BSCW Project Help Files: Modifying a Folder

The Modify option seen beneath all folders allows a user to change the label of the folder as well as to provide additional information about the folder such as what it contains or what task is to be performed in the folder.

In order to use the Modify option you must left click on the Modify hot link beneath the particular object you wish to modify.

This is an example of a folder with a modify link beneath it:

Modify allows you to do three things in the context of a folder. When you click on modify you will see three options:

	Change the name of the folder.
	Add information to the display directly beneath the folder to describe the folder itself or the activity to take place within the folder.
	Edit or modify the banner for the folder. This function should only be performed by a system administrator.

Note that you cannot perform these three functions simultaneously. If you wish to both change the name of the folder and add a description you must perform one function, click on the appropriate button, click on modify again and perform the second function.

To modify the folder name you simply click in the box, remove the former name, insert a new name for the folder and click on the Rename button. This is what the interface looks like:

The second function allows you to describe the folder. Simply click on the "Edit Desc." button or scroll down the page (all three functions are on a single page). Enter the description into the Description box and click on the Save new description button. You can also redescribe a folder by removing the former text and inserting new text. The interface looks like this after you have inserted the text (the first time you are presented with this box it is empty):



After the system processes your request the folder will now look something like this:

Unless you are a system administrator do not modify the banner!

Your instructor can set privileges for each object so it may be the case that you will be unable to create folders or to modify them. If you have any questions please see your instructor!

This page is managed by Rev. Raymond A. Bucko, S.J. of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Creighton University, the Jesuit College of Nebraska. E-Mail: bucko@creighton.edu Page Last Updated: January 11, 2001