Resources are available in both My Workspace and course sites. The Resources tool is site-dependent; the content uploaded in the My Workspace area is private and visible only to the user (unless the user chooses to make items public).

The Resources tool in My Workspace serves as a personal file space for the user to save, store, and organize files.

The features and functionality of the Resources tool are the same in any site where the tool appears. Please refer to What is the Resources tool? for more information on how to manage files using this tool.

Note: The file storage quota for each site in UVaCollab, including Resources in My Workspace, is 4GB.  Please email collab-support@virginia.edu if additional space is needed.

The Site Info tool contains many of the site management features needed by instructors and site owners to customize and manage their sites. Instructors and site owners may edit and rearrange the tools on their site toolbar, add participants, manage groups, publish or unpublish their site, import content from another site, and track participant enrollment activity.

If you have limited site permissions (i.e., if you are a site participant), you'll see only the site's description and your group memberships, if applicable, in Site Info.

Note: The functions of the Site Info tool are also available through the Worksite Setup tool, which is available from the Tool Menu when you are in My Workspace.

In most areas of the system where text can be entered, you can control the appearance of your text using the Rich-Text Editor, sometimes called a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) editor. The toolbar in the Rich-Text Editor has icons for editing and formatting your text. You may use the Rich-Text Editor to add images, links, audio and video to the text you enter.

Note: To preserve formatting from a Word document when you paste text into the Rich-Text Editor, you will need to use the Paste from Word button.  Some types of formatting, such as colored text, may need to be added manually in the editor after pasting.

The Rich-Text Editor is based on an open-source application called CKEditor. For more information on the CKEditor, you may also refer to the CKEditor 4 Documentation Site.

Please refer to What does it mean to make content Accessible?  for links to articles with more information on creating accessible content using the CKEditor.