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Uploading PowerPoint into Blackboard
PowerPoint presentations can be uploaded into Blackboard for students to view and print out. However, there are some quirks to accessing and printing PowerPoint presentations, and the two major web browsers work differently in this respect. Please make your students aware of this.
To upload a document:
- Log into Blackboard at http://bb.elmhurst.edu.
- Click the link for the desired course.
- Click the "Control Panel"
button located to the left of the screen.
- Under Content Areas, click the link
for the area to which you wish to add
a document (i.e., Course Documents,
Assignments, etc.).
- Click the Add Item button.
- Fill out the Content Information
as desired.
- Under Text, leave the radio button
selected for "Smart Text," unless
you are typing in HTML code. The "Smart
Text" option recognizes regular text
as well as HTML tags and hyperlinks.
- Under Content, click the "Browse"
button to select the file to attach to
this item.
- Change the "Files of type"
option to "All Files (*.*)."
(In Mozilla Firefox, this is the only
option.)
- Select the desired PowerPoint document
to attach.
- Click the "Open" button.
- Type "Name of Link to File,"
if desired.
- The Special Action default is to
"Create a link to this file."
This is fine.
- Select other options as desired.
- Click the "Submit" button.
- You should then receive a Success
receipt.
- Click the "OK" button.