--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_Overview.tex 2010/05/22 21:51:32 1.10
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_Overview.tex 2013/07/15 12:32:20 1.11
@@ -8,31 +8,30 @@ on the Main Menu.
This screen allows you to create new resources and arrange
LON-CAPA resources from the LON-CAPA network.
-\textbf{Main Course Documents} make up the course itself. Students use the navigation
-controls to move through the Main Course Documents. Main Course Documents are listed on
-the \textbf{Course Contents} screen. Main Course Documents were added to
+\textbf{Main Content Editor} tab makes up the heart of course itself. Students use the navigation
+controls to move through the Main Content. \textbf{Main Content}\index{main content} is listed on
+the \textbf{Contents} screen. Main Content was added to
LON-CAPA in 2003, so pre-2003 courses (as well as courses deliberately created in
-the old style) will not have Main Course Documents.
+the old style) will not have Main Content. The Main Content was called
+Main Content\index{Main Content} from then until version 2.11.
-\textbf{Supplemental Course Documents} are attached to the course but do
-not appear in the main course sequence. Students access these documents by
+\textbf{Supplemental Content} is on another tab on the \textbf{Course Editor} page.
+It is attached to the course but does
+not appear in the main course sequence or main course folder. Students access these documents by
selecting
-\includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{subdocs}
-\textbf{View supplemental course documents}
-on the Main Menu.
-Supplemental Course Documents
-are particularly useful for auxiliary files that may not be directly viewable
+the \textbf{Supplemental Content} tab while viewing the \textbf{Course Content}. Supplemental Content
+is particularly useful for auxiliary files that may not be directly viewable
or usable in a browser, such as PowerPoint presentations or Word documents --
some of which may not work on all students' computers.
These the two types of Course Documents are essentially identical,
-except Main Course Documents have some options not available
-to the Supplemental Course Documents.
+except Main Content has some options not available
+to the Supplemental Content.
-NOTE: These capabilities provide instructors the ability to extend
+NOTE: These two types of content provide instructors the ability to extend
already existing courses, or personalize courses with their own syllabi
-or information pages. Main Course Documents and Supplemental Course Documents
-do not carry over from one course to another. To create
-documents for use in multiple courses, please talk to your LON-CAPA
+or information pages. While coursed can be copied or cloned, for the ultimate power
+in creating reusable content, you will want to become a content \textbf{Author}.
+Please talk to your LON-CAPA
Domain Coordinator about becoming an Author. For more information about becomming an Author, see
-the LON-CAPA Author's Manual available online at \underbar{http://help.lon-capa.org}.
+the LON-CAPA Author's Manual available online at \texttt{http://help.lon-capa.org}.