Moving, copying, and duplicating items
Moving or copying items
In any library in TAO you can move elements to a different folder by dragging and dropping them to the new destination. This not only applies to items but also to tests and test-takers, etc. You can copy elements by duplicating and moving them to a different folder. This is, however, limited to desktop environments.
The buttons Copy To and Move To allow you to do this in a different, platform-independent way. First, click on the Items tab. This will take you to your items library, displayed on the left of your screen.
1. Click on the Copy To or Move To icon in the button bank under the library.
The following dialog will appear:
Moving an item in the item library
2. To copy or move a single item, open the item by clicking on it, then select the new folder and click on Copy or Move at the bottom of the dialog.
You can also move a whole folder (class) of items with its entire contents to another location in your items library:
Select the class in your library which you wish to move.
Click on the Move To button in the button bank under the library. Again, a dialog box will appear on the canvas. Select a destination folder and click on Move.
Whether you are moving an item or a folder, you will see a warning telling you that the properties (metadata) of the original class will automatically be replaced by those of the destination class. This means that you will lose the metadata used in the original class, so it’s a good idea to check that no vital information will be lost before you move the class to its new location. When you have checked this, click on Ok to continue.
Permissions settings
The areas that specific users in your TAO instance have access to, and what they can do in those areas, is controlled by access control and permissions. When moving an item or folder, you will see the option to keep the original permissions of the original location, and the option to update the permissions to reflect those of the item or folder’s new location.
When moving resources (such as items and folders) via drag and drop, whatever is the default permissions inheritance configuration will be applied automatically. You can view your environment’s default permissions inheritance configuration by selecting the Move to or Copy to buttons - whatever is the automatically selected option reflects the applied configuration when using drag and drop.
Duplicating an item
You can make a copy of an already existing item by clicking on the Duplicate icon in the button bank under the library. This is similar to the Copy To button described above, but in this case, a duplicate will be created in the folder of the item you have duplicated, with the same name but with “bis” on the end.