Common Storage for Courses

Course Shared Storage lets instructors place common files (docs, data sets, starter code, assets) in one location that’s available inside every assignment workspace. Read-only files are securely shared and available for all students.

Key Benefits

• Single source of truth for course assets

• No per-assignment re-uploads or duplication

• Consistent path for code and terminal access

Using Common Storage

Enable Course Shared Storage

1. Open the course and go to Admin → Course Details.

2. Scroll to Course Shared Storage and toggle Shared storage: On.

3. Click Save Changes.

Note

Once enabled, you will see the Storage tab in the Admin area of the course.

Add Folders & Files

1. Navigate to Admin → Storage.

2. Use Create Directory to make a top-level folder (e.g., Assignment-1 or Datasets).

3. Select a folder, then use Upload File to add one or more files.

4. Repeat for additional assignments or resources as needed.

Caution

You can upload many files, but no single file can be more than 5 GB.

Access Storage From Assignments

Inside any assignment workspace, the shared storage appears under the storage/ directory. Students and teachers can read files from there with the terminal, editors, or program code.