--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Request_Courses.tex	2011/05/26 15:24:38	1.8
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Request_Courses.tex	2014/06/26 15:07:10	1.9
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 \label{Domain_Configuration_Request_Courses}
 
-A domain configuration can be used to determine which users in the domain may request creation of: (a) official courses, (b) unofficial courses, or (c) communities, within the domain.
+A domain configuration can be used to determine which users in the domain may request creation of: (a) official courses, (b) unofficial courses, (c) communities, or (d) textbook courses within the domain.
 
 The default is for no course or community requests by any domain users.
 
-Communities are similar to courses except the Coordinator may only browse areas of the shared LON-CAPA repository for which he/she has an author or co-author role.
+Communities are similar to courses except the Coordinator may only browse areas of the shared LON-CAPA repository for which he/she has an author or co-author role. Textbook courses use a simplified (1 page) request form, in 
+which the options include cloning of available pre-fabricated textbook courses or template courses, for which
+the requester has cloning rights.
 
 Course/Community requests may be set to be processed automatically, queued for approval by a Domain Coordinator, or (for official courses, for example) validated against institutional instructor of record data.  The ``With validation'' option is only displayed if the crsreq\_checks() subroutine in localenroll.pm has been customized to indicate that a particular course type can be validated if the owner belongs to a specific institutional group (e.g., Faculty). 
 
@@ -18,5 +20,11 @@ The course request settings for each cou
 
 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.
 
-Lastly, an individual user may still be able to request courses or communities, 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.
+An individual user may still be able to request courses or communities, 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.
+
+Details of pre-fabricated courses: "textbooks" and "templates" for cloning when creating a new "textbook" course can be uploaded (subject, title, image, author, publisher, and LON-CAPA course domain/ID).
+
+Validation of unofficial and textbook courses, and communities can be via a validating server/script
+Form fields to send to the validator can be specified by customizing the \&crsreq\_updates() subroutine in 
+localenroll.pm.