If enabled, you can download certain items of content from Fuse.
The following content types can be downloaded from Fuse:
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File | A file such as a PDF, Word document, PowerPoint presentation, or Excel spreadsheet. |
SCORM | A SCORM course is a standard used to create and structure online training material, uploaded to Fuse as a ZIP file. |
Video | A video file such as an MPG, MOV, MP4, and so on. |
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Questions, articles, and links cannot be downloaded from Fuse. For a complete list of file formats that can be uploaded to Fuse, see Supported formats. |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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If the Enable content download permission is disabled:
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On the content homepage, click the ellipsis.
On the dropdown, click Download.
The file downloads.
Downloading a file as a PDF using the legacy
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document viewer
The legacy doc document 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 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 on the dropdown. |
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On the content homepage, click the ellipsis.
On the dropdown, click Edit.
The Edit content screen appears.
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
Click Save.
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On the content homepage for the item of content, click the ellipsis.
On the dropdown, click Edit.
In the Description field, click the Source icon.
Paste the following into the Description field:
Code Block <a href="https://{instance_name}.fuseuniversal.com/contents/{content_id}/download">Click here to download the file</a>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.
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:
Once copied, it can be pasted in between the quotation marks in the link tag:
Click Save.
The link is added to the description. When the link is clicked, the source file is downloaded.