1. Click on the Lessons tab.
2. Click on the Utilities link in the toolbar.
3. Click on the Associated File Manager link.
4. Click the Exit Associated Files button when you are done.
5. Click the Done button to return to the Lessons page.

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When you upload a file to your course, it is stored in the Associated File Manager. Uploaded files may be graphics, pdfs, swfs, xls, html or a variety of other file types.

The Associated File Manager is found under the Utilities menu in the Lessons tab. This is the top level manager. You will also find managers under all content item utility menus within the Lessons tab.

Because ANGEL is database driven, it uses numbers to track all your uploaded files. Each semester a course is offered, the course content is copied from one semester to another. If you use ANGEL's database numbers to reference your uploaded files, the links will all break when you move your course. There are other ways to create links in your ANGEL course without using the database numbers ANGEL supplies.

The relationship of where you upload the file and the way you form your link to these files is important. The method will change depending on which Associated File Manager you have chosen to upload to. Which Associated File Manager your file is located in determines how you reference it in your html.

There are different organizational reasons for using a specific manager. You might have items that only one page references. You might have items that are used throughout the course. You might have items that relate to a subgroup, but you want to keep them separate from other groups. Each could use a different method.

If a file is only to be referenced on one page, you could use the Associated File Manager for that page. You would reference the file using a direct link such as

<img src="mygraphic.jpg" >.

If you were using a graphic in multiple places, you could use the Associated File Manager at the top level. You would reference the file using a link such as

<img src="../mygraphic.jpg" >.

It is important to understand that if you upload your file to the page's Associated File Manager or that of a folder, while it is referenced there, as far as ANGEL is concerned, it really is in the top level Associated File Manger. You will notice that folders are being created each time you upload a file at a folder or page level. If you clicked on one of these folders, you will see your uploaded file. You could rename that folder, for example to Unit2 and then all the items in that folder would be referenced using a link such as

<img src="../Unit2/mygraphic.jpg" >.

You could maintain your folder structure at that top level to organize your graphics by content.