2.5 Using Folders: Remember, Share and Search Maps

✔️ With folders you can:
- Collect important maps in one central place
- Compile and distribute maps
- Represent higher-level structures
- Compile maps into folders together with others (collaboration)
A folder contains references to maps. The map itself remains in its original storage location and can be saved in multiple folders at the same time.

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To create a folder, visit the page “My Folders” and click the button “Create New Folder”.
Button “Create New Folder”
On the “My Folders” page, you will see several folders that every user has by default:
1. My Maps
2. Favorites
3. Received Maps
4. Followed Maps
5. Visited Maps
6. Maps of My School
7. External Folders
When you create a new folder, it will be added to the folder list.
⚙ create

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In the folder settings, you can assign a title and subtitle to the folder.
1. Background
Choose a predefined color or a background image. You can darken the background and enable blur.
2. Publish
By default, every folder is private (not listed). However, you can share your folder with “My School” or on your public profile.
3. Sorting of Maps
Here you can define the arrangement of the maps within the folder.
4. Protect
Each folder can be password-protected. In addition, you can use the option “Access only for registered users of my school” to prevent other users from accessing the folder.
5. Extras
Here you can set the language of the folder. This is helpful if you have multiple folders/maps in different languages on your public profile. A language filter dropdown will then appear.
⚙ details

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If you are in a folder, you can click the “Add map” button. The following selection will then appear:
Selection for adding maps
1. My Maps
2. Visited Maps
3. Select “Insert Link to Map” to paste a map link into the input field that opens.
4. Create a new map directly in the folder.
⚙ options

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To add a map, select “My Maps” or “Visited Maps”, and you will be redirected to the corresponding page.
There you can select the desired map by clicking on a red cross.
Select Map in Map List
A dialog will then appear for selecting your folder and with which permissions the map should be stored there.
Folder Selection for Saving the Map
You can specify whether the map in the folder can only be viewed or also edited - depending on what rights you have to the map yourself.
⚙ maplist

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You can add any map directly to one of your folders using the Map-Link.
- Copy the link to the map (from the map-sharing dialog).
- Go to the page “My Folders”.
- Click on the button “Add Map”.
- Insert the link to the map.
Add map via link
⚙ maplink

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You can save any map directly to one of your folders. Here’s how:
1. When you have a map open, click on the map menu at the top right.
2. In the dropdown, select the entry “Bookmark (in folder)”.
Bookmark in folder
3. Now choose the folder where you want to save this map.
Select folder
4. The map is now in the selected folder.
💖 A map can be saved in any number of folders.
💖 You can also save maps from other users.
⚙ dropdown

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You can remove any map and any folder from the folder again.
1. Click the red edit button for this purpose.
Edit folder
2. Then click on the red-white trash can icon.
Remove map
Afterwards, the map is removed.
The map itself is not deleted here, only the reference to the map in your folder is removed.
⚙ remove

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You can save not only maps, but also entire folders inside another folder. This allows you to structure larger collections clearly, for example by topics, classes, projects, or school years.
Go to your folder, click the red edit icon, and then click the “Add folder” button. The following dialog will open:
Add a folder to a folder
Select the appropriate option and add another folder to the current folder.
Saved folders are not moved or deleted. They will additionally appear in your folder and can still be opened in their original location.
⚙ folders

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You have the option to change the sorting of maps within the folder.
There, you can choose between four sorting options:
- Newly added maps first
- Newly added maps at the end
- By map title A - Z
- By map creation date
This sorting is applied when the folder is opened for the first time.
Please note: Folders within folders are always sorted alphabetically.
⚙ sorting

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In each folder, you will find a search function that allows you to search through all the maps present there, including all the boxes located on these maps.
Search for Maps and Box Contents
You can save multiple maps from your colleagues in a folder and then search through the contents of all these maps using the folder search function.
Example: You can search for a name of a student or a device name for lending purposes, and only maps will be displayed where boxes containing this search term are found. When you click on the map, the corresponding map will open, and only the box with the term will be displayed.
The search for boxes works in all folders as well as globally on the “My Maps” page.
⚙ search