With Javascript enabled: Create a folder resource and insert the following files: 1. upload a file upload a file with a name conflict 2. pick file from Server files and insert it as copy pick file from Server files and insert it as reference pick file from Server files and insert it as copy with a name conflict pick file from Server files and insert it as reference with a name conflict 3. pick file from Private files 4. pick file from Course legacy files 5. pick file from Recent files 6. repeat #2 for file from Dropbox 7. pick file from Box.net 8. pick file from Wikimedia pick file from Wikimedia with a name conflict you may try other repositories if you have time Save folder. Select from DB directly all files in this filearea, make sure the field source is filled human-readable in all cases and it is one of: just filename in case of upload "Admin user Private files: filepath" (in case of Private files) "Server files: category/coursename/...." (in case of Server files and course legacy files) something readable in case of Recent files (not that important actually) full URL (for repositories that have public access to files) repository name + path inside repository (for other external repositories) With Javascript disabled: Create a folder resource and upload a file upload a file with name conflict pick a file from local repository pick a file from local repository with name conflict pick a file from external repository pick a file from external repository with name conflict Save the folder Check the files.source field as described above