--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_Main_Course_Documents.tex 2003/09/02 18:28:36 1.3 +++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_Main_Course_Documents.tex 2013/08/27 17:38:31 1.13 @@ -1,20 +1,13 @@ -Main Course Documents are the {}``top-level'' documents of your course. They are the -documents the user will use the navigation controls to move through, and -makeup the course itself. When a user enters the course they will be taken to -the first resource listed in the main course documents, and as they proceed -forward through the course, they will proceed towards the last resource. Main -Course documents also show up on the Navigate Course Content screen. Manipulating -main course documents and supplemental course documents is essentially identical, -except that main course documents has some options that is not available in the -supplemental documents.What are Supplemental Course Documents? -Changes made to the main course documents, such as adding new resources, changing the order, -renaming or removing resources will be visible the next time you log in, or by -clicking the re-initialize button on the course document screen, whichever comes -first. Main Course Documents was added to LON-CAPA in 2003, so courses pre-dated -2003, or deliberately created in the old style by the Domain Coordinator will not -have Main Course Documents. - -\textbf{Note}: Main Course Documents and Supplemental Course Documents do not -carry over from one course to another. If you would like to create -documents that can be used in multiple courses, please ask your -LON-CAPA Domain Coordinator about becoming an Author. +\label{Docs_Main_Course_Documents} + +The Main Content area will contain the {}``top-level'' documents in your course. +Users enter the course at the first resource listed in the Main Content. As they proceed +through the course, they proceed towards the last resource. Main Content items +also appear on the \textbf{Course Contents} screen. + +Main Content items can have contents setting applied to them which control such things as availability, visibility, and support for attached discussion boards which are unavailable for items in the +Supplemental Content area. A hierarchy of folders can be used to organize the Main Content area. + +In addition, the Main Content area can include a \textbf{Course Contents} page, \textbf{Simple Pages}, \textbf{Discussion Boards}, or Assessment items imported from the shared content pool. + +NOTE: Any changes made to the Main Content will be visible upon \fbox{re-initializing course}, or at the next log in.