--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Roles_Screen.tex 2010/08/23 11:37:23 1.10 +++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Roles_Screen.tex 2013/08/20 15:35:30 1.15 @@ -1,11 +1,13 @@ -\label{Roles_Screen} -After logging into LON-CAPA with your username and password, you will -see a screen where you can select your ROLE. LON-CAPA is a roles-based -system. You can always use the same login even though your roles may -change. You can be an instructor in one class, a TA for another class, -and an author of resources -- all with the same username. Selecting -\textbf{Roles} -on the Main Menu will bring you back to -the \textbf{Roles} screen. - -NOTE: If you only have one role, you will bypass this screen. +\label{Roles_Screen} +After logging into LON-CAPA with your username and password, you will see a screen +where you can select your ROLE. LON-CAPA is a roles-based system. You can always use +the same login even though your roles may change. You can be an instructor in one +class, a TA for another class, and an author of resources -- all with the same +username. Selecting \textbf{Roles} on the Main Menu will bring you back to the +\textbf{Roles} screen. + +Two types of Roles exist in LON-CAPA: Authoring Roles, and Course Roles. +Authoring roles are used to develop learning resources. The course role is where +resources are inserted into courses. You may have multiple instances of either +type of role. For example, each separate course has a course role. You may develop +more than one authoring space role depending on your depth of usage of LON-CAPA.