[Building Sakai] Why is the Attachments folder not visible via Resources?

[John Norman]

IIUC you may also find the permissions on attachments are not what you expect, so exposing the folder may have unexpected consequences.

John

On 10 Sep 2010, at 14:12, Adam Marshall wrote:

> I was assuming that attachments are stored in a special attachments folder wthin a site's Resources tool - by all accounts this is not true! I was also assuming this was trhe case for assignments.
> 
> As reagrds asssignments, if the assignments folder were hidden from access users then the students wouldn't be able to view or delete their essay. However, as Matthew (Buckett - sat just over there) points out, you wouldn't be able to easily tell which document belonged to which user so the ability to browse would be pretty useless!
> 
> adam
> 
> 
> | -----Original Message-----
> | From: sean at keesler.org [mailto:sean at keesler.org] On Behalf Of Sean
> | Keesler
> | Sent: 10 September 2010 13:37
> | To: Adam Marshall
> | Cc: sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org
> | Subject: Re: [Building Sakai] Why is the Attachments folder not visible
> | via Resources?
> | 
> | Wouldn't the rationale be to keep students from deleting/changing the
> | files that they turned in in response to an assignment?
> | 
> | It would be pretty cool to be able to have access to that collection
> | of "all of my work" in all my classes if I am trying to assemble a
> | portfolio to show my future employer what I have accomplished while at
> | University X. Right now this is pretty difficult to do. I'd need to
> | actually go to each assignment, click the link to my work and download
> | it locally and then add it back into the portfolio tools.
> | 
> | 
> | Sean Keesler
> | 130 Academy Street
> | Manlius, NY 13104
> | 315-682-0830
> | sean.keesler at threecanoes.com
> | 
> | 
> | 
> | On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 7:50 AM, Adam Marshall
> | <adam.marshall at oucs.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
> | > Thanks.
> | >
> | > However, I'd like Joe Everyday-User to be able to browse attachments
> | / Assignments via resources.
> | >
> | > adam
> | >
> | > | -----Original Message-----
> | > | From: sean at keesler.org [mailto:sean at keesler.org] On Behalf Of Sean
> | > | Keesler
> | > | Sent: 10 September 2010 12:32
> | > | To: Adam Marshall
> | > | Cc: sakai-dev at collab.sakaiproject.org
> | > | Subject: Re: [Building Sakai] Why is the Attachments folder not
> | visible
> | > | via Resources?
> | > |
> | > | As a member of the Admin Workspace I can see attachments via some
> | path
> | > | like:
> | > | attachments/<site name>/Assignments/<file name>/<file name>
> | > |
> | > | Sean Keesler
> | > | 130 Academy Street
> | > | Manlius, NY 13104
> | > | 315-682-0830
> | > | sean.keesler at threecanoes.com
> | > |
> | > |
> | > |
> | > | On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 6:30 AM, Adam Marshall
> | > | <adam.marshall at oucs.ox.ac.uk> wrote:
> | > | > Does anybody know the logic for not displaying the "Attachments"
> | > | folder in resources. As I understand it, every Resources tool has
> | one -
> | > | it would be quite useful to be able to browse all attachments.
> | > | >
> | > | > The same goes for Assignments. I understand uploaded assignments
> | are
> | > | stored in Resources, it would be useful if (say) super-admins could
> | > | visit the assignments folder. We have a need for this as we may
> | need to
> | > | download assignments of students who have now left the the
> | University.
> | > | >
> | > | > adam
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