02 October 2012, 7:40

Hi everyone

I would like to know if its possible to share a file (PDF) with any member of a specified institution across many groups in Mahara with a reference to a hyperlink, which the end user can download the file irrespective of being a member of a specified group.

Currently, I can only see through the files tab in a group where the group owner can upload a file and subsequently any member of the group can access the file, provided if they have the URL.

Regards,

Sandeep

02 October 2012, 19:25

Hello Sandeep,

Normally, when you want to share artefacts, i.e. also files, with other users on Mahara, you place them into a page because you can only share pages with other people. In groups you can share files with the group members without having to place them into a portfolio page.

So in order to do what you want to do, I suggest the following:

1. Upload your file to your personal space / to an institution page
2. Put the file into a page
3. Share the page with your institution members. From Mahara 1.5 on you can share a page directly will all members of your institution (if you have institutions set up; otherwise it would be to share with all logged-in users).

Cheers

Kristina