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Managing File Subscription
Introduction
WebCTs Help for: Managing File Subscription, German Version, French Version.
This page offers step by step instructions to linking content from another learning context into a Vista section. Further information can be found in Part 4, Chapter 17, Sect.: "Managing File Subscription" Designers and Instructors Reference, WebCT Vista 4 (pdf, 2.5 MB) p 351. Get UN & PW at edutech Vista Support.
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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.
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- From the File Manager screen, navigate to the folder in which you want to create the file subscriptions.
- Click Get Files. The Content Browser pop-up window appears.
- Click the icon for the sharable location, either Repository or Template Manager that contains the files that you want to add to your course.
- Navigate to and locate the files. For more information on navigating, see Navigating with Content Browser.
- 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.
- Click OK. A new Content Browser pop-up window appears.
- Select a subscription option:
- 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.
- 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.
Note: Make sure that all elements that are needed are linked to the target section and placed it the same folder as in the 'repository'-folder to guaranty that any relative links in the files will work. If you forget to link the file of an image needed in a HTML page, this image will not show in the target section.
Unsubscribe a File
If you have subscribed to files that reside outside of your course, you can cancel those file subscriptions at any time. Canceling a file subscription replaces the file subscription with a file copy meaning that changes to the original file will no longer be reflected in your course. This gives you ownership of the copied file and all file options become available to you. File subscriptions are identified in File Manager by the Subscribed to a remote file icon that appears next to a file's ActionLinks icon.
NOTE: If you want to delete the file subscription from File Manager, simply delete the file.
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- From the File Manager screen, select the checkbox next to each file subscription you want to cancel.
- Click Unsubscribe. A confirmation message appears.
- Click OK. The File Manager screen refreshes. The Subscribed to a remote file icon for each selected file subscription no longer appears and the subscription has been replaced by a file copy.