How To Add an Asset to an eCourse

1 Introduction

An asset is a piece of data, or a file, that can be uploaded to the bxp software system. It can be a piece of text, a MS Office document (Word, Excel, PowerPoint), an image, or a video. Assets are only available for use when attached to a page in an eCourse.

PLEASE NOTE: This article assumes that the reader has already created an eCourse, with a chapter and page in place. If you are unsure how to create an eCourse, please review the following links; Module eCourse and eCourse Knowledgbase for more information. To add an Asset to an eCourse, you must have edit access to the book in question.

2 How to Add an Asset

1. Open the eCourse File:eCourse icon.png Module
2. Go to Read a Book | Select the book in question
3. Expand the chapter in question | click on the page that you want to attach the asset to
4. At the bottom left of the screen there are two buttons which will allow you to upload information to the page
5. Click "Add Text to this Page" if you want to add plain text. You can also use this to insert web links
6. To upload a file, click "Add Media to This Page" | click 'Browse' | select the file to upload | click "Upload File"

Any user that has access to this book will be able to view the asset information on the page