In the Resources tool, you can make many kinds of materials available online. Resources can include word processing documents, spreadsheets, slide presentations, links to web sites, and simple text documents that display right on the page.
In Resources, you can post up to 10 items at a time, post items outside of folders, create folders inside other folders, and create HTML documents. You can show or hide an item at any time, and set a start and/or end time for its availability.
Using the Permissions feature, site owners can control which types of users can read, post, revise, and/or delete files in specific folders. Site owners and instructors can make a resource available to anyone by choosing to post it with the "public view" setting checked.
Viewing resources: When you click Resources
in a site's menubar, you will see a list of that site's
resources and folders containing resources. Click a resource's title
to open it. To view the contents of a folder, click the folder icon
next to the folder's name or the name itself to open it, or click the
black arrow next to the folder's name to expand it (i.e., make its
contents visible without opening it).
Sorting resources: You can sort the resources by title, size, resource creator, and last modified date. Site leaders can customize the order in which items appear.
Sharing resources: Each item is available via a URL, which you can share with site participants.
Drag and drop: You can drag and drop files to and from your desktop using WebDAV. For more information, see Uploading files to Drop Box and Resources using WebDAV with Windows XP or Uploading files to Drop Box and Resources using WebDAV with Mac OS X.
Group spaces: Resources can be shared with pre-defined groups, which gives you more control over who has access to resource items.