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Added some documentation for slots. Also placed it in the course coordinator manual

 \label{Slot_SelectingField}
	 
 The system will read the file into the system. You will then be prompted to specify the input type of each field. A set of types is given for each field. There are three mandatory types, slot name, starting time, and ending time. A mandatory type means that a field must be specified having that meaning.  The input choices are as follows:
	 
 \begin{itemize}
	 \item \textbf{Slot name}. The name or identifier of the slot. The name of the slot must be unique, and it must have no spaces. This input is mandatory, you must specify a field for this input type.  	
	 \item \textbf{Type of slot}. This determines whether students are allowed to schedule him/herself for this slot or whether the instructors assign students to this slot. The valid inputs for this field is either "preassigned" or "student\_selectable". There must be no space before or after the comma. If this type is not specified, the slot type defaults to preassigned or instructors assignable.	
	 \item \textbf{Slot Description}. A description of the slot.	
	 \item \textbf{Start Time of slot}. This determines the time when a slot starts to open. This input type is mandatory. There are various accepted  format for this field. Two of which are "YYYYMMDDHHMNSS" and "MM/DD/YYYY HH:MM:SS".   	
	 \item \textbf{End Time of slot}. This determines the time when a slot ends and a user cannot access the resource. This input is mandatory. The accepted format for this field is the same as for the start time of slot.
	 \item \textbf{Reservation Start Time}.	This determines when a student can start reserving for the slot. The accepted format for this field is the same as for the start time of slot.
	 \item \textbf{Date range of slot exclusion}. Sometimes a student is limited to a number of slot use for a particular date period. This field allows a range of dates where a student may not have more than one slot reservation/use. The format is "StartingDate - EndingDate", where starting date and ending date are time, which is the same for start time of slots. 	
	 \item \textbf{Maximum number of reservations}. The number of students allowed to reserve this slot. This is useful when slots are opened in a classroom/lab, and there is a limited number of seats. 	
	 \item \textbf{IP or DNS restriction}. The set of computers that can be used to use this slot between the starting time and the ending time of slots. This can be a set of IP addresses separated by spaces, or with the use of wildcards (*), or even computer names.  	
	 \item \textbf{List of proctor ids}. The list of proctor id that must authenticate the student before the student can open the slot. The proctor ids are separated by a space.  
	 \item \textbf{Secret word proctor uses to validate}. The password the proctors use when authenticating the students.	
	 \item \textbf{Resource Restriction}. Restricts which page (only test/homework pages) can be opened using this slot. This is a url of the page that is restricted by the source. 	
	 \item \textbf{Sections slot is restricted to}. When choosing preassigned slot type, you can choose a section that can open this slot. Only students in that section can open a particular slot. Separate slots by spaces.	
	 \item \textbf{Users slot is restricted to}. When choosing preassigned slot type, you can choose a list of students that can open this slot. Student ids are separated by spaces.
 \end{itemize}