[ARCHIVED] Is there a way to see what pages link to a given file?

[bsr]

I have imported a Canvas course from last year and am updating it. I have a resource in my files that I am pretty certain is linked from somewhere on the site, but I don't remember where. Is there a way to check for links to a given file, to figure out what pages (if any) are using it?

This would be very useful for general house-keeping, too. I have a lot of old image files in my site that have been imported from previous versions of the course and are probably obsolete, but I'm afraid to delete them because I can't see whether anything is using them!

[Chris_Hofer · Accepted solution]

Hello there, @bsr ...

There's not really anything I can think of in Canvas that's "built in" that would help, but there is a paid product you may have heard of from Cidi Labs called TidyUP.  It's essentially a file clean-up tool for your coure(s).  It helps you identiy files, folders, and content that aren't used in your course(s) so that you can free up space for other content.  It also identifies where files are used.  For example, take a look at this screenshot from my own sandbox course:

As you can see, this view from TidyUP tells me where these files are used in my sandbox course.  It's pretty handy.  It might be worth your time examining it for your own school  You might want to talk with your school's local Canvas administrator or someone from your school's Online Learning/eLearning department to see if this would be something that might be valuable for you and your other colleagues at your school who teach in Canvas.

Take care, stay safe, and be well.

[bsr]

This does look pretty useful (though I can see one major caveat in your screenshot: I use a LOT of images in questions that are in question banks, and it looks like those would be missed). I'll have to check into this further; after years of managing over-burdened servers, our admin folks may be very willing to entertain a tool that could help us clean house! 

[bsr]

@James_Kocher_UF What do you think ... would UF sport some house-keeping software?