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Embed, Exchange or Remove Resource Folder

Last modified by Carina Enke on 18.11.2025

Assign a resource folder to your course as follows:

Open the More settings menu in the top right corner of the course.
Select the first entry Settings.
The Course settings dialogue opens. Click the Assign resource folder button in the Course tools section under Resource folder.
It opens an overview of all resource folders for which you are responsible as an owner. Select the desired folder by clicking on the corresponding plus icon in the Actions column.
The selected resource will be displayed in the course settings dialogue under Currently assigned together with its title, ID and creation date.
You can edit the assignment at any time: To choose a different resource folder, click on Change. To completely remove the current assignment, select Remove assignment. Warning Files from the resource folder that have already been used in the course can no longer be accessed when the resource folder has been exchanged or removed. Warning You can only embed one resource folder per course. Information With the release of OPAL 11.4, the function for embedding a resource folder has become available in the new user interface. How to embed a resource folder in the old user interface through the detailed view is explained in this section: Embed resource folder in the old user interface ... To use a resource folder in a course, proceed as follows: Open the course and select the entry Details and settings from the menu. In the Learning resource area on the right, click on Change properties and switch to the tab Resource folder. Click on Select and use the Select link to add a resource folder to your course. In the storage folder of the course, you will now find the subfolder _sharedfolder.