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

[raeburn]

raeburn		Sun Mar  3 22:30:56 2024 EDT

  Modified files:              
    /loncom/html/adm/help/tex	Domain_Configuration_Course_Defaults.tex 
  Log:
  - Document course/community default for: Course/Community users can 
    create/upload PDF forms. 
  
  
Index: loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Course_Defaults.tex
diff -u loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Course_Defaults.tex:1.15 loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Course_Defaults.tex:1.16
--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Course_Defaults.tex:1.15	Sun Mar  3 21:30:59 2024
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Course_Defaults.tex	Sun Mar  3 22:30:56 2024
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 \begin{itemize}
 \item \textbf{Defaults that can be overridden in an individual course by a Course Coordinator} 
 
-Currently, there are five domain defaults of this type (which can be overridden
+Currently, there are six domain defaults of this type (the majority of which can be overridden
 using Settings $>$ Course Settings $>$ Display with ``Display of resources'' checked).
 
 \begin{itemize}
@@ -20,6 +20,22 @@
 and the domain default.  If no default renderer has been set, MathJax is used in 
 LON-CAPA 2.12 and later, whereas TeX to HTML (tth) is used in LON-CAPA 2.11 and earlier.
   
+\item Course/Community users can create/upload PDF forms
+
+Starting with LON-CAPA 2.12 the ``Grading and Statistics'' panel in the Main Menu displayed 
+to students can include ``Upload a PDF Form with filled Form Fields'' to support 
+automated grading of completed PDF forms. Each PDF form itself will have been generated 
+by a student using LON-CAPA's print utility -- with the ``with Form Fields'' selected in 
+the ``PDF Form Fields'' drop-down list in the Layout Options box on the first page of the 
+printout generation dialog.
+
+Setting ``Yes'' in the domain configuration for ``users can create/upload PDF forms''
+sets use of PDF forms as the default for all courses and communities in the domain.
+This can be overriden in specific courses by a Course Coordinator using 
+Settings $>$ Course Settings $>$ Display with ``Printout generation'' checked,
+and selecting an option for ``Users can print problems as PDF forms and upload later 
+for grading'' other than ``use domain default''.
+
 \item Student formula entry uses inline preview, not DragMath pop-up
 
 For problems that require a formula input via a textbox, the default is to