Overview of Manage Files

To begin click on Edit Course > Manage Files

Here you will see all of the files that have been uploaded into your course currently.

Click create “New folder” to create a new folder inside your manage files. Generally it is good practice to name your folder something that identifies it as a group of files you want to place in there. For example you might wish to name the folder where you place all of your module 1 files “M1” so that it is easy to identify if a file from module 1 ever breaks in Contents

General Folder naming conventions are as follows:

• It must be 30 characters or less
• It should not contain spaces or special characters
• Sub-folders should not go more than 3 levels in otherwise you may start to see problems with rendering

Click on New File to create a new html file inside your Manage Files. Give it a name, create the contents and then click “Create”.

You can then add this file to the Contents of your course by clicking on the dropdown arrow of the newly created file, clicking “Add Content Topic“, then selecting the “Parent Module” and clicking “Add”

However the preferred way of creating is directly through the Content tool. Go to Content > Create a file. Give your file a title and populate its contents. After it has been created you can then come back into Manage Files and then move it into an appropriate folder 

To move files or folders from one area to the another first click on the checkbox next to the file or folder’s name and click on the “Cut” icon (scissors).

Now click into the Folder that you would like to place them into and then click on the “Paste” icon.

Alternatively you can use the “Cut” and “Paste Here” commands in the dropdown menu next to the desired item and destination folder.

*Note*

files that are moved from one folder to another will automatically synchronize in the Content so you do no have to worry about these files delinking when you move them.

*Warning*

Before renaming a file understand that if it is already linked to Contents area it will unlink from the Contents area and it will have to be reattached.

To rename a file click on the dropdown menu next to the file name and click “rename”. A name file name should include:

• 30 characters or less
• no spaces and no special characters

To upload a file into Manage Files click on the upload icon.

A popup box should appear asking you to upload your file. Upload your file then click “Save”

Please note the list of acceptable file types that are compatible with the Learning Hub below:

HTM, HTML, MHT, MHTML, RTF, PPT, PPS, PDF, DOC, DOCX, PPTX, XML, XLS, TXT, WPD, XLSX, XLS, JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIF, TIFF, SWF, MPG, MPEG, RM, MP3, MP4, M4V, M4A, AVI, WAV, RAM, ASF, MOV, RA

To download files or folders tick the check box next to the desired files or folders and click the download icon. A popup should appear on your screen with some clickable text with name of your course.

Click on this text to begin downloading the selected item into your computer. The files or folders will be downloaded into a .zip format

*Warning*

Once deleted, files cannot be restored

To delete files or folders from Manage Files tick the checkbox next to the desired files or folders and then click the delete icon. A popup will appear, click “Yes” to delete the items