Add Course Documents

Course documents can be files (PDFs, Word documents, PowerPoint presentations for example) that you want students to open, download, read, print. To organize your documents, you can create Folders and then add documents to the created folder

Create a Folder

1. Select Course Documents from Course Menu
2. Select (click) Build Content  to view drop-down options; select Content Folder under New Page column
3. On the Create Content Folder page:
4. Content Folder Information
   • Type in a Name for the folder (required)
   • Enter any information regarding the folder (optional)
5. Options
   • Permit Users to View Content: Yes/No
   • Track Number of Views: Yes/No
   • Date/Time Restrictions (optional)
6. Click Submit

Add Course Documents to Folder

Select and open the folder created above

1. Select (click) Build Content to view drop-down options; select Item under Create column
2. On the Create Item page:

• Content Information
  • Type in a Name for the item (required)
  • Enter any information regarding the item (optional)
• Attachments
  • Attach File:
    • Browse My Computer: Select the file/document from your local computer; select Open to upload to Blackboard
    • Browse Content Collection: When the Content Collection windows opens, locate the file to be attached. Place a checkmark in the box to the left of the item name; click Submit. Select OK to give Read permission to course users. The file will show in the Attached Files area
  • Options:  
    • Permit Users to View Content: Yes/No
    • Track Number of Views: Yes/No
    • Date/Time Restrictions (optional)

Click Submit 

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