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

[raeburn]

raeburn		Sun Mar 29 21:53:08 2026 EDT

  Modified files:              
    /loncom/html/adm/help/tex	Domain_Configuration_Course_Defaults.tex 
                             	Course_Prefs_Printouts.tex 
  Log:
  - Bug 6121. Update documentation for availability of PDF Forms in a course
    for both domain defaults and course-specific settings, including size limit.  
  
  
Index: loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Course_Defaults.tex
diff -u loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Course_Defaults.tex:1.17 loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Course_Defaults.tex:1.18
--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Course_Defaults.tex:1.17	Sun Apr 14 17:12:30 2024
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Domain_Configuration_Course_Defaults.tex	Sun Mar 29 21:53:08 2026
@@ -22,19 +22,20 @@
   
 \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.
+Starting with LON-CAPA 2.12 a ``PDF Form'' item can be present in the second row of menu headers displayed to students. The ``Grading and Statistics'' panel in the Main Menu displayed 
+to students can also include an ``Upload a PDF Form with filled Form Fields'' item. Both of these links point to a PDF Form upload utility which supports 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''.
+for grading'' other than ``use domain default''. If PDF Forms will be available, a decision needs to be made on whether problems containing checkboxes will be rendered as checkbox form fields or as two-option select box form fields. If checkbox form fields are included, PDF forms typically need to be filled out using a viewer other than Adobe Acrobat Reader.
+
+\item Maximum upload size for a fillable forms PDF (MB)
+
+A limit can be set for the maximum allowable size for a PDF file uploaded to the PDF Form upload utility.
 
 \item Student formula entry uses inline preview, not DragMath pop-up
 
Index: loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Course_Prefs_Printouts.tex
diff -u loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Course_Prefs_Printouts.tex:1.4 loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Course_Prefs_Printouts.tex:1.5
--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Course_Prefs_Printouts.tex:1.4	Sat Aug 20 16:06:50 2016
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Course_Prefs_Printouts.tex	Sun Mar 29 21:53:08 2026
@@ -29,5 +29,15 @@
 The dropdowns: $<1><2>$  etc. can be used to re-order the items in the header.
 
 \item Disable automatically printing point values on bubblesheet exams (default is ``no'')
+\item Allow PDFs to include fillable form fields.
+
+These PDFs can be completed offline and then submitted using the PDF Form upload utility. If no course-specific configuration is set then the domain default setting determines if PDF forms are supported.
+
+If PDF Forms will be allowed, a choice needs to be made whether problems containing checkboxes will be rendered as checkbox form fields or as two-option select box form fields.  If checkbox form fields are included, PDF forms typically need to be filled out using a viewer other than Adobe Acrobat Reader.
+
+\item Maximum upload size for a fillable forms PDF
+
+A course-specific limit can be set for the maximum allowable size for a PDF file uploaded to the PDF Form utility.  If none is set the default value for the course's domain will apply.
+
 \end{itemize}