[LON-CAPA-cvs] cvs: loncom /html/adm/help/tex Docs_About_Bulletin_Board.tex Docs_About_My_Personal_Info.tex Docs_About_Simple_Page.tex Docs_About_Syllabus.tex Docs_Alternatives.tex Docs_Creating_From_Template.tex Docs_Editing_Templated_Pages.tex

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Index: loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_Creating_From_Template.tex
diff -u loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_Creating_From_Template.tex:1.3 loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_Creating_From_Template.tex:1.4
--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_Creating_From_Template.tex:1.3	Fri Jun 20 14:39:24 2003
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_Creating_From_Template.tex	Tue Jul 15 15:09:49 2003
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-\label{Docs_Creating_From_Template}Several templates are available for you
+\label{Docs_Creating_From_Template}
+
+Several templates are available for you
 to fill out and add to your course.
 
 To add a templated document to your course, click on the button for the templated
@@ -8,57 +10,5 @@
 titled the page, if necessary, the page will be added to the end of the current
 Course Documents folder.
 
-\begin{itemize}
-\item \textbf{Syllabus}\index{Syllabus} adds a traditional syllabus
-page, which can be filled out with various standard Syllabus information.
-\item \textbf{Simple Page} allows you to add a simple HTML page to the course,
-with an area for text, and an area to add web references. Give the page a
-\textbf{Title}, type plain text into the \textbf{Content} textbox, and add
-any links to other resources in the \textbf{Web References} section, where
-they will be turned into HTML links for the students.
-\item \textbf{Bulletin Board} allows you to add a dedicated Bulletin Board page
-to the course. By default in LON-CAPA, \emph{all} pages can host discussion,
-but you may wish to centralize the discussion, or provide a place for general
-course-related discussion.
-\item \textbf{My Personal Info} will add your personal information page, which
-is the same across all LON-CAPA courses you may be an instructor for. This
-is a place to provide a general introduction to yourself for your students,
-and a photo, if you like.
-\end{itemize}
-To edit the pages, click on the page's link in the Course Documents area,
-next to the blue arrows, \textbf{Remove} and \textbf{Rename} link. Each template
-behaves in much the same way: Several labeled fields are provided, with text
-boxes below them. Fill out the ones that apply to your course. Leave the
-rest blank, and they will not be displayed to students. When you are done,
-click one of the \textbf{Store} buttons to save your work.
-
-When you click \textbf{Store}, \emph{all} changes made to any textbox on
-the screen are saved. Thus, you need not click \textbf{Store} for every single
-textbox; the \textbf{Store} buttons are shown next to each box for your convenience
-only.
-
-To see how the page looks without the text boxes, click the \textbf{Public
-View} or \textbf{Show Student View} link near the top of the page. This will
-show you how the page looks to everyone else.
-
-The \textbf{My Personal Info} template and \textbf{Simple Page} templates
-will allow you to upload a photo from your harddrive. Either type the path
-on your harddrive to the photo you wish to upload, or click the \textbf{Browse...}
-button to select a file to upload. Click the \textbf{Upload} button to copy
-the photo from your hard drive to LON-CAPA.
-
-\textbf{Note}: The \textbf{My Personal Info} page is a special page in that it
-belongs to you, not the course. Everywhere you insert that page will have the same
-contents, and all changes made to one will propogate to all others. Bear
-that in mind as you fill it in; since it may appear for multiple courses you 
-may not wish to add course-specific information.
-
 The new document will appear in the course next time you \textbf{Re-Initialize}
 the course on your \textbf{ROLES} screen, or login, whichever comes first.
-
-All of these document types are provided for your convenience; you are
-not required to use them. If for instance you prefered to create your
-own Syllabus\index{Syllabus}, you can create an HTML page and either
-upload it into the course like any other document (see
-\ref{Docs_Uploading_From_Harddrive}), or host it on another web server
-and add it as an External Resource (see \ref{Docs_Adding_External_Resource}).

Index: loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_About_Bulletin_Board.tex
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_About_Bulletin_Board.tex
\label{Docs_About_Bulletin_Board}

\textbf{Bulletin Board} allows you to add a dedicated Bulletin Board page
to the course. By default in LON-CAPA, \emph{all} pages can host discussion,
but you may wish to centralize the discussion, or provide a place for general
course-related discussion.


Index: loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_About_My_Personal_Info.tex
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_About_My_Personal_Info.tex
\label{Docs_About_My_Personal_Info}

\textbf{My Personal Info} will add your personal information page, which
is the same across all LON-CAPA courses you may be an instructor for. This
is a place to provide a general introduction to yourself for your
students. My Personal Info will allow you to upload a photo into it.
On the editing screen, either type the path to the photo, or click the
\textbf{Browse...} button to select the file to upload, and then click the
\textbf{Upload} button. 

\textbf{Note}: The \textbf{My Personal Info} page is a special page in that it
belongs to you, not the course. Everywhere you insert that page will have the same
contents, and all changes made to one will propogate to all others. Bear
that in mind as you fill it in; since it may appear for multiple courses you 
may not wish to add course-specific information.

Index: loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_About_Simple_Page.tex
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_About_Simple_Page.tex
\label{Docs_About_Simple_Page}

\textbf{Simple Page} allows you to add a simple HTML page to the course,
with an area for text, and an area to add web references. Give the page a
\textbf{Title}, type plain text into the \textbf{Content} textbox, and add
any links to other resources in the \textbf{Web References} section, where
they will be turned into HTML links for the students. Simple Pages
allow you to upload a graphic into them. On the editing screen, either
type the path to the photo, or click the \textbf{Browse...} button to
select the file to upload, and then click the \textbf{Upload} button.

Index: loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_About_Syllabus.tex
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_About_Syllabus.tex
\label{Docs_About_Syllabus}

\textbf{Syllabus}\index{Syllabus} adds a traditional syllabus
page, which can be filled out with various standard Syllabus
information.

Index: loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_Alternatives.tex
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_Alternatives.tex
\label{Docs_Alternatives}

All of these document types are provided for your convenience; you are
not required to use them. If for instance you prefered to create your
own Syllabus\index{Syllabus}, you can create an HTML page and either
upload it into the course like any other document (see
\ref{Docs_Uploading_From_Harddrive}), or host it on another web server
and add it as an External Resource (see \ref{Docs_Adding_External_Resource}).

Index: loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_Editing_Templated_Pages.tex
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Docs_Editing_Templated_Pages.tex
\label{Docs_Editing_Templated_Pages}

To edit the pages, click on the page's link in the Course Documents area,
next to the blue arrows, \textbf{Remove} and \textbf{Rename} link. Each template
behaves in much the same way: Several labeled fields are provided, with text
boxes below them. Fill out the ones that apply to your course. Leave the
rest blank, and they will not be displayed to students. When you are done,
click one of the \textbf{Store} buttons to save your work.

When you click \textbf{Store}, \emph{all} changes made to any textbox on
the screen are saved. Thus, you need not click \textbf{Store} for every single
textbox; the \textbf{Store} buttons are shown next to each box for your convenience
only.

To see how the page looks without the text boxes, click the \textbf{Public
View} or \textbf{Show Student View} link near the top of the page. This will
show you how the page looks to everyone else.

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