Administrators can manage all content in the Content Collection through Manage Content in the Administrator Panel or through the Content Collection tab. Administrators are automatically granted Manage permissions to all files and folders; this allows them to perform any action on all files and folders. These actions include
Move, copy, rename, and delete all files and folders
Create files and folders in all directories
Manage all files and folders. This includes modifying locks, quotas and permissions.
Search all files and folders
Details information about using and managing content may be found in the Blackboard Content System User Manual.
All personal folders appear when the Administrator opens the Users, Courses, e-Reserves, or Organizations folders. For example, when courses is opened, only folders for courses in which the Administrator is enrolled or in which he or she is the Instructor will appear.
Administrators may access and manage ALL Users, Courses, e-Reserves and Organizations folders in the Content Collection. All folders and files may be opened through the Find Folder, Search and Go To Location tools.
When the library or institution folders are opened, all folders that are available in the Content Collection appear.
When a new course or user is added to the Blackboard Learning System, corresponding folders in the users or courses folders in the Content Collection are not automatically created. A personal folder in users is automatically created the first time the user enters the Content Collection. A course folder in courses is automatically created when the Instructor enters the Content Collection. Students in a course will not see a course folder unless the Instructor or Administrator grants them permissions to do so.
An Administrator will not be able to locate a user’s home folder (for example, /users/studentA) or a course folder (for example, /courses/courseId) until the user has entered the Content Collection at least one time. When the user first enters, the Content Collection generates all appropriate folders for the user.
Administrators should keep the following in mind while managing content:
Administrators may assign Workflow tasks through the Administrator Panel. Tasks must be modified and tracked through the Content Collection Tab.
Administrators may modify the quota of course folders. A quota should only be set for these folders to manage hardware limits. If possible, leave this field blank.
Take care when granting permissions to areas of the Content Collection, as all folders and items inherit permissions from the parent folder. For example, if permissions were granted in the /courses directory, these permissions would also exist for everything in the /courses directory.