--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Request_Courses.tex 2010/05/21 12:15:10 1.1
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Request_Courses.tex 2011/05/17 03:26:04 1.3
@@ -8,7 +8,13 @@ Communities are similar to courses excep
Course/Community requests may be set to be processed automatically, queued for approval by a Domain Coordinator, or (for official courses) validated against institutional instructor of record data.
-The settings for each course type may be different for the various affiliations defined for the institution (e.g., Faculty, Staff etc.). In addition, course request settings may be defined for users with "advanced" roles in LON-CAPA (i.e., users with author, co-author, coordinator, instructor or administrator roles) which will override the course request settings based on affiliation.
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LON-CAPA can be configured to send messages to Domain Coordinators to notify them when a course has been requested and queued pending approval. Recipients of such messages are selected from users with an active Domain Coordinator role for the domain. These same users will also receive messages when a course request has been approved by a Domain Coordinator.
+LON-CAPA messages are sent to course requestors when a queued course is approved, or an official course which had been queued pending validation of instructor status, is created when validation occurs.
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+The course request settings for each course type may be different for the various affiliations defined for the institution (e.g., Faculty, Staff etc.). In addition, settings may be defined for users with ``advanced'' roles in LON-CAPA (i.e., users with author, co-author, coordinator, instructor or administrator roles) which will override the course request settings based on affiliation.
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+The ``default'' settings which apply to a particular user based on domain configuration, may be overridden for that specific user, by a Domain Coordinator in the user's domain. The ``Add/Modify a User'' page for a user includes a section where custom settings can be selected for requests for creation of Courses/Communities in the domain.
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+Lastly, an individual user may still be able to request courses or communitis, even if settings preclude that in the user's home domain. Domain Coordinators displaying the ``Add/Modify a User'' page for an existing user from a different domain will see a section where custom settings can be selected to allow requests for creation of Courses/Communities in the domain for which Domain Coordination is being carried out.
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