Moving from BB9.1 SP9 to SP11 introduced two functionality losses when choosing a File from the Content Collection (From a course, Build Content -> Create File -> Browse Content Collection).
- Loss of Folder View of files in File Picker window: Clicking the Browse Content Collection brings up a File Picker window. There no longer is a Folder View in the pop-up window. A user must now navigate every time they choose a file.
Previously in SP9, you could navigate the File Picker window using the left-hand menu Folder View. On subsequent invocations, the Folder View previously selected was retained. This was useful when linking a number of files in the same directory, especially as we can’t select multiple files for a Learning Module as we could in Vista.
- Default Display name is blank: Once a file is selected using the above method, the default display name is now blank. Previously in SP9, the display was defaulted with the file name. This was useful when the file name already reflected the display name. This was originally identified as planned behaviour (as we should always identify the content separately from the filename) but was later changed to a bug introduced in SP11, to be fixed in a later release.
Both of these changes were implemented without warning and supposedly for the user’s benefit, but have resulted in reduced functionality and a more awkward user interface.