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    1: \label{Resource_Types}
    2: 
    3: LON-CAPA provides three types of resources for organizing your course website.
    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
    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{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
   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 the web page or remote 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{Composite 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''. The course manual describes ways to combine resources in folders, which is an alternative to creating composite pages.
   25: \end{itemize}