[LON-CAPA-cvs] cvs: loncom /html/adm/help/tex Edit_Syllabus.tex

[raeburn]

raeburn		Tue Aug 27 18:19:02 2013 EDT

  Modified files:              
    /loncom/html/adm/help/tex	Edit_Syllabus.tex 
  Log:
  - Information about different syllabus types.
  - Information about student access to Syllabus, either within a course 
    (added via Course Editor), or via Syllabus item in inline menu.
  
  
Index: loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Edit_Syllabus.tex
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--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Edit_Syllabus.tex:1.7	Mon Jul 22 03:02:46 2013
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 \label{Edit_Syllabus}
-By default, the syllabus is placed in your course documents, and you
-can access it from the \textbf{Main Contents} screen. There is also a link to your syllabus for each course 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{Save All} buttons to save
-changes to your syllabus. Clicking the \textbf{Show Public View}
-link will show you what the syllabus looks like to your class. You
+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 ``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 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 \fbox{Save} to save it.
+
+\item \textbf{Uploaded file}
+You can upload a file (e.g., a PDF of HTML file) if you have already created a syllabus document. Click the Bowse button tp locate the file, and the 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 into LON-CAPA.