Now that we are done with an overview of the different problem types, we can discuss creating content. Content creation is done in construction space or private space. If you click the ROLES button on your remote control, you will see that you have the role of author and/or co-author. Authors and co-authors have permission to create resources in the LON-CAPA system.

All resource creation is done in your construction space. After clicking ROLES on the remote control and becoming an author or co-author, you have permission to access construction space by clicking the CSTR button on the remote control.

In construction space, you will mainly be doing the five following actions:

1. Creating directories.
2. Uploading content pages (.html or .htm pages) and images into your construction space.
3. Creating problems.
4. Creating maps (sequences and pages).
5. Publishing resources.

When you access construction space, you will see a green frame at the top of your browser window. You will use the functions in this frame upload files from your machine and create directories. There are other functions in this frame as well.

To create problems, you go to the location bar in your browser window and enter in the URL of your future resource. For example, if I want to create a problem called matching.problem in my subdirectory called demo, I type http://tmp1.lite.msu.edu/priv/felicia/demo/matching.problem in the location bar and hit enter. I will then be brought to the resource that is on that page. Because this resource does not exist yet, LON-CAPA will automatically bring up the problem editor.

The same technique above is used for created .page and .sequence files, but instead of LON-CAPA automatically bringing up the problem editor, it will bring up the RAT - Resource Assembly Tool.