--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Resource_Types.tex 2013/08/05 15:24:47 1.5
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Resource_Types.tex 2013/08/30 15:05:58 1.8
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
\label{Resource_Types}
LON-CAPA provides several types of resources for organizing your course website.
-Resource roles are determined by file extension. Valid extensions are:
+Resource behavior is determined by file extension. Valid extensions are:
.xml, .html, .xhtml, .htm, .xhtm, .problem, .page, .sequence, .rights,
.sty, .task, .library, .js, .css, .txt.
\begin{itemize}
\item A \textbf{.css} cascading style sheet file \index{.css}\index{css}\index{cascading style sheet}
-can be published to use in multiple courses.
+can be published for use in multiple courses.
Use of a specific CSS style within a resource can be set using an html tag within a text
block that refers to a class by name, where the class is included in the
published css file. You would specify use
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ the parameter: CSS file to link [Part: 0
\item A \textbf{.html} HTML file\index{HTML file}\index{content page}\index{.htm, .html, xhtm, xhtml},
(formerly known as a Content Page), displays course content. It is a conventional HTML page.
These resources use the extension
-{}``.html''. By using the "New File..." dropdown, you can enter a file name with one
+{}``.html''. By using the ``New File..'' dropdown, you can enter a file name with one
of the other extensions, htm, xhtml, xhtm, xml. For more information see the section \ref{Content_Page_Overview}.
Although the extensions: xhtml and xhtm imply that the file should be
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ etc.), LON-CAPA does not test whether a
is actually valid xhtml.
Files of type .xml are supported for legacy files, but it is suggested that new files
-are one of the html varieties. See also the .libary file description for xml.
+are one of the html varieties. See also the .library file description for xml.
\item A \textbf{.problem} Problem\index{problem}\index{.problem} resource represents problems for the students
to solve, with answers stored in the system. These resources are stored in
@@ -66,11 +66,11 @@ in files that must use the extension {}`
For performance purposes it is best not to include too may resources in a
.page (8 would be a good limit; and likely fewer if maxima or R are
required for computation). The course editor offers similar tool called
-a "Composite page" which resides within a course rather than in the published
+a ``Composite page'' which resides within a course rather than in the published
repository.
The underying XML structure, and
-behavior of a .page file are the same as used for a "Composite page",
+behavior of a .page file are the same as used for a ``Composite page'',
which can be added to a course using the Course Editor. One difference
between the two is that for a .page in Authoring Space, one of the
Authoring Space editors (Simple Edit or Advanced Edit) will be used to
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Options for reuse of a course Composite
everything from the old course to the new; (b) as course coordinator,
copy the Composite map into the Course Editor's clipboard, change role to
course coordintator in a different course, and past the item
-into the other course from the Course editor's clipboard.
+into the other course from the Course Editor's clipboard.
The course manual describes ways to combine resources in folders,
which is an alternative to creating composite pages. The advantage of a .page
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ with HTML in a textblock in a LON-CAPA p
other .problem files. Typically a .library file will hold commonly used subroutines, or
data structures (to be called in
LON-CAPA perl script blocks). It is included in a problem in the
-colorful editor by using the "Import a File" selection in a dropdown
+colorful editor by using the ``Import a File'' selection in a dropdown
list in the colorful editor.
\item A \textbf{.sequence} sequence\index{sequence}\index{.sequence} is a type of \textbf{Map}\index{map}
@@ -111,19 +111,19 @@ A published sequence contains XML which
grouped together in a folder. If a .sequence file is imported in its entirety
then there is limited
control over which specific resources are shown, and in which order. The
-"Randomorder" and "Randompick" checkboxes in the Course Editor can be
+``Randomorder'' and ``Randompick'' checkboxes in the Course Editor can be
used to cause the resources to be displayed in a randomorder (randomized
for each user), and to display M of the total N resources in the
sequence (again the choice of which M are shown is randomized for each
-user). By contrast, if the "Import from Assembled Map",
-a "Select Map" link will allow all resources in the
+user). By contrast, if the ``Import from Assembled Map'',
+a ``Select Map'' link will allow all resources in the
published sequence to be imported into the current folder, as distinct
resources, allowing them to be reordered, and cut/removed, as preferred
using the standard Course Editor tools.
Conditional sequences are published sequence files for which conditions
have been specified for one or more links between resources in the map.
- These have to be created using the "Advanced Edit" button when creating
+ These have to be created using the ``Advanced Edit'' button when creating
a new sequence file in Authoring Space. These are the types of sequence
for which a student's progress through a series of resources can be
specified. Grading of conditional sequences can be complicated.
@@ -132,17 +132,17 @@ specified. Grading of conditional sequen
resource. The access rights to apply to a specific resource are
specified on publication (or republication) of the resource. A .rights
file also must be published to be selectable during resource publication
-as a "Custom Distribution File" when "Customized right of use ..." is selected from the
-"Copyright/Distribution" dropdown list. See the section \ref{Publishing_Copyright}.
+as a ``Custom Distribution File'' when ``Customized right of use ...'' is selected from the
+``Copyright/Distribution'' dropdown list. See the section \ref{Publishing_Copyright}.
\item A .sty is a LON-CAPA style file used to apply custom styling to specific
tags in a LON-CAPA problem. The styles defined in the file can be applied to display of all
resources in a course using:
-Main Menu -\textgreater Modify course configuration -\textgreater Display of resources
-(checked) + click "Display" button -\textgreater Click "Select Style File" link (
+Main Menu-$>$Modify course configuration-$>$Display of resources
+(checked) + click ``Display'' button-$>$Click ``Select Style File'' link (
Default XML style file item) to launch window to select published .sty
-file, then click "Save Changes" in main window.
+file, then click ``Save Changes'' in main window.
Style files can contain different instructions for different
targets (e.g., web or tex). For example, the following style file would replace
@@ -170,8 +170,8 @@ incorporated pages by the annoying $<$bl
\end{verbatim}
-To use the .sty in a course, within the course, In PARM - "Set Course Environment"
-you can specify a style file for your course under "Default XML Style File".
+To use the .sty in a course, within the course, In PARM - ``Set Course Environment''
+you can specify a style file for your course under ``Default XML Style File''.
When printing, LON-CAPA will use the tex \textbackslash section as
$<$h1$>$-rendering.
@@ -179,5 +179,5 @@ $<$h1$>$-rendering.
Note that .css is perhaps a more modern way to acheive formatting.
\item A \textbf{.task} task file is a bridge task file. Bridge tasks permit
-assessment using rubrics. See the section \ref{BridgeTask_About}.
+assessment using rubrics. See the Bridge Task section \ref{BridgeTask_About}.
\end{itemize}