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CoursePlus 101: Working with Files and Folders in the Online Library

September 04, 2020 | 1 Minute Read

This videos in this post are by John McGready, Senior Scientist and Teaching Peer Mentor in the department of Biostatistics.

It’s been a long time since new videos in the CoursePlus 101 series appeared on the CTL Blog. Fortunately, John McGready — Senior Scientist and Teaching Peer Mentor in the department of Biostatistics — recorded tasks as he performed them in his own CoursePlus sites for the current academic term. While the functionality he demonstrates is covered in the CoursePlus faculty guide, sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words!

This set of videos covers functionality in the Online Library. John is developing content for other modules in CoursePlus.

Deleting Files from the Online Library

This video shows how to delete items — files, subfolders and the files within, and parent folders and all subfolders and items within.

Video: Deleting Files from the Online Library

Adding Folders to the Online Library

This video shows how to create folders and subfolders within the Online Library. The video also talks about the naming restrictions on such folder set-ups.

Video: Adding Folders to the Online Library

Add Files to the Online Library

This video shows how to add files the Online Library. Also discussed is a system-level issue with file naming that can occur when file names are repeated for updated uploads in the Online Library.

Video: Adding Files to the Online Library

Linking Online Library Objects to Class Pages

This video details linking Online Library files and folders to a specific class page (created using PageBuilder), and making sure that the Online Library application is “installed” on the class page.

Video: Linking Online Library Objects to Class Pages

Look for more CoursePlus 101 videos from John in the coming weeks!