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If enabled, you can download certain items of content from Fuse. 

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Download settings differ depending on the user and content type:

If the Enable content download permission is enabled, the following settings apply by default:


Download file from Fuse

Download file using doc viewer

(Not applicable for videos or SCORM)

Download video from Fuse

Download SCORM course

Change download settings

User who owns the file

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User who does not own the file

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(tick)

(error)

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(error)

User in an admin group with download permissions

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Admin

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If the Enable content download permission is not enabled, the following settings apply by default:


Download file from Fuse

Download file using doc viewer 

(Not applicable for videos or SCORM)

Download video from Fuse

Download SCORM course

Change download settings

User who owns the file

(error)

(error)

(error)

(error)

(error)

User who does not own the file

(error)

(error)

(error)

(error)

(error)

User in an admin group with download permissions

(error)

(error)

(error)

(error)

(error)

Admin

(error)

(error)

(error)

(error)

(error)

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To download a file, video, or SCORM course using Fuse's Download option (Image Removed):

  1. On the content homepage, click the ellipsis.

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  2. On the dropdown, click Download


    The file downloads. 

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The legacy doc viewer allows you to view DOC, XLS, PPT, and PDF files directly in Fuse. The legacy doc viewer also allows you to download DOC and PPT files as PDFs by clicking the download icon (Image Removed) inside the doc viewer.
    

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The Download icon in the legacy doc viewer does not allow you to download the original Word document or PowerPoint presentation. To download the original Word or PowerPoint file, click Download(Image Removed) on the dropdown. 


Changing download settings for an item of content

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  1. On the content homepage, click the ellipsis.

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  2. On the dropdown, click Edit.

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    The Edit content screen appears. 

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  3. In the Downloadable content section, select one of the following: 

    • Yes: Users can download the file.

    • No: Users cannot download the file. If No is selected, it is still possible to download PDFs of DOC and PPT files, by clicking the Download icon within the legacy doc viewer.

    • Custom: Users in the communities you select, can download the file. 

      If the Enable content download permission is enabled:

      • No is selected by default for videos and SCORM courses

      • Yes is selected by default for files

  4. Click Save.

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  1. On the content homepage for the item of content, click the ellipsis.

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  2. On the dropdown, click Edit.

  3. In the Description field, click the Source icon.

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  4. Paste the following into the Description field: 

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    <a href="https://{instance_name}.fuseuniversal.com/contents/{content_id}/download">Click here to download the file</a>
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  5. Replace {instance_name} with the name of your organisation's Fuse instance. For example, if your organisation's Fuse instance is mycompany.fuseuniversal.com, replace {instance_name} with mycompany

  6. Replace {content_id} with the ID of the item of content. 

    Alternatively, the full download link for the content can be copied, by right-clicking the Download option and selecting Copy Link Address:

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    Once copied, it can be pasted in between the quotation marks in the link tag:

  7. Click Save.
    The link is added to the description. When the link is clicked, the source file is downloaded. 

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