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How to Allow Users to Include Attachments in Learning Activities

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This article covers how to allow users to include attachments to a learning activity.

Enabling Attachments Setting in a Learning Activity

The Administrator will create the learning activity as they wish. Once it is created, they will need to send the activity to stage and follow these steps. 

To create the learning activity, you can access any of the following articles.

Enabling attachments does use additional storage on our site, please use attachments feature sparingly as if there is an increase in storage used, this feature will need to be disabled.

Step 1: After the activity is created, click on the Optional button.

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Step 2: Under Resources, select Attachments.

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Step 3: Check the Allow learners to attach files to this activity checkbox.

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Step 4: You can designate a File upload deadline date and add any Instructions for the learner.

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Step 5: Click on the OK button.

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Step 6: Click on the Validate for Production button.

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Step 7: Click on the Move to Production button.

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Review and Approve Attachments

Step 1: Search for the activity. Under the Actions column, click on the down arrow and select Manage Roster.

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Step 2: Locate the user and select their name.

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Step 3: Click on the checkbox next to the activity name and click on the Review Files button.

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Step 4: Click on the Download button to review the attachment.

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Step 5: Add any notes and click on the Save button.

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Step 6: You can update their attendance status if you have not already done so.

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Step 7: Click on the Apply button and the OK button to apply the changes.

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Step 8: The page will refresh and under the Attachment Status column, the status will change to Reviewed.

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This concludes how to allow users to include attachments to a learning activity.

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