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A ``Standard Problem'' icon/link will be available when the Course Editor's
Assessment tab is the currently selected tab, if:
\begin{itemize}
\item The current user has an active Author or co-Author role
or
\item `In-course Authoring'' is set to be available in the course.
\end{itemize}
To create a new LON-CAPA problem in a specified Authoring Space proceed as follows:
\begin{enumerate}
\item Select \textbf{Course Editor} on the Inline Menu or
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\textbf{Edit course contents}
within Main Menu.
\item On the in-line menu of the \textbf{Course Editor} screen,
click \fbox{Assessment}. Next click on
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\textbf{Standard Problem}.
\item In the expanded box, select the location where the new file should be stored.
\end{enumerate}
If the Authoring Space's homeserver is hosting the current LON-CAPA session then
the file can be stored. Otherwise, pushing the ``Switch Server'' button will transfer
the session to the homeserver, so a new file can be created and stored.
Once a Authoring Space location is chosen, a directory (and optionally a new
sub-directory) can be selected, and a filename entered.
If the chosen location is the course's own Authoring Space, then a ``placeholder''
for a problem instance in the current folder can (optionally) be added. If added,
the title to display in the course's Contents Listing (and Editor) can be entered.
Choosing Yes for ``Use Template?'' will expand the display to permit
selection of one of LON-CAPA's standard templates as the initial contents of the
new file.
If a placeholder was added it will be appended to the existing items in the current
folder in the Course Editor. The new placeholder item will be
hidden from students until the ``hidden'' checkbox has been unchecked,
and the problem itself will have a status of ``published'',
i.e., the initial version will have been copied from the course's
``Authoring Space'' to its ``Published Resource Space'',
a default metadata file will have been created (and published)
including specifying restricting its use to just the current course.
After ``Create Problem'' is pushed the problem will be rendered in Authoring Space,
with button(s) available for launch of all editor(s) supported in the homeserver's domain.
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