--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Spreadsheet_Hierarchy.tex	2006/08/08 17:47:27	1.3
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Spreadsheet_Hierarchy.tex	2016/01/03 04:48:01	1.4
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 \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}
 
@@ -11,24 +11,27 @@ associated with a student's performance
 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 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}).
+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}