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Using the Digital Drop Box (Faculty)
Please note: File names
cannot contain special characters like the
# sign.
1. Click on the "Control
Panel" button located at the left of
your screen in your Blackboard course.
2. In the "Control Panel" section,
click "Digital Drop Box" link
in the "Course Tools" area.
3. To send a file to your
instructor's drop box, (or teachers to the
student's drop box), click on the "Send
File" button ("Add File to Drop
Box" in some earlier versions of Blackboard.)
Caution: If you click on the "Add File"
button, you will store the file in your
drop box but not send it to the instructor.
If you do want to add a file to the drop
box and then later send that file to your
instructor (or if you are an instructor
and want to place a file in the drop box
and then later send send that file to a
student).
4. When the File Information
dialog box appears, you can click on the
"Select File" box and then click
on the name of the file if you have already
stored it in your Drop Box. Otherwise, click
in the "Title" box and type the
name of your file.
5. Click on the Browse button
to find your report on your computer. You
will have to remember the file name that
you used when you saved your report and
whether you saved it on a floppy disk (usually
located in Drive A of your computer) or
whether you saved it in the My Documents
folder (usually on Drive C of your computer).
You may need to click on the small button
beside "Files of Type" and change
to "All Files" to locate your
document.
6. Then click on the name
of the document and then the Open button.
You will then see your file name appear
in the "File" box. Also type the
name of your file in the "Title"
box. Be sure to use a title that indicates
the name of your document and your name.
You may also want to type a comment for
your instructor, as shown below. Then click
on the "Submit" button to send
your file to your student's drop box.
7. After you have sent your
file, your screen will display a record
that Blackboard has sent your file.
8. When you click on the OK
button, you will be returned to your drop
box with a record of the name of the file
that you sent and when you sent it.
Using the Digital Drop Box (Faculty)
Please note: File names
cannot contain special characters like the
# sign.
1. Click on the "Control
Panel" button located at the left of
your screen in your Blackboard course.
2. In the "Control Panel" section,
click "Digital Drop Box" link
in the "Course Tools" area.
3. To send a file to your
instructor's drop box, (or teachers to the
student's drop box), click on the "Send
File" button ("Add File to Drop
Box" in some earlier versions of Blackboard.)
Caution: If you click on the "Add File"
button, you will store the file in your
drop box but not send it to the instructor.
If you do want to add a file to the drop
box and then later send that file to your
instructor (or if you are an instructor
and want to place a file in the drop box
and then later send send that file to a
student).
4. When the File Information
dialog box appears, you can click on the
"Select File" box and then click
on the name of the file if you have already
stored it in your Drop Box. Otherwise, click
in the "Title" box and type the
name of your file.
5. Click on the Browse button
to find your report on your computer. You
will have to remember the file name that
you used when you saved your report and
whether you saved it on a floppy disk (usually
located in Drive A of your computer) or
whether you saved it in the My Documents
folder (usually on Drive C of your computer).
You may need to click on the small button
beside "Files of Type" and change
to "All Files" to locate your
document.
6. Then click on the name
of the document and then the Open button.
You will then see your file name appear
in the "File" box. Also type the
name of your file in the "Title"
box. Be sure to use a title that indicates
the name of your document and your name.
You may also want to type a comment for
your instructor, as shown below. Then click
on the "Submit" button to send
your file to your student's drop box.
7. After you have sent your
file, your screen will display a record
that Blackboard has sent your file.
8. When you click on the OK
button, you will be returned to your drop
box with a record of the name of the file
that you sent and when you sent it.
Using the Digital Drop Box (Faculty)
Please note: File names cannot contain special characters like the # sign.
1. Click on the "Control
Panel" button located at the left of
your screen in your Blackboard course.
2. In the "Control Panel" section,
click "Digital Drop Box" link
in the "Course Tools" area.
3. To send a file to your instructor's drop box, (or teachers to the student's drop box), click on the "Send File" button ("Add File to Drop Box" in some earlier versions of Blackboard.) Caution: If you click on the "Add File" button, you will store the file in your drop box but not send it to the instructor. If you do want to add a file to the drop box and then later send that file to your instructor (or if you are an instructor and want to place a file in the drop box and then later send send that file to a student).
4. When the File Information dialog box appears, you can click on the "Select File" box and then click on the name of the file if you have already stored it in your Drop Box. Otherwise, click in the "Title" box and type the name of your file.
5. Click on the Browse button
to find your report on your computer. You
will have to remember the file name that
you used when you saved your report and
whether you saved it on a floppy disk (usually
located in Drive A of your computer) or
whether you saved it in the My Documents
folder (usually on Drive C of your computer).
You may need to click on the small button
beside "Files of Type" and change
to "All Files" to locate your
document.
6. Then click on the name
of the document and then the Open button.
You will then see your file name appear
in the "File" box. Also type the
name of your file in the "Title"
box. Be sure to use a title that indicates
the name of your document and your name.
You may also want to type a comment for
your instructor, as shown below. Then click
on the "Submit" button to send
your file to your student's drop box.
7. After you have sent your
file, your screen will display a record
that Blackboard has sent your file.
8. When you click on the OK
button, you will be returned to your drop
box with a record of the name of the file
that you sent and when you sent it.