create_Course.tex 2011/10/14 17:10:52 1.3 +++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Create_Course.tex 2016/08/18 13:55:26 1.4 @@ -35,6 +35,6 @@ Two types of course ``containers'' are c \end{itemize} The key difference between the two is that the Coordinator of a Course may import any published resource into the course as long as he/she has access rights for it, whereas import into a Community is restricted to just those resources for which the Coordinator is the author, or a co-author. In addition, the names of standard roles in the two containers have different names: (Course Coordinator vs. Coordinator, Instructor vs. Leader, Teaching Assistant vs. Assistant Leader, Student vs. Member). -In addition to using a web form to create courses one-at-a-time, Domain Coordinators can upload an XML file containing descriptions of courses (see: \ref{Batch_Creation} Batch Creation) to create multiple courses. If the ability to request courses has been enabled, and certain course types have been set to require Domain Coordinator approval, then the ``Approve or reject requests'' item can be used to display a list of requests requiring approval. These may be approved or rejected. If a conduit has been established to an institutional data source which provides information about instructors of record, then the ``View pending official course requests'' may contain a list of requests for official courses, held pending validation. Validation can be attempted; if it still fails it is possible to override this and force creation of the course. +In addition to using a web form to create courses one-at-a-time, Domain Coordinators can upload an XML file containing descriptions of courses to create multiple courses, see: Batch Creation of Courses (\ref{Batch_Creation}). If the ability to request courses has been enabled, and certain course types have been set to require Domain Coordinator approval, then the ``Approve or reject requests'' item can be used to display a list of requests requiring approval. These may be approved or rejected. If a conduit has been established to an institutional data source which provides information about instructors of record, then the ``View pending official course requests'' may contain a list of requests for official courses, held pending validation. Validation can be attempted; if it still fails it is possible to override this and force creation of the course. Lastly, there is access to a utility which can be used to display course and community creation history.