--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_Creating_From_Template.tex 2003/06/20 18:39:24 1.3 +++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_Creating_From_Template.tex 2003/07/15 19:09:49 1.4 @@ -1,4 +1,6 @@ -\label{Docs_Creating_From_Template}Several templates are available for you +\label{Docs_Creating_From_Template} + +Several templates are available for you to fill out and add to your course. To add a templated document to your course, click on the button for the templated @@ -8,57 +10,5 @@ Board} will pop up a window asking you t titled the page, if necessary, the page will be added to the end of the current Course Documents folder. -\begin{itemize} -\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 -any links to other resources in the \textbf{Web References} section, where -they will be turned into HTML links for the students. -\item \textbf{Bulletin Board} allows you to add a dedicated Bulletin Board page -to the course. By default in LON-CAPA, \emph{all} pages can host discussion, -but you may wish to centralize the discussion, or provide a place for general -course-related discussion. -\item \textbf{My Personal Info} will add your personal information page, which -is the same across all LON-CAPA courses you may be an instructor for. This -is a place to provide a general introduction to yourself for your students, -and a photo, if you like. -\end{itemize} -To edit the pages, click on the page's link in the Course Documents area, -next to the blue arrows, \textbf{Remove} and \textbf{Rename} link. Each template -behaves in much the same way: Several labeled fields are provided, with text -boxes below them. Fill out the ones that apply to your course. Leave the -rest blank, and they will not be displayed to students. When you are done, -click one of the \textbf{Store} buttons to save your work. - -When you click \textbf{Store}, \emph{all} changes made to any textbox on -the screen are saved. Thus, you need not click \textbf{Store} for every single -textbox; the \textbf{Store} buttons are shown next to each box for your convenience -only. - -To see how the page looks without the text boxes, click the \textbf{Public -View} or \textbf{Show Student View} link near the top of the page. This will -show you how the page looks to everyone else. - -The \textbf{My Personal Info} template and \textbf{Simple Page} templates -will allow you to upload a photo from your harddrive. Either type the path -on your harddrive to the photo you wish to upload, or click the \textbf{Browse...} -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}).