--- 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}.