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Note: To complete the procedures in this document, you must be assigned a role having the necessary permissions. To determine your role, follow the directions in Participant roles. For a basic understanding of roles and permissions, see Permissions and roles.

Note: The option to change folder permissions is not available in My Workspace.

To change permissions for a folder in Resources, follow these steps:

1. Open the site by clicking its tab.
2. In the menubar, click Resources.
3. Next to the folder in which you want to manage permissions, from the Actions menu, choose Revise Folder Permissions.
4. Check or uncheck the boxes to grant the permissions based on participant role. Options for permissions include:
   • new: Add new resources
   • read: View and download resources
   • revise any: Modify any resources
   • revise own: Modify own resources
   • delete any: Remove any resources
   • delete own: Remove own resources
   • all.groups: Allows participants to see all resources, even those assigned to specific groups
5. Click Save. To change your selection, click Cancel.

Note: You can also set comprehensive permissions for all resources in the Resources tool. For instructions, see Changing permissions for a tool in a course or a project site.