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

raeburn raeburn at source.lon-capa.org
Tue Aug 27 14:47:18 EDT 2013


raeburn		Tue Aug 27 18:47:18 2013 EDT

  Modified files:              
    /loncom/html/adm/help/tex	Help.tex 
  Log:
  - More accurate description of contextual help symbol.
  - Help documents are searchable
  - Help toolbar may occasionally include link to FAQ-o-matic documentation.
  
  
Index: loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Help.tex
diff -u loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Help.tex:1.5 loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Help.tex:1.6
--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Help.tex:1.5	Sun Jul 14 02:39:24 2013
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Help.tex	Tue Aug 27 18:47:18 2013
@@ -1,12 +1,17 @@
 \label{Help}
-\index{help}\index{help icon}On many LON-CAPA pages, you will see small blue circle 
-\includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{help} with a white 
-question mark inside. The blue circles are links to relevant help documentation.
+\index{help}\index{help icon}On many LON-CAPA pages, you will see one or more small blue circles 
+(each with a white question mark inside) \includegraphics[width=0.025\paperwidth]{help}. 
+These blue circles are links to relevant help documentation.  
+Each LON-CAPA help page also includes a search box, in which you
+can enter keyword(s) to search all LON-CAPA help documents.
 
 Also, a \textbf{Help} link is available in the upper right. This help page
 provides links to the course manual (from within a course) or the author manual
 (from the authoring space) and provides both an online version and pdf version.
 You may wish to save a pdf version of each so that you can reference the help for one
 role while working in the other role. The help page also provides a link to 
-request help from the LON-CAPA help desk and a link to report bugs.
+request help from the LON-CAPA help desk and a link to report bugs (Course Coordinators
+and Authors only).  In some cases you may also see a green square containing a white question mark
+alongside the text: ``FAQ''.  This provides a link to relevant help item in the
+user-contributed documentation found in the LON-CAPA FAQ-o-matic system. 
 




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