Friday marks the end of the first semester. If you teach semester long classes, chances are you might want to share some of the resources you have already created and posted with your semester two classes. finalsite makes it VERY easy to copy your home page from one class to another and to share your resource folders between classes. In fact, in just a few minutes you can have your second semester course page set up and ready to go!
Copying Home
Once you have set up your home page, you can easily copy the entire set up to another section. In the upper right corner of the home page, next to Customize, select “
Copy”. This will open the "
Copy Dashboard to Other Groups" window, where you can select the sections to copy the home page layout onto.
NOTE: This will override any other prior customizations on that home page. Copy carefully.
Sharing Resource Folders
Enabling a folder to be shared creates a copy of that folder that appears on as many sections as selected. Shared folders are always connected - once something is edited or updated in a shared folder, it changes everywhere that folder can be seen.
Open the Edit Folder window by hovering over the folder you plan to share and selecting the Edit Folder icon (pencil)
To share the entire folder with one or more of your classes, select “Share this folder with several of my groups”, select all of the classes you would like to share the folder with from the drop down menu that appears and “Save Folder”. The folder will automatically appear on the resource page of the classes you have selected.
NOTE: To share the entire folder with another teacher, select “Enable other groups to share this folder”. This will allow a teacher to bring that folder onto their own course page. However it is important to remember that sharing a folder allows a sign folder to appear in more than one place – any changes made in one place will be reflected everywhere the folder has been shared.
As always, please let me know if you have any questions - I am happy to help!
