--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_Verify_Content.tex	2013/07/25 03:29:50	1.5
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_Verify_Content.tex	2013/12/18 22:11:40	1.6
@@ -1,10 +1,31 @@
 \label{Docs_Verify_Content}
 
-Click 
+The ``Verify Content'' utility will attempt to retrieve and render all content in your course 
+(including any dependencies such as image files) and will report the retrieval 
+status and rendering status of each item.
+
+\begin{itemize}
+
+\item Select \textbf{Course Editor} on the Inline Menu or
+\includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{docs}
+\textbf{Edit course contents}
+within the Main Menu.
+
+\item Click the \textbf{Content Utilities} tab on the Course Editor screen.
+
+\item Click  
 \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{verify}
-\textbf{Verify Content} after clicking on \fbox{Content Utilities}
-on the in-line menu of the
-\textbf{Course Editor} screen 
-to view warnings and errors in resource code. Warnings in html pages
+\textbf{Verify Content} to view warnings and errors in resource code.
+
+\end{itemize}
+
+A retrieval status
+of ``ok'' means the file contents were successfully retrieved (including replication from the resource's home server, if required).
+
+A render status
+of ``ok'' means that LON-CAPA was able to process the file contents to create the output 
+which would be sent to the user's web browser (e.g., parsing XML for LON-CAPA problems, or HTML for web pages) without error. 
+
+In the case of an error, \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{bomb} is displayed.  Warnings in html pages
 will not affect your students' scores.