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Create, Organize and Manage Assignment Folders

Use folders to keep your activities organized!

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Written by Kenny Dickie
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Here is how to keep your class content organized, intuitive, and easy to navigate using Assignment Folders:

With Assignment Folders you can:

-keep relevant activities together in one place.

-navigate through materials easier.

-choose colours to help differentiate folders at a glance.

-designate folders within folders for further organization.

Create a Folder

  1. Choose the class you want to create folders in.

  2. Tap on +

  3. Tap Folder.

  4. Type in your folder name and choose a folder colour.

  5. Tap Save.

Once created, you'll be taken directly into the folder where you can start creating your activities.

Folder Settings

You can edit a folder name and/or colour easily.

  1. Select the folder.

  2. Tap the Settings menu "..."

  3. Tap Folder Settings.

  4. Edit the title or colour of the folder.

  5. Tap Save.

Sub-Folders

To further organize your classes and assignments, you can create folders within folders (sub-folders).

To create a sub-folder:

  1. In an existing folder, tap on +

  2. Tap Folder.

  3. Type in your sub-folder name and choose your sub-folder colour.

  4. Tap Save.

Note: There is a limit of 3 folder levels within a class. Once you have the maximum number of sub folders, the Folder button will disappear from the + menu.

Organizing Folders

In Showbie, you can sort or reorder your folders however you'd like. This is done similarly to reordering posts in the Shared Items list.

How to Sort and Re-order

  1. While in a class, tap "..." Tap Edit List.

  2. Drag to reorder folders however you'd like.

You now have even more options when it comes to organizing folders in your classes. As you can have up to three layers of sub-folders, you may want to move or adjust your existing folders.

Moving Folders

On the web:

  1. Navigate to any class where you have class folders.

  2. Hover over the folder you want to move.

  3. Click the '...' icon (web) that appears

  4. Click Move.

On IOS:

  1. Simply long press the folder.

  2. Tap Move Folder.

  3. Choose the class and folder level that you want to move it to.

  4. Tap the green Move Folder button.

Moving Assignments into a Folder

Moving assignments into a folder within a class lets you re-organize them, but to do so, you will first need to create at least one folder in your class.

(iOS)

  1. Find the assignment within the class

  2. Tap and hold the assignment until a menu appears

  3. Tap Move Assignment

  4. Select the folder in which you would like to move the assignment

  5. Tap the class name to reveal its folders

  6. Tap a folder to reveal its subfolders (if there are any)

  7. Click Move Assignment to finish

Moving Assignments on the Web

  1. Find the assignment in the class and hover your cursor over it until the "..."appears. Click it.

  2. Click Move...

  3. Select the folder which you would like to move the assignment to.

Folder selection for moving assignment in Showbie Web App

4. Click the class name to reveal its folders.

5. Click a folder to reveal its subfolders (if there are any).

6. Click Move Assignment to finish.

Copying Class Folders

Once you have your class folders set up, you can create copies of the folder and the assignments within them to use in other classes.

How to Copy Class Folders

  1. Go to any class where you have class folders.

  2. Open any class folder.

  3. Tap the Settings Menu "..."

  4. Choose Folder Settings.

  5. Select Copy Folder.

  6. Select the class you'd like to copy to and a Folder (if any).

  7. Tap Copy Folder.

Pro Tip: On iPad, you can also long-press the folder itself and choose Copy Folder from the contextual menu that pops up.

Tap and Hold on Folder - Showbie Screenshot

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