--- 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 2005/05/03 16:16:57 1.7 @@ -1,20 +1,15 @@ +\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 -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. +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, such as the ability to add a \textbf{Navigate Course Contents} page, a \textbf{Simple Page}, or a \textbf{Bulletin Board}. -\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. +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.