Using Blackboard's DropBox
(If you don't know how to log on to blackboard see here)

 

You will find the Digital Drop Box in the "Tools" section of blackboard

  1. First check the document that you have saved on your hard drive or floppy disk to make sure you have saved it in MICROSOFT WORD format. If not, or you if are unsure of the format, click here.

  2. Click on the "Tools"button located at the left of your screen in your Blackboard course:

  3. click on the "Digital Drop Box" link

  4. To send a file to your instructor's drop box click on the "Send File" button
    Caution: If you click on the "Add File" button rather than the "Send File," you will store the file in your dropbox but NOT send it to the instructor!!!

    PRESS "SEND FILE" (not "Add File") IF YOU WANT TO SEND YOUR INSTRUCTOR THE FILE!!!



  2. 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.


    BE SURE TO FOLLOW THE FILE-NAMING CONVENTIONS FOR THIS COURSE. All files should be named as: your last name, followed by an underscore ("_"), followed by a your first initial, followed by an underscore ("_"), followed by the assignment number. So if a student named Saddam Hussein were to submit assignment number 7, the file name would be:

    hussein_s_7.doc

  3. 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.

  4. 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 instructor's drop box.

  5. After you have sent your file, your screen will display a record that Blackboard has sent your file:

  6. When you click on the OK button, you will be returned to your drop box with a record/receipt of the name of the file that you sent and when you sent it, as shown below:
IF YOU GET THIS RECEIPT, YOU CAN BE SURE THAT YOUR PAPER WAS SENT! You don't need to ask me if it was sent!