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Information Technology Services at The University of Iowa

Locker tool

What is Possible with ICON’s Locker Tool?

  • Upload files from your workstation to a private storage space in ICON (10 MB) and download them from any workstation. 

Note: You cannot move files from your locker straight into your ICON course.  You must first download the file to your computer and then upload and post it in the usual way.

  • Make one or more files “Public,” that is, downloadable by all (not selected) members of your online course.

Note: In order for students to access "Public" files from classmates' lockers, instructors must add the Classlist link to the NavBar.

  • Create new HTML files from within your locker.
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Uploading Files to Your Locker

You can choose whether to upload a file already on your computer, or to create a new HTML document from within your locker.

Uploading Files From Your Computer

  1. Click Locker in the upper-left NavBar.
  2. Click upload files Upload Files (top).
  3. If you wish to make the file available to all class members, click Public: Make uploaded file(s) public to others.
  4. Enter a description (optional).
  5. If you've created folders in your Locker, you can select which folder to upload the file to. Click the Browse button next to Upload Files to: and select the folder destination.
  6. Browse for the file on your computer and click Open. To add a second file, click Add and select the next file.
  7. Click Upload.

Creating New HTML Files

  1. Click Locker in the NavBar.
  2. Click new file New File.
  3. Enter a File Name.
  4. If you've created folders in your Locker, click Choose Destination and select the folder. Enter a description (optional).
  5. If you wish to make the file available to all class members, click Public: Make this file public to others.
  6. Enter a Description and use the HTML editor to create your content.
  7. Click Create.
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Deleting Locker Files

To delete a file from your locker:

  1. Click Locker in the upper-left NavBar.
  2. Open the folder that contains the file (if necessary).
  3. Click the check box next to the file name, then click deleteDelete.
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Organizing Your Locker

If you have many files in your locker, you may wishs to organize them into folders.

To create a new folder within your locker:

  1. Click Locker in the upper-left NavBar.
  2. Click newfolder New Folder.
  3. Type a name for the folder.
  4. Click Create.

To move a file into (or out of) a folder:

  1. Click Locker in the upper-left NavBar.
  2. Open the folder that contains the file (if necessary).
  3. Click the move file Move File icon next to the file name
  4. Click on the desired destination (folder name or My Locker) and click Move.
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Making a File Available/Unavailable to Class Members

If there is a green checkmark (green checkmark) in the Public column, the file is available for downloading by all members of your ICON course.  If there is no checkmark in this column, only you can download the file.

To a change a file’s availability status:

  1. Click Locker in the upper-left NavBar.
  2. Click the Edit icon next to the file name.
  3. Select or de-select Public: Make this file public to others.
  4. Click Save.
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Downloading Files from Your Locker

  1. Click Locker in the upper-left NavBar.
  2. Select the file(s) you want to download.
  3. Select the download Download the Selected Files icon (bottom).
  4. Click on the filename in the pop-up window and save the file to your computer.
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Downloading a Public File from a Class Member’s Locker

Provided the instructor has added the Classlist tool to the NavBar, and provided the classmate has made the file “Public”:

  1. Click Classlist in the NavBar. 
  2. Click the view locker icon View Locker icon by the individual’s name.
  3. Click the filename.
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