--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_Overview.tex 2006/07/14 18:53:42 1.8 +++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_Overview.tex 2013/08/27 17:41:44 1.13 @@ -1,28 +1,65 @@ -\label{Docs_Overview}A LON-CAPA course is managed through -the \textbf{Course Documents} screen and accessed by selecting \textbf{DOCS} on the Remote Control or 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. Stuents use the navigation -controls to move through the Main Course Documents. Main Course Documents are listed on -the \textbf{Navigate Course Contents} screen. Main Course Documents were 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. - -\textbf{Supplemental Course Documents} are attached to the course but do -not appear in the main course sequence. Students access these documents by -selecting \textbf{DOCS} on the Remote Control or Main Menu. Supplemental Course Documents -are particularly useful for auxiliary files that may not be directly viewable -or usable in a browser, such as PowerPoint presentations or Word documents, -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. - -NOTE: These capabilities 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 -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}. +\label{Docs_Overview} +A LON-CAPA course is managed through +the \textbf{Course Editor} screen which can be accessed in a number of ways. + +\begin{itemize} +\item Selecting \textbf{Course Editor} in the Inline Menu +\item Selecting \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{docs} +\textbf{Edit course contents} from the Main Menu. +\item Clicking the \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{docs} icon in the Tools at the top of +the Course Contents screen. +\item Clicking \includegraphics[width=0.015\paperwidth]{editmap} to the right of a folder name +on the Course Contents screen. (Editor will open that specific folder). +\item Clicking \includegraphics[width=0.015\paperwidth]{docs} in the Functions menu when viewing +content in the course. (Editor will open that specific folder). +\end{itemize} +The Course Editor screen allows you to create new resources, upload resources or import +LON-CAPA resources from the LON-CAPA network. The screen also allows resources to be +rearranged within the course. + +The Course Editor contains three tabs: +\begin{enumerate} +\item Main Content Editor +\item Supplemental Content Editor +\item Content Utilities +\end{enumerate} + +\textbf{Main Content Editor} tab is used to manage the primary content of the course. +Content within this area can: +\begin{itemize} +\item Have parameters set (including dates controlling availability) +\item Can be incorporated in PDFs for printing, created by LON-CAPA's print utility +\item Can be a part of sub-folders for which different students may see a subset of + contents picked from a pool, and/or contents displayed in a different order. +\item Be organized within a hierarchical arrangement of folders and sub folders. +\item Can originate in a variety of ways including import from the shared content pool. +\end{itemize} + +Within the course, 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 (version 1.0), so pre-2003 courses (as well as courses deliberately created in +the old style) will not have Main Content. The Main Content was called +Main Course Documents\index{main content} in versions 1.0 through 2.10. + +\textbf{Supplemental Content Editor} tab is used to manage supplemental content in the course. +Content within this area is restricted to uploaded files, a syllabus page, a web page created using +the HTML editor, or a web page on an external server retrived from a remote site, but displayed within +the LON-CAPA interface. A hierarchical arrangement of folders and sub folders can be created. +Students access supplemental content documents by selecting 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 require a viewer to be installed on a student's computer. + +NOTE: Although the Course Editor provides instructors with the ability to import content +from the shared content pool, or to copy content from other courses, as well as personalize +personalize courses with their own syllabi or information pages, for the ultimate power +in creating reusable content, you will want to become a content \textbf{Author}. This is +especially true if you plan to create your own assignments. The "simple problem" templates +available to create assessment items directly with a course, provide a much restricted set of +components compared to those available when constructing assessment items as an author. + +Policies and methods for creation of \textbf{Author} roles vary depending on user status and domain. If you are a course instructor, and you do not have an authoring role, and you do not see a "Request author role" link on your Roles page, make a request through the "Ask Helpdesk" link available on the "Help" page. +For more information about content authoring in LON-CAPA, see +the LON-CAPA Author's Manual available online at \texttt{http://help.lon-capa.org}.