How to put a collection of documents up
In order to put a collection of documents up at the same time,
rather than uploading them one-by-one, follow these steps. Note
that this guide describes how to put documents into the "Course
Documents" area, but these steps can apply to the "Course
Information" and "Assignments" areas, or new custom
areas also.
To begin with, you need to collate your documents into a zip
file. To do this:
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Zipping Documents
Place all the relevant documents into a separate folder on your
computer. For example, you may wish to organise them into each week
separately. Here we have the files for Session 1 in a folder named
'Session 1 Documents':
- Go back to view the folder, then right-click on it and select
'Send To>Compressed (zipped) Folder' from the menu, as shown
below.
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A new zipped folder will appear, as shown below:
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Uploading the Documents
Login to Blackboard and navigate to the course you wish to upload
the files to.
- Navigate to the location you wish to upload the files to. In
this example, we are using 'Course Documents'
- Click on the 'Edit View' option at the top-right of the
page.
- From the 'Select:' drop-down menu at the top right of the page
which loads up, select the 'Document Package' option as shown in
the image below.
- Click on the 'Go' button.
- If required, select Yes to 'Track the number of views'
- Click on the 'Browse' button
- Find the zip file created earlier, select it and press the
'Open' button.
- Click on the Submit button.
- Your files/folders will now be uploaded. Click back into the
Course Documents to see how they look.
To view the corresponding
step-by-step video for this guide, please click here.
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