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Updates to a few files for the Course Instructor manual.

\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
page you wish to add: \textbf{Syllabus}, \textbf{Simple Page}, \textbf{Bulletin
Board}, or \textbf{My Personal Info}. \textbf{Simple Page} and \textbf{Bulletin
Board} will pop up a window asking you to give them a title. Once you've
titled the page, if necessary, the page will be added to the end of the current
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{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.