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1.5       webbsuza    1: \label{Docs_Uploading_From_Harddrive}Any file you create on your hard drive
1.6       riegler     2: can be uploaded into your course (e.g., PowerPoint presentations or PDF
1.5       webbsuza    3: files).
                      4: 
                      5: To upload a file from your hard drive into the course, do the following:
                      6: 
                      7: \begin{enumerate}
                      8: 
                      9: \item Create the document and save it to your hard drive.
1.9     ! raeburn    10: \item Log in to the course to which you wish to add content.
        !            11: \item Select \textbf{Course Editor} on the Inline Menu or 
1.6       riegler    12: \includegraphics[width=0.03\paperwidth]{docs}
                     13: \textbf{Edit course contents}
                     14: within Main Menu. 
1.8       lira       15: \item Click on \fbox{Upload} on the menu bar of the \textbf{Course Editor} screen.
1.9     ! raeburn    16: \item Type in the path to your document or click the \fbox{Browse...} button to find the 
        !            17: the document on your hard drive. You can upload a single file (e.g., pdf, ppt etc.) 
        !            18: or an archive file (zip and tar files are acceptable) from which multiple files can be
        !            19: extracted. 
1.5       webbsuza   20: \item Type the document title in the Title text box.
1.8       lira       21: \item Click the \fbox{Import Content} button.
1.5       webbsuza   22: 
                     23: \end{enumerate}
                     24: 
1.7       lira       25: \label{Upload Web Page}Special Notes on importing \textbf{Web Pages}\index{web page}: If you have already created a
                     26: web page outside LON-CAPA you can upload the images when you first
                     27: upload the web page, in one of two ways.  Either:
                     28: 
1.9     ! raeburn    29: (a) upload the web page via: Course Editor -$>$ Upload -$>$ Upload
1.7       lira       30: File, and check the \textbf{Upload embedded images/multimedia files if HTML
                     31: file} checkbox.  You will them be prompted to upload the image files (as
                     32: dependencies)
                     33: 
                     34: or
                     35: 
                     36: (b) Create a zip (or tar) file archive containing the web page and the
                     37: images (e.g., in a sub-folder).  Use:
                     38: 
1.9     ! raeburn    39: Course Editor -$>$ Upload -$>$ Upload File
1.7       lira       40: 
                     41: to upload the zip file.  LON-CAPA will prompt you to decide what should
                     42: be done with the content.
                     43: 
                     44: In general, there is no need for image/multimedia files to be loaded into the
                     45: course content hierarchy if the images are linked from a Web Page.  Instead, upload the
                     46: web page(s) that contain the images, and then upload the images as
                     47: dependencies.  One limitation of this method currently, is that if you
                     48: use the same linked content in many places, those file cannot be shared and must
                     49: be duplicated for each page. If you 
                     50: upload a Web Page and forget to check to box to include embedded images/multimedia
                     51: files, you can still upload the individually. See the section
                     52: \ref{Docs_Web_Page} for more information about working with Web Page file dependencies.
                     53: 
1.5       webbsuza   54: NOTE: Your new file will be visible the next time you log in, or by
1.7       lira       55: \fbox{re-initializing course}.