[LON-CAPA-admin] Unhidden folders in course

[Bynum, Lee Hamilton]

Hi Stuart,

That did the trick.  All Resources -> All Students were set to "No" for hidden resources.  I was looking for resource level settings and overlooked the student specific ones.

Thanks!

Lee

> -----Original Message-----
> From: LON-CAPA-admin <lon-capa-admin-bounces at mail.lon-capa.org> On
> Behalf Of Raeburn, Stuart
> Sent: Monday, January 7, 2019 1:54 PM
> To: list about administration and system updating <lon-capa-
> admin at mail.lon-capa.org>
> Subject: Re: [LON-CAPA-admin] Unhidden folders in course
> 
> Lee,
> 
> If the "hiddenresource" parameter is set to "No" at an "Enclosing map/Folder
> level" for a resource at the same level in the course hierarchy as a set of
> folders for each of which the "Hidden" checkbox is checked in the Course
> Editor, then the checkbox states, as shown in the Course Editor, will be
> overridden and the "hidden" set in the Editor will not be in effect.
> 
> The same is true if the "hiddenresource" parameter is set to "No" for "in
> Course" (general).
> Note: a "hiddenresource" parameter could also have been set to "No" for
> specific section(s), group(s) and or users.
> 
> Settings > Content Settings > "Modify Resource Parameters - Overview
> Mode"
> 
> will show all parameters currently set in the course, including those inherited
> from cloning, and not yet deleted.
> 
> Stuart Raeburn
> LON-CAPA Academic Consortium
> 
> ________________________________________
> From: LON-CAPA-admin <lon-capa-admin-bounces at mail.lon-capa.org> on
> behalf of Bynum, Lee Hamilton <leebynum at illinois.edu>
> Sent: Monday, January 7, 2019 1:48 PM
> To: 'lon-capa-admin at mail.lon-capa.org'
> Subject: [LON-CAPA-admin]  Unhidden folders in course
> 
> Hello Everyone,
> 
> We have encountered a course in which hidden folders and resources with
> the setting of Hidden are visible when viewed as students.  This behavior is
> not widespread.  So far it only appears to affect two courses, one of which
> was cloned from the other.  The behavior shows up on all of the access
> servers as well as our library server.  It was not noticed prior to this week and
> one of the courses was used extensively last fall.
> 
> Has anyone else encountered similar behavior?  Any thoughts on what might
> be causing this?  I'm still digging into the settings for these courses and
> haven't ruled out something unexpected, but any insight would be
> appreciated.
> 
> Lee
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