--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_Main_Course_Documents.tex 2004/05/17 22:08:56 1.4 +++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_Main_Course_Documents.tex 2005/03/16 16:27:19 1.5 @@ -1,22 +1,22 @@ \label{Docs_Main_Course_Documents} 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 +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 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, +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 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 +clicking the \fbox{re-initializing course} button on the \textbf{Course Ddocuments} screen, whichever comes +first. Main Course Documents was added to LON-CAPA in 2003, so courses pre-dating +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 +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. +LON-CAPA Domain Coordinator about becoming an Author, which will open the full power of the Author role to you.