Working with HTML pages in Resources

Note: To complete the procedures in this document, you must be assigned a role having the necessary permissions. To determine your role, follow the directions in Participant roles. For a basic understanding of roles and permissions, see Permissions and roles: Overview.

Note: This feature does not work with Safari, or Internet Explorer for Mac OS or Mac OS X.

Adding an HTML page

To create and display an HTML page to your Resources area, follow these steps:

  1. In your site's menubar, click Resources.

  2. Next to the folder to which you want to add the HTML page, mouse over Add, and click Create HTML Page.

  3. Use the WYSIWYG editor to create your page, and then click Continue.

  4. Enter a title and an optional description in the text areas provided.

  5. Choose your page's copyright status, add copyright information, and display a copyright alert:

    • If you select Use copyright below , a text box will appear in which you can add information about the copyright.
    • For information about copyright and fair use, click more info.
    • If you would like to display the terms to users when they access your page, select Display copyright alert and require acknowledgment when accessed by others. This option will require users to agree to the copyright terms to view the page. To see the alert, click what's this?. You cannot edit this alert.

  6. Under "Availability and Access", control who can access the page and when its available, as follows:
    • To display the page to site members only, select Only members of this site can see this file.
    • To share the page with another site to which you belong (e.g., as an attachment to a syllabus item for another course or project you're leading), select This file is publicly viewable. (This option is not available if the folder to which you're adding the page is publicly viewable.)
    • To display the page only to selected groups, select Display this file to selected groups only., and then select the group(s) that should have access. For more information on groups, see Managing groups.
    • To show or hide your page, or set a beginning and/or ending date for its visibility, click the appropriate selections. (This option does not appear when you're adding an item to Resources in My Workspace.) Site administrators will always be able to see hidden items, even when they are hidden from other users.

  7. Next to "Email Notification", specify whether or not you want to have members of the site notified automatically via email when the resource is posted. (This option does not appear when you're adding an item to Resources in My Workspace.)

  8. Click Finish.

Editing an HTML page's details

To edit the name, description, copyright status, or availability and access settings for an HTML page, mouse over Actions, and then click Revise Details. Make your changes, and then click Update to save them.

Updating an HTML page

To update the content of an HTML page, mouse over Actions, and then click Revise Content. Make your change, and then click Update.