--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_Main_Course_Documents.tex 2005/03/16 16:27:19 1.5 +++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_Main_Course_Documents.tex 2010/05/22 23:28:44 1.10 @@ -1,22 +1,8 @@ -\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 -forward 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 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. - -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, which will open the full power of the Author role to you. +\label{Docs_Main_Course_Documents} + +Main Course Documents are the {}``top-level'' documents of your course, making up the course itself. Users enter the course at the first resource listed in the Main Course Documents. As they proceed +through the course, they proceed towards the last resource. Main +Course Documents also appear on the \textbf{Course Contents} screen. Main Course Documents have some options not available to the +Supplemental Course Documents, such as the ability to add a \textbf{Navigate Course Contents} page, a \textbf{Simple Page}, or a \textbf{Discussion Board}. + +NOTE: Any changes made to the Main Course Documents will be visible upon \fbox{re-initializing course}, or at the next log in.