Manage Default Folder Settings  /users

Overview

When users with specific roles enter the Content Collection for the first time, a folder with their name is automatically created in the users directory. The Default Folder Settings  users page allows Administrators to select the default quota for these folders on the basis of role. Different quotas may be assigned to different roles. Users are given full permissions to their folder; this includes read, write, remove, and manage permissions.

 

Note: The Virtual Hard Drive page allows Administrators to select which roles have folders automatically created for them in the users directory.

Find this page

Follow these steps to open the Default Folder Settings  /users page.

 

  1. Open the Administrator Panel.

  2. Select Settings under Content System. The Settings page will appear.

  3. Select Default Folder Settings. The Default Folder Settings page will appear.

  4. Select Manage next to the /users folder.

Fields

Set a Default Quota for each type of role. For example, Student folders may be set to 20 MB, but Faculty folders may have a quota of 25MB. If a user has multiple Institution roles assigned to them, the quota for his or her user folder is derived from the highest quota assigned to any of these roles. For example, if one of the roles has a quota of 25MB and another has a quota of 35MB, the user would be assigned 35MB.

 

Note: The default quota cannot be changed for existing folders. If a quota is changed, only folders created for new users in that role will have the new quota size. For example, if the quota for Instructors is changed, the folder size for existing Instructors will not change. Folders for new Instructors will have the new quota.

Administrators may change the quota for existing folders on an individual basis. This option is found on the Properties page for the user folder.

Removing Institution Roles

If the Administrator removes an Institution role from the system, the quota settings for that user group will be lost.