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1 Assign a resource folder to your course as follows:
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7 Open the [[image:LMS.Benutzerhandbuch OPAL.Icons.WebHome@Icon_zweiRädchen.png||height="23" width="23"]] **More settings** menu in the top right corner of the course.
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13 [[image:attach:Kursrun - Kurseinstellungen ändern_en.png||data-xwiki-image-style="img-screen" data-xwiki-image-style-border="true" width="500"]]
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17 Select the first entry **Settings**.
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20 The **Course settings** dialogue opens. Click the [[image:LMS.Benutzerhandbuch OPAL.Icons.WebHome@Icon_Link intern.png||height="18" width="18"]] **Assign resource folder** button in the **Course tools** section under **Resource folder**.
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22 [[image:attach:Kurseinstellungen - Ressourcenordner neu zuordnen_en.png]]
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26 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 [[image:LMS.Benutzerhandbuch OPAL.Icons.WebHome@Icon_Plus.png||height="21" width="21"]] **plus icon** in the **Actions** column.
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29 [[image:attach:Kurseinstellungen - Ressourcenordner auswählen_en.png||data-xwiki-image-style="img-screen" data-xwiki-image-style-border="true" width="500"]]
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33 The selected resource will be displayed in the course settings dialogue under **Currently assigned** together with its title, ID and creation date.
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36 [[image:attach:Kurseinstellungen - zugeordneter Ressourcenordner_en.png||data-xwiki-image-style="img-screen" data-xwiki-image-style-border="true" width="500"]]
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40 You can edit the assignment at any time:
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42 * To choose a different resource folder, click on [[image:LMS.Benutzerhandbuch OPAL.Icons.WebHome@Icon_Link intern.png||height="27" width="27"]] **Change**.
43 * To completely remove the current assignment, select [[image:LMS.Benutzerhandbuch OPAL.Icons.WebHome@Icon_Link entfernen.png||height="22" width="22"]] **Remove assignment**.
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46 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.
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50 You can only embed one resource folder per course.
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54 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:
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57 To use a resource folder in a course, proceed as follows:
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59 * Open the course and select the entry **Details and settings** from the menu.
60 * In the **Learning resource** area on the right, click on **Change properties** and switch to the tab **Resource folder**.
61 * Click on **Select** and use the **Select** link to add a resource folder to your course.
62 * In the **storage folder **of the course, you will now find the subfolder **_sharedfolder**.
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