Copy a Cmap to Places

 

 

From the "Views - CmapTools" window:

You can copy a Cmap to a place in the CmapTools network, making it possible to share Cmaps with others. Even if the Cmap you want to share does not contain any links to outside resources, someone who has been given access to the shared Cmap may eventually want to add resource links to it. To ensure that all resource links in a Cmap remain valid after copying the Cmap to Places, begin by right-clicking an unused space in "Views" under the My Cmaps heading, then left-click Folder... from the New sub-menu.


The "New Folder" window appears where you can give the folder a name, add searchable keywords, and add a folder description. The section Permissions & Access Control explains how the Permissions... button can be used to secure folder content. A knowledge model is a folder containing several Cmaps of information that provide detail to a domain of knowledge. A common way of unifying a knowledge model is through the use of a top level Cmap. The Set as Knowledge Model box can be checked to change a folder's icon to the knowledge model icon, indicating that the folder most likely contains a top level cmap that links to other Cmaps also contained in the folder. To finish creating the new folder, left-click OK.


After you have created a folder, select a Cmap and its associated files. To place the selected files into the newly created folder, right-click the highlighted selection, then left-click either Cut or Copy.


Right-click the new folder, then place the Cmap and its associated files into the folder by left-clicking Paste.


Now, the selected folder has a "+" next to it, indicating that the folder contains the Cmap and associated files. To copy the folder and its contents for placement on the CmapTools network, right-click the folder, then left-click either Cut or Copy.


Left-click the Shared Cmaps in Places button to view a list of places in the CmapTools network. If you are unsure of where you should place your Cmap folder, places with "public" in the title typically permit any CmapTools user the ability to copy, or publish, Cmap folders to that place.


Now when opening the place where you pasted your Cmap folder, it appears in the list for anyone who accesses that place.