WebDAV Information

WebDAV, which stands for Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning is an Internet protocol that allows a connection to be established between the eLearning server and your local computer. Once this connection is set up, you can drag and drop large numbers of files from your computer directly into your eLearning course. 

OBTAINING THE WEBDAV INFORMATION

First, logon to eLearning and do the following:

  1. From the Build tab, select File Manager from the left-side menu under the Designer Tools section.
  2. On the File Manager page, click on the action icon (down arrow) beside the word FILE MANAGER.
  3. Select "View WebDAV Info" from the list of choices.
  4. Copy this address by pressing Ctrl-C on your keyboard (control key plug the letter C)
  5. Close the box by clicking OK.
  6. Close or minimize eLearning and proceed to the steps below.

CREATING A NETWORK PLACE     

  1. Next, on your computer's desktop, double-click on the icon My Network Places:


  2. Click on Add Network Place.
  3. Click Next.
  4. Select Choose another network location > Specify the address...
  5. Click Next
  6. In the Internet or network address box: Paste [Ctrl-V] the address you copied.
  7. Click Next
  8. Type in your GSC username and password and click OK
  9. Give the new location an easily remembered name such as "My eLearning Folder" or "Intro to Sociology"
  10. Click Next
  11. Uncheck the box for "Open this network place when I click Finish". The click on Finish.

This folder can always be accessed by selecting My Network Places on your computer.  By clicking on that network place (folder), you can drag and drop files quickly from your computer into eLearning.

NOTE: Once you get your files into File Manager in eLearning using WebDAV, use the Content File component in eLearning to add these files to your course pages

  1. From the Build tab, go to the Organizer Page to which you wish to add a document.
  2. Click on Content File to the left
  3. Click on Select File.  Place a check next to the file you wish to add.
  4. Click on Add Selected to complete the process.

If you make changes to a file on your computer and then move that file into eLearning, the changes will automatically show up everywhere a link to that file appears in your course, as long as you do not change the file name.