--- loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Slot_Use.tex 2021/03/09 23:31:28 1.1.2.5
+++ loncom/html/adm/help/tex/Slot_Use.tex 2021/03/09 18:58:58 1.4
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-\label{Slot_Use}\index{slots}\index{reservations}
+\label{Slot_Use}\index(slots}\index{reservations}
If you wish to restrict access to content in a course to particular IP address(es)
and/or dates, one way to do that would be to use the ``Client IP/Name Access Control'' parameter
@@ -7,8 +7,9 @@ to control access by IP address, and the
control access by date.
LON-CAPA also provides a separate mechanism to restrict access to assessment item(s),
-i.e., resource(s) with a file extension of .problem or .Task, which can be useful in the
-case where students will reserve access in advance to content at a particular time and/or place.
+i.e., resource(s) with a file extension of .problem or .Task, or a gradable external tool,
+which can be useful in the case where students will reserve access in advance to content
+at a particular time and/or place.
One example would be a laboratory which has limited seating, and which is offered multiple
times over a given time period, but for which students should only be able to reserve access
@@ -100,9 +101,9 @@ In the case of a student-schedulable slo
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Although a Course Coordinator can use either Settings $>$ Content Settings $>$ Edit Resource
-Parameters - Table Mode or Settings $>$ Content Settings $>$ Modify Resource Parameters -
+Parameters - Table Mode or Settings $>$ Content Settings $>$ Modify Resource Parameters -
Overview Mode to display values set for specific users for ``Slots of availability selected
-by student'' (availablestudent), the preferred method is to use the Slot Management Utility.
+by student'' (availablestudent), the preferred method is to use the Slot Management Utility.
The utility provides the ability to view a list of students who have reserved a slot, and
also to remove some or all of the reservations, as needed.