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Managing Your Content

• Copy/Paste Files
• Reorder Files
• Creating Folders
• Upload Multiple Files
• Create HTML Pages
• Show Other Sites
• Copy from Other Sites
• Editing the Details of Your Content
• Control Access to Your Content
• Set Permissions for a Folder
• Create a Group Drop Box
• Related Resources

Copy/Paste Files

1. Click Actions
2. Choose Copy from the drop down menu

3. Highlight the folder to which you would like to copy the file 
4. Click Actions and choose Paste from the drop down menu
5. The file will be copied to the designated folder

 

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Reorder Files

Folders added to your Resources sort automatically into alphabetical order. To change the order:

1. Click Actions
2. Click Reorder from the drop down menu.

3. Reorder your folders by dragging and dropping them into their desired positions. Larger sets that are reodered will give you the option to manually enter the number for the item in the list.
4. Click Save to save your changes or Cancel to return.

 

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Creating Folders

1. Click Create Folders

2. Click Add Another Folder to add additional folders. Use the "X" to remove folders
3. Name your folder(s)
4. Click Create Folders Now

 

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Upload Multiple Files

1. Go to Resources > Add > Upload files

2. Select Add Another File

3. Click Upload Files Now

 

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Create HTML Pages

1. Click Add > Create HTML Page

2. Enter content into Editor and click Continue

3. Enter a Name and any necessary details (see Editing the Details of Your Content)
4. Click Finish

To edit an existing HTML page, locate the HTML page and click Actions > Edit Content

 

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Show Other Sites

To view folders from other sites without leaving your current site

1. Click Show other sites

2. You will now be able to see all of the folders from sites to which you belong

 

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Copy from Other Sites

To copy content from one site to another

1. Locate the source site and select the content you would like to copy
2. Click Actions and then select Copy
3. Locate the destination site where you would like the copied content to appear. Choose the appropriate folder if necessary.
4. Click Actions and select Paste. Alternatively, you may click the paste icon next to the desired location.
5. The content will be copied and pasted into the destination site.

Note: You can copy and paste single files, multiple files, single folders or even multiple folders. To copy and paste multiple items, check the boxes next to the content and click Copy at the top of the screen. Then, click the paste icon or click Actions and choose Paste to paste the content into the destination site.

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Editing the Details of Your Content

To edit the details of your content

1. Click Actions and then select Edit Details

You will be brought to a form to fill out information about your content

2. Edit the Name and/or Description
3. Control the Availability and Access of your site (discussed further in the next section)
4. Set parameters for Showing or Hiding content
5. Click Update when finished

Note: When content is added to the Description it can be accessed using the ADD IMAGE details button within Resources.

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Control Access to Your Content

After selecting to Edit Details of your content, you are given the option to edit the Availability and Access. Here you can select whether your content will be available to:

• Members of the Site
• The Public
• Selected Groups/Sections

1. Select the desired option

• If selecting to make the contents publicly viewable, make sure to select and copy the Web Address (URL) at the bottom to give out to public participants

• If selecting to display to selected groups only, continue by selecting your desired groups

2. Click Update when finished

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Set Permissions for a Folder

1. Click Actions and choose Edit Folder Permissions

2. Use the check boxes to edit permissions for each role.
3. Available permissions are:

• new: Create or add a new file/folder
• read: Read a file/folder
• revise: Revise a file/folder
• delete: Delete a file/folder
• hidden:  Hide file/folder from others without permission

4. Change permissions by selecting a checkbox associated with a role
5. Click Save

 

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Create a Group Drop Box

1. First, Create a Folder.
2. Click Add details for this item.

3. Under Availability and Access, select Display to Selected Groups only.
4. Select the group(s) you want to access the dropbox.

5. Click Create Folders Now.
6. After you have created the folder, select Actions > Edit Folder Permissions.

7. You can edit the permissions for the students to allow them to add new content, revise their own, and delete their own, which are the recommended settings for the dropbox.
8. When you are finished, click Save.

 

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Related Resources:

• Tips & Tricks
• Copying & Pasting Resources (Video)
• Creating Folders (Video)
• Managing Details (Video)
• Create a Group Drop Box (Video)