Hi all
I have read through http://docs.moodle.org/26/en/Working_with_files but am really struggling to understand their application. I'm currently on 2.6
I see that "When an uploaded file - or a file from the Private files, Dropbox, File system or EQUELLA repositories - is re-used elsewhere on Moodle, the teacher has the option to make a copy (a new, unconnected version) or to create a shortcut or alias." But where in that process can you mark that as alias?
So for example: (all done while logged in a system admin) I create a template course. Text files linked within page resources are created in the template. I then create a identical derivative course via backup/restore. Then in the template course, update a file (text file in a page resource for example) and that file is not changed in the derivative course. Based on my "old moodle" way of understanding files this seems to work exactly as I would anticipate--the copies are not connected so a change in one is not a change in the other. But--It seems like somewhere along the way I should have been able to mark the files as shortcuts or aliases so they remain connected. I never saw that option...
I think I am just missing a key piece to understanding how this feature is used and how to roll out changes to connected courses...
Thanks!