Subscribing to Files

Files that reside outside your course in a sharable location, such as Repository or Template Manager, can be added to your course by creating file subscriptions. File subscriptions maintain continuity between copies of a file by allowing changes to the original file to be automatically reflected in the file in your course.

NOTE: If you do not want changes to the original file to be reflected in the file in your course, you can create a copy of the file instead.

1. From the File Manager screen, navigate to the folder in which you want to create the file subscriptions.
    
2. Click Get Files. The Content Browser pop-up window appears.
    
3. Click the icon for the sharable location, either Repository or Template Manager, that contains the files that you want to add to your course.
    
4. Navigate to and locate the files..
    
5. Next to each file to which you want to subscribe, select the check box. To subscribe to all files in a learning context, next to Title, select the check box.
    
6. Click OK. A new Content Browser pop-up window appears.
    
7. Select a subscription option:
   • To create subscriptions to all files, click Subscribe to all Files.
   • To create subscriptions to some files and copy other files, under What do you want to do?, individually select Subscribe or Copy for each file.
      
8. Click OK.
   • If there are no naming conflicts, the File Manager screen appears and the file subscription appears in the list of files. All file subscriptions display the Subscribed to a remote file icon next to the ActionLinks icon.
      
   • If the destination folder contains files or file subscriptions with the same name as the file subscriptions you are creating, the Resolve Naming Conflicts screen appears:
     1. For each file subscription with a naming conflict, do one of the following:
        • To select a new destination folder, from the Select another location drop-down list, select a folder. NOTE: Only the original destination folder and sub-folders of the original destination folder are available for selection.
           
        • To create a destination folder:
          1. Click Create Folder. The Create Folder pop-up window appears.
          2. In the Title text box, enter the name for the folder. NOTE: The folder name can include multiple words and spaces.
          3. Click OK. The folder is created and appears in the Select another location text box.
              
        • To rename the file subscription, select Rename and in the text box, enter a new file name.
           
        • To replace the file in the destination folder with the file subscription you are creating, select Replace existing.
           
     2. Click OK.

The File Manager screen appears and the file subscriptions appear in the list of files. All file subscriptions display the Subscribed to a remote file icon next to the ActionLinks icon.