Working with folders 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.

Folders are a useful way to organize your Resources area, and make it easier for site participants to find the items they need.

Creating new folders

By default, your Resources area has one folder in it, named after your course or project site. To add a subfolder, follow these steps:

  1. Next to the existing folder, from the Add menu, choose Create Folders.

  2. Next to "Folder Name", enter a title for your folder.

    Note: Avoid using unsupported characters in folder titles; see Unsupported characters.

  3. To add a description and control who can access the contents of the folder, click Add details for this item. For more information, see Changing the permissions for a folder in Resources.

  4. To create another folder, click Add Another Folder.

    Note: To remove a folder from the list of folders to add, click the red X next to it.

  5. Click Create Folders Now.

Editing a folder

To edit the name, description, or availability and access settings for a folder, mouse over Actions, and click Revise Details. Make your changes, and then click Update to save them.

Reordering folder contents

For instructions about reordering the contents of a folder, see Reordering items in Resources.