Excerpts from the Handbook

Step 2. Create the Directory Structure for the CD-ROM files inside Manage Files:

The CD-ROM Tool basically allows you to create a shortcut to the CD that contains the files you wish to use while avoiding long download times. To create this shortcut, you will need to know how the files are organized on the CD itself.

Step 2 is probably the most exacting of all the steps necessary to make the CD-ROM Tool work properly. Therefore, take your time and write file and folder names down.

The rest of these instructions will be a combination of detailed instructions and a workbook exercise for the first time user of the CD-ROM Tool. The purpose is to aid you in setting up this advanced usage tool with the minimum of effort.

1. Use Windows Explorer or some other method to look at the files on the CD you will be using. Write down the exact name of the CD, then the name of one file that is located at the main level of this disk. This is also sometimes called the "root directory" of the disk. Even if you will be using files in sub-directories or folders later on, hold off on those until you have success with the first file. If you do not have a file in the main directory, you can continue by writing down the path structure you have to click in order to get to the file you want. However, it would be best the first time to borrow or burn a CD with one file in the main directory.

Example: for this exercise let us assume that our CD is titled "Island Volcanoes" and that the first file we wish to access is titled "kilaeua.mov"

WebCT does not like spaces in the names of files or folders or sub-directories. If you have spaces in any of these places and they cannot be renamed or removed, be sure to replace them when in WebCT with the characters %20.

CD File Structure Example

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