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                      3: LON-CAPA provides three types of resources for organizing your course website.
                      4: LON-CAPA refers to these resources as Content Pages, Problems, and Maps.
                      5: Maps may be either of two types: Sequences or Pages. You will use these LON-CAPA
                      6: resources to build the outline, or structure, for the presentation of your
                      7: course to your students.
                      8: 
                      9: \begin{itemize}
                     10: \item A \textbf{Content Page}\index{Content Page} displays course content. It
                     11: is essentially a conventional HTML page. These resources use the extension
                     12: {}``.html''.
                     13: \item A \textbf{Problem}\index{Problem} resource represents problems for the students
                     14: to solve, with answers stored in the system. These resources are stored in
                     15: files that must use the extension {}``.problem''.
                     16: \item A \textbf{Sequence}\index{Sequence} is a type of \textbf{Map}\index{Map}
                     17: which is used to link other resources together. The users of this resource
                     18: can use directional buttons on their remote or the NAV button to follow the
                     19: sequence. Sequences are stored in files that must use the extension {}``.sequence''.
                     20: Sequences can contain other sequences and pages.
                     21: \item A \textbf{Page}\index{Page} is a type of \textbf{Map\index{Map}} which
                     22: is used to join other resources together into one HTML page. For example,
                     23: a page of problems will appears as a problem set. These resources are stored
                     24: in files that must use the extension {}``.page''.
                     25: \end{itemize}