{"id":4664,"date":"2022-01-12T13:18:46","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T18:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/metit\/?page_id=4664"},"modified":"2024-09-19T12:54:10","modified_gmt":"2024-09-19T16:54:10","slug":"class-files","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/metit\/services\/ed-tech\/labs\/virtual-labs\/tutorials\/class-files\/","title":{"rendered":"Class Files Folder in Virtual Labs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8220;Class Files&#8221; folder is a read-only folder in the Virtual Labs where instructors can provide files for the students to use for their course work.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/metit\/files\/2022\/01\/ClassFilesIcon.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-4668\" width=\"79\" height=\"89\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Inside the &#8220;Class Files&#8221; folder there are several sub-folders for each course:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/metit\/files\/2022\/01\/ClassFiles-636x444.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4669\" width=\"464\" height=\"294\" \/><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h4>Requesting a Class Files Folder<\/h4>\n<p>To request a Class Files folder, <a href=\"\/metit\/about\/\">contact us<\/a> with your class details and the files you wish to upload.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h4>Creating or Modifying Files as an Instructor<\/h4>\n<p>Every instructor has read\/write permissions to the Class Files sub-folder for their course. To create new files or modify the files in your Class Files folder:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Connect to the MET Virtual Labs.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Open the &#8220;Class Files&#8221; folder and navigate to your course&#8217;s sub-folder.<\/li>\n<p>\n        <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/metit\/files\/2022\/01\/ClassFiles2-636x444.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4670\" width=\"436\" height=\"244\" \/><\/p>\n<li>Create or modify your files as needed; they will be updated for all students.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<hr\/>\n<h4>Working with Class Files as a Student<\/h4>\n<p>Students have <strong>read-only access<\/strong> to the Class Files folder. When working on assignments, students should make their own copy of the required files.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Connect to the MET Virtual Labs.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Open the &#8220;Class Files&#8221; folder and navigate to your course&#8217;s sub-folder.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Drag and drop the file needed for the assignment to the Virtual Lab&#8217;s blue desktop.<\/li>\n<p>\n            <img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/metit\/files\/2022\/01\/CopyFilesfromClassFiles-636x325.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-4667\" width=\"454\" height=\"234\" \/><\/p>\n<li>Close the &#8220;Class Files&#8221; folder and work with the copied file.<\/li>\n<p><\/p>\n<li>Save the file remotely (<a href=\"\/metit\/services\/ed-tech\/labs\/virtual-labs\/saving\/\n\">instructions here<\/a>) to avoid losing changes when logging off.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The &#8220;Class Files&#8221; folder is a read-only folder in the Virtual Labs where instructors can provide files for the students to use for their course work. Inside the &#8220;Class Files&#8221; folder there are several sub-folders for each course: Requesting a Class Files Folder To request a Class Files folder, contact us with your class details [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12389,"featured_media":0,"parent":3385,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/metit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4664"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/metit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/metit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/metit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/12389"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/metit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4664"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/metit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4664\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8426,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/metit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/4664\/revisions\/8426"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/metit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3385"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/metit\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4664"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}