Thanks for the information. I guess I am trying to understand why when moodle was created what the logic was for not having the option of adding a file as an assignment. It seems cumbersome to me to have to use the link-upload file- upload file-select file series of instructions when adding a file should be a simpler function when doing assignments. Do you know why it was designed that way? From my standpoint as a professor trying to use moodle as a technology to lessen the amount of work required that I have to do, the logic of not enabling file uploads in the Assignment function in the original moodle escapes me.
As for the other issue, I guess the fact that it involves "Site" Administration that a lowly professor with a Course Site cannot change the default? Thanks.