Administrator Guide

Manage Disk Quotas

Administrators can choose whether or not the learning management system course quotas should be enforced in Podcast LX.

1. Navigate to the System Admin tab.
   
2. Select the Manage Podcast LX link.
3. Select the Manage Settings link.
4. Scroll down to the Disk Quota Settings group box.
5. Select the Enforce Course Disk Quotas checkbox.

Enabling Disk Quotas

By default, disk quotas that have been set up for course in the system will not be enforced in Podcast LX. However, administrators can select to enforce the course disk quotas for a course's podcast feed.

When this is done, any episodes added to Podcast feeds in courses where quotas have been applied will be included in the quota calculations. If a user attempts to add a new episode to a course feed when the course quotas has been exceeded, the user will be notified that the course has exceeded its quota, and the episode cannot be added.

 

Note: Blackboard determines the amount of space used towards course quotas with a scheduled task that typically runs every night. This means that a course's quota could be exceeded, but instructors can still add new content to the course up until the point when the scheduled task runs and determines that the course quota has been exceeded. Since Podcast LX quotas rely on Blackboard's course quota calculations, it should be noted that faculty may be able to add Podcast episodes to a course even after the course quota has been exceeded. Once the scheduled task runs, they will no longer be able to new episodes.

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Exceptions

In some cases, administrators may want to enforce course quotas for most courses but make exceptions for some courses.

 

To ignore quotas for some courses:

1. Navigate to the System Admin tab.
   
2. Select the Manage Podcast LX link.
   
3. Select the Manage Settings link.
4. Scroll down to the Disk Quota Settings group box.
5. Select the Ignore Disk Quota for Specific Courses check box.
6. Select the Add Course button.
7. Enter the course ID for the course that should be not have quotas enforced.
8. Click the Submit button the form.
9. Verify that the course is listed on the Manage Settings page.
10. Continue adding courses that should be exempt from quotas by repeating steps 5 through 7 above.
11. When all exempt courses have been added, click the Submit button on the Manage Settings page to save all settings.

 To enforce disk quotas for a course that was previously exempt from quotas:

1. Navigate to the System Admin tab.
   
2. Select the Manage Podcast LX link.
3. Select the Manage Settings link.
4. Scroll down to the Disk Quota Settings group box.
5. Select the checkbox to the left of that course's name.
   Note: Multiple users can be selected if more than one user's exemption should be revoked.
6. Select the Remove Course button.
7. Click the Submit button on the Manage Settings page.