Return to Resource_Types.tex CVS log

Up to [LON-CAPA] / loncom / html / adm / help / tex

Annotation of loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Resource_Types.tex, revision 1.3

1.2       bowersj2    1: \label{Resource_Types}
1.1       bowersj2    2: 
                      3: LON-CAPA provides three types of resources for organizing your course website.
1.3     ! lira        4: LON-CAPA refers to these resources as HTML files, Problems, and Maps.
        !             5: Maps may be either of two types: Sequences or Composite Pages. You can use LON-CAPA Maps
1.1       bowersj2    6: resources to build the outline, or structure, for the presentation of your
                      7: course to your students.
                      8: 
                      9: \begin{itemize}
1.3     ! lira       10: \item A \textbf{HTML file}\index{HTML file}\index{Content Page}, (formerly known as a Content Page), displays course content. It
        !            11: is a conventional HTML page. These resources use the extension
1.1       bowersj2   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
1.3     ! lira       18: can use directional buttons on the web page or remote to follow the
1.1       bowersj2   19: sequence. Sequences are stored in files that must use the extension {}``.sequence''.
                     20: Sequences can contain other sequences and pages.
1.3     ! lira       21: \item A \textbf{Composite Page}\index{Page} is a type of \textbf{Map\index{Map}} which
1.1       bowersj2   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
1.3     ! lira       24: 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.
1.1       bowersj2   25: \end{itemize}