--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Edit_Syllabus.tex 2006/07/12 19:03:55 1.3 +++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Edit_Syllabus.tex 2013/11/25 17:25:13 1.10 @@ -1,11 +1,49 @@ -\label{Edit Syllabus} -By default, the syllabus is placed in your course documents, and you -can access it from the \textbf{Navigate Course Contents} screen or the \textbf{Course Documents} screen. There is also a link to your syllabus on the \textbf{User Roles} screen. - -As a Course Coordinator, you see the syllabus in Edit Mode. Fill in one or more -of the text boxes and click any of the \fbox{Store} buttons to save -changes to your syllabus. Clicking the \underbar{Show Public View} -link will show you what the syllabus looks like to your class. You +\label{Edit_Syllabus} + +For Course Coordinators, the inline menu includes a \textbf{Public} dropdown item containing selections +for Syllabus and Feeds. For all other course participants, the inline menu will include a \textbf{Syllabus} item, unless the Syllabus has been included in the course's Content area, and items have been added to it. There is also a link to a course's syllabus for each course listed on a user's \textbf{Roles} screen. + +The main effect of including a Syllabus item explicitly within course content is that students will be able to generate a PDF for printing using LON-CAPA's print utility. If, on the other hand, the syllabus is not added to the contents, but instead remains as an item in a student's inline menu, students will need to use a browser's own printing support to print it. + +When you select ``Syllabus'' from the \textbf{Public} dropdown a syllabus page will be displayed +containing the current syllabus style specified for your course. +By default, this will be the standard template, which includes a listing of Course Personnel +(and their roles in the course), and any fields which have been completed previously +using the Syllabus template. + +By default, a syllabus item will have been placed in your course's Main Content + area when your course was created (unless it was cloned from an existing course). +You can use the \underline{Remove} link for this item in the Course Editor if you do not wish +to have the syllabus included within the Main Content. + +To edit the syllabus select \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{edit} +\textbf{Edit} from the Functions menu. + +Your choices for the syllabus are: +\begin{itemize} +\item \textbf{Minimal template} +Use the Rich text editor to create a single HTML document, including formatting etc. +You can include image files by clicking the image icon in the text editor (second row +of buttons, fourth from right). In the Image properties pop-up enter the file name. +Click "Save and Edit" or "Save and View". If you have included an image, click LON-CAPA's +Manage Dependencies button to display a screen where you will be prompted to upload the image file. + +\item \textbf{Standard template} +Fill in one or more of the text boxes and click any of the \fbox{Save All} buttons +to save changes to your syllabus. By default, users with non-student roles will be displayed in a table at +the top of the syllabus. You can either uncheck display of this item entirely, or choose which course +personnel and/or roles will be displayed. + +\item \textbf{External URL} +Enter a web address in the text box. Use the \underbar{Preview} link to preview the page, and the \fbox{Save} button to save it. + +\item \textbf{Uploaded file} +You can upload a file (e.g., a PDF or HTML file) if you have already created a syllabus document. Click the Browse button to locate the file, and the \fbox{Save} button to save it. + +\end{itemize} + +Clicking the \textbf{Exit Editing} +link will show you you how the syllabus will look when viewed by your students. You can copy the URL of your syllabus and distribute it to anyone. The -syllabus is publicly viewable and anyone can see it, even without logging in to LON-CAPA. +syllabus is publicly viewable and anyone can see it, even without logging into LON-CAPA.