--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_Creating_From_Template.tex 2002/12/13 18:33:23 1.1 +++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_Creating_From_Template.tex 2003/06/20 18:39:24 1.3 @@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ titled the page, if necessary, the page Course Documents folder. \begin{itemize} -\item \textbf{Syllabus} adds a traditional syllabus page, which can be filled out -with various standard Syllabus information. +\item \textbf{Syllabus}\index{Syllabus} adds a traditional syllabus +page, which can be filled out with various standard Syllabus information. \item \textbf{Simple Page} allows you to add a simple HTML page to the course, with an area for text, and an area to add web references. Give the page a \textbf{Title}, type plain text into the \textbf{Content} textbox, and add @@ -47,5 +47,18 @@ on your harddrive to the photo you wish button to select a file to upload. Click the \textbf{Upload} button to copy the photo from your hard drive to LON-CAPA. +\textbf{Note}: The \textbf{My Personal Info} page is a special page in that it +belongs to you, not the course. Everywhere you insert that page will have the same +contents, and all changes made to one will propogate to all others. Bear +that in mind as you fill it in; since it may appear for multiple courses you +may not wish to add course-specific information. + The new document will appear in the course next time you \textbf{Re-Initialize} the course on your \textbf{ROLES} screen, or login, whichever comes first. + +All of these document types are provided for your convenience; you are +not required to use them. If for instance you prefered to create your +own Syllabus\index{Syllabus}, you can create an HTML page and either +upload it into the course like any other document (see +\ref{Docs_Uploading_From_Harddrive}), or host it on another web server +and add it as an External Resource (see \ref{Docs_Adding_External_Resource}).