--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Resource_Types.tex 2002/07/05 16:12:31 1.1
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Resource_Types.tex 2013/06/26 08:14:55 1.3
@@ -1,24 +1,25 @@
+\label{Resource_Types}
LON-CAPA provides three types of resources for organizing your course website.
-LON-CAPA refers to these resources as Content Pages, Problems, and Maps.
-Maps may be either of two types: Sequences or Pages. You will use these LON-CAPA
+LON-CAPA refers to these resources as HTML files, Problems, and Maps.
+Maps may be either of two types: Sequences or Composite Pages. You can use LON-CAPA Maps
resources to build the outline, or structure, for the presentation of your
course to your students.
\begin{itemize}
-\item A \textbf{Content Page}\index{Content Page} displays course content. It
-is essentially a conventional HTML page. These resources use the extension
+\item A \textbf{HTML file}\index{HTML file}\index{Content Page}, (formerly known as a Content Page), displays course content. It
+is a conventional HTML page. These resources use the extension
{}``.html''.
\item A \textbf{Problem}\index{Problem} resource represents problems for the students
to solve, with answers stored in the system. These resources are stored in
files that must use the extension {}``.problem''.
\item A \textbf{Sequence}\index{Sequence} is a type of \textbf{Map}\index{Map}
which is used to link other resources together. The users of this resource
-can use directional buttons on their remote or the NAV button to follow the
+can use directional buttons on the web page or remote to follow the
sequence. Sequences are stored in files that must use the extension {}``.sequence''.
Sequences can contain other sequences and pages.
-\item A \textbf{Page}\index{Page} is a type of \textbf{Map\index{Map}} which
+\item A \textbf{Composite Page}\index{Page} is a type of \textbf{Map\index{Map}} which
is used to join other resources together into one HTML page. For example,
a page of problems will appears as a problem set. These resources are stored
-in files that must use the extension {}``.page''.
+in files that must use the extension {}``.page''. The course manual describes ways to combine resources in folders, which is an alternative to creating composite pages.
\end{itemize}