--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Batch_Creation.tex	2020/07/18 00:00:37	1.7.2.1
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Batch_Creation.tex	2020/07/01 20:09:07	1.9
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ following, with MSU-specific values repl
 <disresdis>1</disresdis>
 <disablechat>1</disablechat>
 <openall></openall>
+<openallfrom></openallfrom>
 <notify_dc>1</notify_dc>
 <notify_owner>1</notify_owner>
 <owner>
@@ -121,6 +122,10 @@ A value of 0 or blank is equivalent to a
 
 Dates are in the format YYYY:MM:DD:HH:MM:SS (:separators required)
 
+If openall has a value of 1, but openallfrom is blank, then the opendate
+set at a course-level will be the time the batch creation of the course occurs,
+otherwise the date specified for openallfrom will be the date used. 
+
 firstres can be nav, syl, or blank for ``Navigate Contents'',
 Syllabus, or no entry respectively.