The Manage Files tool is a file management system for your course. You can use this tool to organize and upload files associated with your course offering. D2L recommends that you organize your files into folders, creating a folder for each module of content.
In some instances, when you upload .jpg files in any file upload area across Brightspace, an EXIF (exchangeable image file) data warning appears informing the user that the file may contain geolocation data.
About Organization Files
Moving, deleting, or renaming files or folders may cause problems in course offerings that use those files or folders. Ensure that you update the course offering or template path within a course offering or template after you edit files or folders.
You can use Organization Files to manage the files and the directory structure inside of the content file directory (/content/). This is a separate file directory from the /shared/ directory. Each course offering and template has its own sub-directory under the content root. When users upload or access files from the content directory within a course offering or template, they only have access to the sub-directory for that org unit. They do not have access to the rest of the structure or the root. The /content/ directory is typically used to store files related to specific course offerings and templates, including content topics and Announcements posting files.
About Public Files
Warning: Since user authentication is not necessary to access files stored in the Public Files directory, D2L strongly recommends that you do not store sensitive, private, or confidential information in this location.
Public files can be viewed by anyone outside of your organization. Users with the Browse Public Files permission can view the Public Files area as an option when adding files to Content or other locations in the Brightspace.
Users with the Upload/Edit/Delete Public Files permission can add files into the Public Files area and can edit or delete existing files.
In some instances, when you upload .jpg files in any file upload area across Brightspace, an EXIF (exchangeable image file) data warning appears informing the user that the file may contain geolocation data.