--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Resource_Types.tex 2002/07/18 15:52:27 1.2 +++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Resource_Types.tex 2013/06/26 08:14:55 1.3 @@ -1,25 +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}