--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Spreadsheet_Hierarchy.tex 2005/05/03 17:56:08 1.2
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Spreadsheet_Hierarchy.tex 2016/01/03 04:48:01 1.4
@@ -1,34 +1,37 @@
\label{Spreadsheet_Hierarchy}
-There are three different types of spreadsheets inside LON-CAPA: Assessment Spreadsheets, Student Spreadsheet, and Course Spreadsheet.
+There are three different types of spreadsheets inside LON-CAPA: Assessment Spreadsheets, Student Spreadsheet, and Course Spreadsheet.
\begin{enumerate}
\item \textbf{The Assessment Spreadsheets}
-An assessment level spreadsheet provides access to all of the parameters
-associated with a students performance on a particular homework, quiz,
+An assessment-level spreadsheet provides access to all of the parameters
+associated with a student's performance on a particular homework assignment, quiz,
or exam.
Each student has an assessment spreadsheet for every assessment in the course.
The assessment spreadsheets provide data to their parent, the student level
-spreadsheet, via the \textbf{export row} (\ref{Spreadsheet_Export_Row}).
+spreadsheet, via the assessment spreadsheet \textbf{export row} (\ref{Spreadsheet_Export_Row}).
+Multiple assessment spreadsheets can be used in cases where the instructor configures
+grade categories.
\item \textbf{The Student Spreadsheet}
-The student level spreadsheet presents data to the students on their
-performance in the course.
-There is only one possible student level spreadsheet definition,
+The student level spreadsheet summarizes the assessment spreadsheet data for the students.
+There is only one default student level spreadsheet definition,
but the data varies for each student.
+The student spreadsheet is programmed to permit the instructor to assign different
+assessment spreadsheets for different grade categories or other uses.
The data present in the student spreadsheet is imported from the
\textbf{export row} (\ref{Spreadsheet_Export_Row})
-of each assessment spreadsheet for all of the the assessments currently in
+of each assessment spreadsheet for all of the assessments currently in
the course.
-The student spreadsheets pass summary data to the course level spreadsheet
-via the \textbf{export row} (\ref{Spreadsheet_Export_Row}).
+The student spreadsheets pass summary data to the course-level spreadsheet
+via the student spreadsheet \textbf{export row} (\ref{Spreadsheet_Export_Row}).
\item \textbf{The Course Spreadsheet}
The course spreadsheet contains all of the summary data for the students in
-the course. There is only one course spreadsheet.
+the course.
\end{enumerate}