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\label{Resource_Types}

LON-CAPA provides three types of resources for organizing your course website.
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{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 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{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''. The course manual describes ways to combine resources in folders, which is an alternative to creating composite pages.
\end{itemize}