Resource Browser Structure

1. Select the 'Resources' tab in your top menu or add '/resources' to the end of the URL from your dashboard.

NOTE: Keep in mind that this could have a different name at your school and could also be a tile on your dashboard, or accessed via the side menu. If you're unsure how to access your resources area, ask a Superuser or a Schoolbox Administrator at your school.

The structure of the Resources Browser will differ in each school. You will see a variety of folders and sub folders, each user will have different visibility dependent upon their access permissions.

 Icons utilised inside the Resource Browser:

	Folder Icon (no page attached)
	Homepage
	Link
	File
	Course
	Unit

All Resources inside Schoolbox are searchable (Homepages, Courses, Activities, News Items, Files, Folders and more). Depending upon your specific Role Permissions the search results returned will be tailored to your precise accessibility. To search for resources follow the steps below:

1. Type the name of the file, link, folder or page you would like to locate in the search box on the Top Menu and press Enter on your keyboard.

Your results will be displayed on the next screen. These can be filtered with the tabs at the top and are also displayed in a compact version on the length of the page. 

2. Select any of these to view the Resource.

1. Navigate to the Resource Browser by selecting the Top Menu icon or by adding '/resources' to the end of your URL.

2. Create a new folder, by selecting the 'Parent Folder'

NOTE: A 'Parent Folder' is a folder that the new folder will sit within.

3. Select 'Add Folder'.

4. Name the folder and apply a template if required. When applying a template, your 'Folder' becomes a Homepage and adopts the layout of whichever template you have selected.

5. Untick the 'Access Permissions' check box.

6. Select the preferred permissions for this Folder or Homepage.

7. Select 'Create Folder'.

The Resource Browser is organised into a folder structure. You may see all or certain folders and pages depending on your role. In Schoolbox, users are separated into roles set by your school, such as junior students, staff, senior students and parents. 

1. Navigate to the Resource Browser.

2. Select a folder or page so that it is highlighted.

3. Select the question mark to see the folder/page's permissions or select 'Modify'.

NOTE: Each time you create a folder or page within Schoolbox, the page or folder will inherit the permissions from the parent folder it sits within.

4. Deselect the ‘inherit permissions’ check box.

5. Review and set each role's permissions to 'read', 'write', or 'none'.

Every time a user creates a folder, it will initially be set to inherit permissions from the folder above it. This includes the role-based permissions from the folder and any group or class based permissions that exist.

If the folder above is also inheriting permissions, then it creates a linked chain in the folder structure. The inheriting effect is ongoing, so if you make a change to the permissions or group membership of one folder in the chain, it will apply to all folders below it.

Folders that are inheriting permissions cannot hold their own group or class code because these are different ways of allowing permissions that might contradict the inherited permission.

If you need to customise the role-based permissions for your new folder:

1. Deselect the 'inherit permissions' check box.

2. Set the role-based permissions that you would like for your new folder.

NOTE: You will also need to deselect 'inherit permissions' in order to create a new group or add a new class code.

When a Superuser creates folders in bulk, they will choose whether to set role-based permissions for the folders or to inherit permissions from the folder above.

Modifying Permissions on an existing folder

1. Navigate to the Resource Browser.

2. Check the permissions by selecting 'Modify'.

3. From this screen, you can modify the folder name, details and existing permissions.

4. If you want to apply the selected role permissions to folders beneath that aren’t currently inheriting permissions, you can select the 'Apply to subfolders' checkbox. This will act as a one-off change to the role-based permissions, but will not modify any groups or class codes on the subsequent folders. Any user with write access will subsequently be able to change the role based permissions for any single folder in the structure without affecting any other folders. This might be used to ensure all the folders in a particular branch have been given the same folder based permissions even though they may have groups or classes attached. 

Ticking both the “Inherit permissions” and “Apply permissions” checkboxes links the folder and its sub-folders in the ongoing “Inherit permissions” chain. All subfolders will continue to inherit folder permissions, group access, and class codes, including any changes to those items, from the top folder in the chain. This will remove any groups or class codes attached to the subfolders in the chain. But, is useful in creating a single branch of the folder structure with access for a particular set of users.