Resources

Resources is forefront’s folder tree. Anything you make in forefront that isn’t tied to a single class lands here — saved reports, dashboards, export and import jobs, handouts and documents, uploaded files, saved cohorts, and links — and the folder it sits in is what decides who else can see it.

How the tree works

• Your starred folder (marked with a ★) is your own space. Things saved there are yours until you move or share them.
• Shared folders further up the tree are how a district publishes something to everybody — the same resource in a district folder is visible to the people that folder is visible to.
• New + (top right) creates a resource in the folder you’re currently in. What you can create depends on your permissions.
• Right-click any resource for its actions. The list is per type: a job template offers Run and Schedule, a document offers Download and Replace File, a file offers Import, and most types offer Clone, Move, Rename, Public, and Delete. Every menu ends with History.

Seeing who changed something

Right-click a resource or folder and look at the bottom of the menu. Under History is a short line such as Modified by Jane Doe on 9/12/26 — the most recent change and who made it.

Click History to see every recorded change, newest first:

• When — how long ago, such as 2h ago or Yesterday. Older changes show the date. Hover over it for the exact time.
• Who — the person who made the change.
• What — what happened: created, edited, renamed (with the old and new names), moved (with the folders it moved between), cloned (with a link to the original), made public or private, deleted, or restored.

A few things worth knowing:

• Folders have two views. Choose This folder for changes to the folder itself, or This folder and everything in it to also see changes to everything inside it.
• Changes to several items at once show as one row. Moving or deleting five items together shows as one change; click Show 5 items to list them.
• Names are links. Click an item or folder name to go to it. If it has since been deleted, it’s marked No longer available.
• Who you’ll see by name. People in your own district are shown by name. A change made by someone in another district shows that district’s name, and changes made by forefront show as Forefront.
• History starts when this feature was released. Older changes weren’t recorded, so a resource nobody has changed since then shows No recorded changes.
• Secure files don’t have a history.

Guides for this page

• How to Create a Custom Data Export Job — build an export column by column, then run or schedule it.
• Accessing and Running Non-Scheduled Export Jobs — run an export someone already built.
• Adding or Accessing Files Securely in Forefront Resources — the Secure Files folder, and what SFTP delivers into it.
• Managing District-Wide Assessment Resources — publishing assessments and materials for the whole district.

Resources made elsewhere that live here

• Creating Dashboards in Forefront — dashboards vs. saved reports, and which dashboards are worth building.
• Saving and Sharing Reports — saving a report from the Reports page.
• Handouts — building, translating, and sharing handouts.
• Adding Printable Documents or Handouts to Courses
• Connect to the SFTP Server — the credentials that put files in your Secure Files folder.