Distribute teaching material

Outcome You distribute files, tables, or applications from your Master Instance to every student in the course - including students who join later.

Before you start

• You are a Space Administrator of the course.

• The objects you want to distribute exist in the Current state of the Master Instance.

• You have decided whether to create an Assignment from this distribution (or not).

Distribution sends teaching material to every instance in the course - both existing student instances and any instance created in the future via the Distributed Instance. For the conceptual model, see Concepts › Snapshots, distribution, and states.

Stage and distribute

1

Navigate to the course and the Master Instance.

Make sure you are in the Current state.

2

On the Files, Tables, or Applications view, select the items to distribute and click STAGE or STAGE SELECTED.

3

On the sidebar, click the share icon to open the Stage.

4

Review your staged objects.

Recently used Applications are auto-added - you can remove them before continuing.

5

Click CONTINUE.

6

Optionally save the list as a named bundle for future reference, or create an Assignment from it (see Setting assignments below).

7

Select the target - by default, all students (every existing Instance and every future Instance).

8

Optionally enable a notification email with a custom message, sent to students on completion.

9

Choose the distribution strategy.

Overwrite is the default and almost always the correct choice.

10

Review the list of items being shared.

Note that distributing large applications can take several minutes.

11

Click SHARE OBJECTS.

Selecting a folder adds the entire file tree recursively. If you stage only a sub-folder, the folder structure above it is created so paths match across all student Instances.

For the full distribution mechanic, including all four distribution strategies (Overwrite, Distribute Extra, Mirror, Skip), see Reference › Configuration.