When you log on and open your Novell classfiles, you'll find a folder for each class you teach; "105HE" and "105FL" for example. Inside are four folders, each with different student access privileges.

• Admin is invisible to students, you may use it to store files you don't yet want to make accessible.
• Announcements is a "read only" folder, meaning students can open and read files, but can't save changes or add files to this folder. [Note: Because Word files can be opened by a limited number of users at a time, you should have all students drag the file to the desktop or to their folder before opening it.]
• Drop box is a "write only" folder, meaning students can't open files, but they can drop files into it for secure collection of their work. Mac dropboxes are "belted" so students can't view the contents inside. Students can open Windows drop boxes, but can see no content, though instructors do. Students drag a file onto the drop box from any location they have saved it to. This is a desktop maneuver rather than a "Save As" command from a Word dialogue box.
• Discussion is a "read/write" folder, meaning all students can both read and add material to this folder. Use it to return work or exchange drafts. Only one user at a time can open a file in Discussion. Users can drag the file to the desktop to make a copy to open. This is not a secure folder, so it's possible for a student to peek at another's work or to retrieve the wrong paper. Use it only for the short term. NOTE:If you lock a file in Discussion, it isn't really locked; any user can delete it.
• You can make folders inside of folders. They have the same access as the parent folder in which they reside. For example, in Discussion you could create folders for groups to exchange drafts or to retrieve exercises.
• When students log on with their own username and password [after week two] they [and only they] can see their own folder which they can "Save As" to from Word or open and drag from the desktop. The student folder provides a good backup for all work.