Annotation of loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_Overview.tex, revision 1.13
1.10 riegler 1: \label{Docs_Overview}
2: A LON-CAPA course is managed through
1.13 ! raeburn 3: the \textbf{Course Editor} screen which can be accessed in a number of ways.
1.8 webbsuza 4:
1.13 ! raeburn 5: \begin{itemize}
! 6: \item Selecting \textbf{Course Editor} in the Inline Menu
! 7: \item Selecting \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{docs}
! 8: \textbf{Edit course contents} from the Main Menu.
! 9: \item Clicking the \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{docs} icon in the Tools at the top of
! 10: the Course Contents screen.
! 11: \item Clicking \includegraphics[width=0.015\paperwidth]{editmap} to the right of a folder name
! 12: on the Course Contents screen. (Editor will open that specific folder).
! 13: \item Clicking \includegraphics[width=0.015\paperwidth]{docs} in the Functions menu when viewing
! 14: content in the course. (Editor will open that specific folder).
! 15: \end{itemize}
! 16: The Course Editor screen allows you to create new resources, upload resources or import
! 17: LON-CAPA resources from the LON-CAPA network. The screen also allows resources to be
! 18: rearranged within the course.
! 19:
! 20: The Course Editor contains three tabs:
! 21: \begin{enumerate}
! 22: \item Main Content Editor
! 23: \item Supplemental Content Editor
! 24: \item Content Utilities
! 25: \end{enumerate}
! 26:
! 27: \textbf{Main Content Editor} tab is used to manage the primary content of the course.
! 28: Content within this area can:
! 29: \begin{itemize}
! 30: \item Have parameters set (including dates controlling availability)
! 31: \item Can be incorporated in PDFs for printing, created by LON-CAPA's print utility
! 32: \item Can be a part of sub-folders for which different students may see a subset of
! 33: contents picked from a pool, and/or contents displayed in a different order.
! 34: \item Be organized within a hierarchical arrangement of folders and sub folders.
! 35: \item Can originate in a variety of ways including import from the shared content pool.
! 36: \end{itemize}
! 37:
! 38: Within the course, students use the navigation
1.11 lira 39: controls to move through the Main Content. \textbf{Main Content}\index{main content} is listed on
40: the \textbf{Contents} screen. Main Content was added to
1.13 ! raeburn 41: LON-CAPA in 2003 (version 1.0), so pre-2003 courses (as well as courses deliberately created in
1.11 lira 42: the old style) will not have Main Content. The Main Content was called
1.13 ! raeburn 43: Main Course Documents\index{main content} in versions 1.0 through 2.10.
1.8 webbsuza 44:
1.13 ! raeburn 45: \textbf{Supplemental Content Editor} tab is used to manage supplemental content in the course.
! 46: Content within this area is restricted to uploaded files, a syllabus page, a web page created using
! 47: the HTML editor, or a web page on an external server retrived from a remote site, but displayed within
! 48: the LON-CAPA interface. A hierarchical arrangement of folders and sub folders can be created.
! 49: Students access supplemental content documents by selecting the
! 50: \textbf{Supplemental Content} tab while viewing the \textbf{Course Content}. Supplemental Content
1.11 lira 51: is particularly useful for auxiliary files that may not be directly viewable
1.9 webbsuza 52: or usable in a browser, such as PowerPoint presentations or Word documents --
1.13 ! raeburn 53: some of which may require a viewer to be installed on a student's computer.
! 54:
! 55: NOTE: Although the Course Editor provides instructors with the ability to import content
! 56: from the shared content pool, or to copy content from other courses, as well as personalize
! 57: personalize courses with their own syllabi or information pages, for the ultimate power
! 58: in creating reusable content, you will want to become a content \textbf{Author}. This is
! 59: especially true if you plan to create your own assignments. The "simple problem" templates
! 60: available to create assessment items directly with a course, provide a much restricted set of
! 61: components compared to those available when constructing assessment items as an author.
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1.13 ! raeburn 63: Policies and methods for creation of \textbf{Author} roles vary depending on user status and domain. If you are a course instructor, and you do not have an authoring role, and you do not see a "Request author role" link on your Roles page, make a request through the "Ask Helpdesk" link available on the "Help" page.
! 64: For more information about content authoring in LON-CAPA, see
1.11 lira 65: the LON-CAPA Author's Manual available online at \texttt{http://help.lon-capa.org}.
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