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1.1       bowersj2    1: \label{Docs_Creating_From_Template}Several templates are available for you
                      2: to fill out and add to your course.
                      3: 
                      4: To add a templated document to your course, click on the button for the templated
                      5: page you wish to add: \textbf{Syllabus}, \textbf{Simple Page}, \textbf{Bulletin
                      6: Board}, or \textbf{My Personal Info}. \textbf{Simple Page} and \textbf{Bulletin
                      7: Board} will pop up a window asking you to give them a title. Once you've
                      8: titled the page, if necessary, the page will be added to the end of the current
                      9: Course Documents folder.
                     10: 
                     11: \begin{itemize}
1.3     ! bowersj2   12: \item \textbf{Syllabus}\index{Syllabus} adds a traditional syllabus
        !            13: page, which can be filled out with various standard Syllabus information.
1.1       bowersj2   14: \item \textbf{Simple Page} allows you to add a simple HTML page to the course,
                     15: with an area for text, and an area to add web references. Give the page a
                     16: \textbf{Title}, type plain text into the \textbf{Content} textbox, and add
                     17: any links to other resources in the \textbf{Web References} section, where
                     18: they will be turned into HTML links for the students.
                     19: \item \textbf{Bulletin Board} allows you to add a dedicated Bulletin Board page
                     20: to the course. By default in LON-CAPA, \emph{all} pages can host discussion,
                     21: but you may wish to centralize the discussion, or provide a place for general
                     22: course-related discussion.
                     23: \item \textbf{My Personal Info} will add your personal information page, which
                     24: is the same across all LON-CAPA courses you may be an instructor for. This
                     25: is a place to provide a general introduction to yourself for your students,
                     26: and a photo, if you like.
                     27: \end{itemize}
                     28: To edit the pages, click on the page's link in the Course Documents area,
                     29: next to the blue arrows, \textbf{Remove} and \textbf{Rename} link. Each template
                     30: behaves in much the same way: Several labeled fields are provided, with text
                     31: boxes below them. Fill out the ones that apply to your course. Leave the
                     32: rest blank, and they will not be displayed to students. When you are done,
                     33: click one of the \textbf{Store} buttons to save your work.
                     34: 
                     35: When you click \textbf{Store}, \emph{all} changes made to any textbox on
                     36: the screen are saved. Thus, you need not click \textbf{Store} for every single
                     37: textbox; the \textbf{Store} buttons are shown next to each box for your convenience
                     38: only.
                     39: 
                     40: To see how the page looks without the text boxes, click the \textbf{Public
                     41: View} or \textbf{Show Student View} link near the top of the page. This will
                     42: show you how the page looks to everyone else.
                     43: 
                     44: The \textbf{My Personal Info} template and \textbf{Simple Page} templates
                     45: will allow you to upload a photo from your harddrive. Either type the path
                     46: on your harddrive to the photo you wish to upload, or click the \textbf{Browse...}
                     47: button to select a file to upload. Click the \textbf{Upload} button to copy
                     48: the photo from your hard drive to LON-CAPA.
                     49: 
1.2       bowersj2   50: \textbf{Note}: The \textbf{My Personal Info} page is a special page in that it
                     51: belongs to you, not the course. Everywhere you insert that page will have the same
                     52: contents, and all changes made to one will propogate to all others. Bear
                     53: that in mind as you fill it in; since it may appear for multiple courses you 
                     54: may not wish to add course-specific information.
                     55: 
1.1       bowersj2   56: The new document will appear in the course next time you \textbf{Re-Initialize}
                     57: the course on your \textbf{ROLES} screen, or login, whichever comes first.
1.3     ! bowersj2   58: 
        !            59: All of these document types are provided for your convenience; you are
        !            60: not required to use them. If for instance you prefered to create your
        !            61: own Syllabus\index{Syllabus}, you can create an HTML page and either
        !            62: upload it into the course like any other document (see
        !            63: \ref{Docs_Uploading_From_Harddrive}), or host it on another web server
        !            64: and add it as an External Resource (see \ref{Docs_Adding_External_Resource}).