Adding resources

As a moderator you can add resources to a room for use in a session. Resources are added to the Presentation explorer, where they can be made available for viewing and editing in the Canvas.

Add a resource

1. Click the New Resource icon on the Presentation explorer tool bar.
2. Select a resource type from the following options:
3. • New Canvas  Creates a blank canvas.
   • New File Resource Uploads a file such as an image, MS Word document, Power Point presentation or HTML file.
   • New Quicklink Resource Creates a link to content in Learning Environment or another resource.
   • New Web Resource Uses an integrated Web browser to link to and navigate an internet web page.

Create a new canvas

Enter a Name for your canvas, and click OK.

Create a new file resource

1. From the New File Resources pop-up, enter a name in the Resource Name field.
2. Click either Select File (to select a file that has already been uploaded) or Upload File (to upload a new file from your computer), and click Next.
3. Browse for the file and choose a folder to upload to.
4. Click Create Resource.

Note For Power Point presentations, each slide is converted to an image and saved as a separate resource. The new files take the original file name plus the slide number.

To create a new Quicklink resource

1. From the Insert Quicklink pop-up, select a component type in the Category field.
2. Select the actual item you want to link to in the Item field.
3. In the Link Caption field give the link a name for use in the Presentation explorer.
4. Click Insert.

Create a new web resource

1. From the New Web Resource pop-up, give your new web resource a name.
2. Enter the web address you want the resource to start from in the URL field, beginning with http://.
3. Click OK.

Control how resources are viewed by others

As the moderator you control how resources are viewed in the Canvas/Resource viewer. You must choose a Browse Type from the drop-down list at the bottom of the Presentation explorer.

• Preview  Room members only see resources you display in the Canvas/Resource viewer. Display a resource by right-clicking on the name of the resource and choosing Activate.
• Follow  Room members see the same resources you see.
• Free  Room members are free to switch between resources in their Presentation explorer as they want. To add a resource to all room members’ Presentation explorers, right-click on the name of the resource and click Unhide.

Hide or unhide a resource

You can control which resources appear in users’ Presentation explorers by right-clicking on the name of the resource and choosing either Hide or Unhide.