--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Slot_Use.tex	2021/01/18 00:32:58	1.1.2.1
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Slot_Use.tex	2021/03/09 18:58:58	1.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-\label{Slot_Use}
+\label{Slot_Use}\index(slots}\index{reservations}
 
 If you wish to restrict access to content in a course to particular IP address(es) 
 and/or dates, one way to do that would be to use the ``Client IP/Name Access Control'' parameter 
@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@ to control access by IP address, and the
 (for problems), and Content Open Date/Content Close Date (for other types of content) to 
 control access by date.
 
-LON-CAPA also provides a separate mechanism to restrict access to assessment item(s),
-i.e., resource(s) with a file extension of .problem or .Task, which can be useful in the
-case where students will reserve access in advance to content at a particular time and/or place.
+LON-CAPA also provides a separate mechanism to restrict access to assessment item(s), 
+i.e., resource(s) with a file extension of .problem or .Task, or a gradable external tool,
+which can be useful in the case where students will reserve access in advance to content 
+at a particular time and/or place. 
 
 One example would be a laboratory which has limited seating, and which is offered multiple 
 times over a given time period, but for which students should only be able to reserve access 
@@ -29,7 +30,7 @@ and passphrase remotely into the user's
 Lastly, slots can also be used as a reservation system, e.g., for office hours, where there 
 is no need for a student to actually submit anything to the assessment item for which access 
 is controlled by slots, but the time/date of the reservation itself made by a student to 
-gain access is of value. 
+gain access is of value.\\\\
 
 \textbf{Course Coordinator View}
 
@@ -52,7 +53,7 @@ created.  Slots can be created in two wa
 choices to be made when configuring a slot.
  
 \item By creating a comma-separated-value (CSV) file containing slot attributes and uploading 
-the file using the Slot Management utility.
+the file using the Slot Management utility, see ``Uploading Slot Attributes File'' section (\ref{Slot_CommaDelimited}).
 
 \end{itemize}
 
@@ -99,11 +100,12 @@ In the case of a student-schedulable slo
 \caption{Parameter setting for student-schedulable slot}
 \end{figure}
 
-Although a Course Coordinator can use parameter management tools to display the ``Slots of 
-availability selected by student'' (availablestudent) parameter, those tools only allow it 
-to be set for the scope of a specific user.  In any event, there is no need to use those tools
-because the Slot Management Utility provides a mechanism to view a list of students who have 
-reserved a slot, and to remove some or all of the reservations, as needed.
+Although a Course Coordinator can use either Settings $>$ Content Settings $>$ Edit Resource 
+Parameters - Table Mode or Settings $>$ Content Settings $>$ Modify Resource Parameters - 
+Overview Mode to display values set for specific users for ``Slots of availability selected 
+by student'' (availablestudent), the preferred method is to use the Slot Management Utility.
+The utility provides the ability to view a list of students who have reserved a slot, and 
+also to remove some or all of the reservations, as needed.
 
 For student-schedulable slots, each slot includes a History link below the Edit link in the
 leftmost column of the table of slots. The History link provides access to information about
@@ -224,7 +226,7 @@ resource after the slot start time (whic
 Conversely, if the student already has a reservation for this second slot for this particular 
 resource, then assuming IP-based restrictions are met, the student will either be shown a 
 proctor validation screen if the slot uses a proctor, or if not, will be checked-in 
-automatically when displaying the resource.
+automatically when displaying the resource.\\\\
 
 \begin{figure}
 \begin{center}\includegraphics[width=0.65\paperwidth]{slots_proctor_validate}\end{center}