LON-CAPA Help

• Defaults that can be overridden in an individual Authoring Space by an Author or co-Author

  Currently, there are four domain defaults of this type (which can be overridden using selections from the Settings dropdown list item in the inline menu).

  • Deactivate CodeMirror for EditXML editor

    This sets whether CodeMirror (which provides line numbering, syntax highlighting and auto-insertion of balancing tags etc.) will be activated when using the EditXML editor. Deactivation can improve performance and accessibility, but provides reduced functionality.

  • Dom. Coords. can enter Authoring Spaces in domain

    This sets whether Domain Coordinators may enter Authoring Spaces belonging to other authors in their domain using the Co-Author: Select Author link beneath the Domain Coordinator role selectio item on the Roles page.

  • Default Copyright/Distribution

    This sets the default selection in the Copyright/Distribution select box in a new metadata file when first publishing a file in Authoring Space.

  • Source Available selection set in a new metadata file

    This sets the default selection in the Source Available select box in a new metadata file when first publishing a file in Authoring Space.

• Defaults that can be overridden for an individual Authoring Space by a Domain Coordinator

  Currently, there are three domain defaults of this type (which can be overridden via the "View or modify a course or community" interface).

  • Available Editors

    Possible editoes are: Standard editor (Edit) Text editor (EditXML) and the Daxe editor (Daxe)

  • Authoring Space quota (MB)

    This sets the default disk space allocation for Authoring Spaces in the domain. Different defaults can be set based on institutional user type of the Author. Institutional types themselves are set vis the Domain configuration screen for "Default authentication/language/timezone/portal/types".

  • WebDAV access availability

    This sets the default availability of WebDAV access to Authoring Spaces (server must be running https). Different defaults can be set based on institutional user type of the Author.