Forum Discussion
Links to external files break when the author is not the publisher
I'm not sure that adding the actual files to the Resources is what I would call a "workaround" in this situation. You either upload the files into your course, or you don't. The best approach would be to actually host these files on a server, and either embed them into the course or provide the URLs to your learners. Trying to link to a local file within an elearning course would be like sending an email to someone with a link to that local file. Yes the file has a path, but no it's not one that anyone other than the owner of the computer can access.
I do understand your point of view. However, the workaround I'm referring to is the need to type in story_content/external_files/MyFile.pdf. I have thought about hosting on a server and linking to it, but our only options for that is SharePoint because we need to limit access. Maintaining that access list for thousands of people across the globe is not practical.
What I'm trying to say is that this feature should really work more like an embed and less like a link.
