--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Roles_Screen.tex 2013/08/20 15:35:30 1.15 +++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Roles_Screen.tex 2013/08/28 03:29:49 1.16 @@ -3,11 +3,13 @@ After logging into LON-CAPA with your us 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 +username. Selecting \textbf{Roles} at the top right of a page, or +\textbf{Switch to another user role} on the Main Menu page will bring you back to the \textbf{Roles} screen. -Two types of Roles exist in LON-CAPA: Authoring Roles, and Course Roles. +Two main 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. +type of role. For example, each separate course has a course role. You may make use of +more than one authoring space role depending on your involvement in collaborative + LON-CAPA content creation.