Services Folders can hold links to Services and other folders.
Folders may be added or modified by accessing the Add Folder page view or Modify Folder page view. The fields on the Add Folder page and Modify Folder page are the same and the pages function in a similar manner. The difference being, the Add Folder page opens with empty fields while the Modify Folder page opens with populated fields.
Follow these steps to open the Add Services Folder or Modify Services Folder page.
Step 1 Click Manage Tabs from the Portal Areas section of the System Control Panel.
Step 2 Click Modify for the Services tab.
Step 3 Click Services from the Modify Tab: Services page.
Step 4 From the action bar, click Add Folder or click Modify for an existing Folder.
The table below details the fields on the Add/Modify page view.
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Description |
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Folder Information |
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Name: |
Select a folder name from the drop-down list. |
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Or, specify your own name: |
Enter a name for the folder if one of the provided folder names is not suitable. |
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Choose color of name: |
Click Pick to select a color for the folder name display. Blackboard Portal System allows the Administrator to select from 216 different colors to customize the color of the folder. |
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Text: |
Enter a description of the folder. The following options are available: · Smart Text: Automatically recognizes a link entered in the text box. Smart text recognizes the ENTER key as a paragraph tag and accepts HTML tags as well. Smart Text will also prompt to load images if an image source text is used when adding smart text as part of a content item. · Plain text: Displays text as written. · HTML: Displays text as coded using HTML tags. · √x: Opens the WebEQ Equation Editor. · <¸>: Opens the MathML Equation Editor. · ABC: Opens Spell Check. · Preview: Opens the text as it will appear to the user.
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Options |
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Do you want to make folder visible: |
Click Yes or No to indicate whether or not the folder is to be available to users. |
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Choose date restrictions |
Check Display After and Display Until then select the range of dates that the folder will appear. Select dates using the drop-down lists or click on the icon for a calendar interface.
To display the folder from a date forward, check Display After and select a date but do not check Display Until. To display the folder from the current date until a future date, check Display Until and select a date but do not check Display After. |