--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_Main_Course_Documents.tex 2005/05/03 14:21:53 1.6 +++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_Main_Course_Documents.tex 2013/08/27 17:38:31 1.13 @@ -1,15 +1,13 @@ -\label{Docs_Main_Course_Documents} - -Main Course Documents are the {}``top-level'' documents of your course. They are the -documents that make up the course itself and the user will use the navigation controls to move through them. When a user enters the course, they will be taken to -the first resource listed in the Main Course Documents, and as they proceed -through the course, they will proceed towards the last resource. Main -Course Documents also appear on the \textbf{Navigate Course Contents} screen. Manipulating -Main Course Documents and Supplemental Course Documents is essentially identical, -except that Main Course Documents have some options which are not available to the -Supplemental Course Documents. - -Changes made to the Main Course Documents, such as adding new resources, changing the order, and -renaming or removing resources will be visible the next time you log in, or by -clicking the \fbox{re-initializing course} button on the \textbf{Course Documents} screen, whichever comes -first. +\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.