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Collaborate with Database guide

Collaborate with students to create, display and search a bank of content using Database.

Update Database name

  1. Turn Edit mode on.
  2. Open the section where the content is located.
  3. Select the quick edit icon alongside the content.
  4. Type the new title and then press Enter on your keyboard. Selecting outside the editable area will not save the changes.

Edit Database settings

  1. Turn Edit mode on. Edit settings menu
  2. Select the chevron to the left of the section title to open it.
  3. Open the three dots menu alongside the content.
  4. Select Edit settings.
  5. Make your changes and select Save and display.
  6. Select the back button on the browser to return to the section of the module that you were working on.

Move Database

You can add new content in any location within a section. You can move the content to a new location if required.

  1. Turn Edit mode on.
  2. Open the section where the content is located.
  3. Open the section to where you want to move the content. 
  4. Ensure all other sections of the module are closed.
  5. Using the left button on your mouse, click and hold the white space surrounding the file name. The cursor will change into a four-arrowed shape
  6. Drag your content to the section you want it to display, then release the mouse button.
    • If you are working on a long module, keep the left mouse button pressed and select the up or down arrow on your keyboard to navigate to the new location for the content. Release the mouse button when the content has reached the correct location.

You can also move content using the Module index.Content moving from position 1 to position 2 under Week 2 of the module

  1. Turn Edit mode on.
  2. Open module index on the left of the screen.
  3. Hover your mouse to the left of the title within the Module index that you want to move.
  4. Using the right button on your mouse, click and hold the content on module index, then drag and release it to the section you wish to move it to.

 

Finally you can move content using the content settings menu.

  1. Open the three dot menu to the right of the content.
  2. Select Move.
  3. An overlay window will open displaying all sections on the module. Open the section where you want to move the content.
  4. Select the location below which want to move the content.

 

 

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