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Blackboard Communication Tools: Digital Drop Box
The Digital Drop Box enables instructors and students to exchange files. Users can send and receive files of any type, including web pages, PowerPoint presentations, Word or WordPerfect files, text files, graphics, PDFs, etc. Students can send files, like homework assignments, to their instructors. Instructors can view the files in their Drop Box and return them to students. It is recommended that the Drop Box be used for exchanges between instructors and individual students. Instructors should post files that are intended for all students in the Course Documents area.
Instructor Drop Box | Student Drop Box
Instructor Drop Box
Sending files
- Go to the course Control Panel and select Digital Drop Box from the Course Tools.
- You will see the Current Files and the Add File and Send File buttons.
- Click the Send File button.
- Choose to whom you want to send the file, either a particular student or all of the students.
- Choose the file you want from files already posted in your drop box or Browse... your computer for a new file.
- Type in a name that will be used to create a link to the file, e.g., Homework 2/29.
- Make any Comments that will accompany the file.
- Click Submit.
Receiving files
- Go to the course Control Panel and select Digital Drop Box from the Course Tools.
- The window will display the current files in your Drop Box. You can see who sent the file, when it was posted, the name of the link to retrieve the file, and comments about the file.
- Click on the link to view the file. If you want to save the file, hold down the <shift> key and click on the link. You will be prompted to save or open the file; decide on a location to save the file on your computer.
Deleting Files
- To delete files from your Drop Box, click on the Remove button next to the file to delete.
- You will be prompted to confirm deletion.
- Click yes and the deleted file will no longer appear.
Student Dropbox
Sending & Receiving Files
- Click on the Tools button in the course toolbar. Click on Digital Drop Box.
- You will see the Current Files and the Add File and Send File buttons.
- To view a file in the Drop Box, click on the link name. The file should open in the appropriate application (e.g., Microsoft Word, NotePad).
- To save a file, hold down the <shift> key and click on the link. You will be prompted to save or open the file; decide on a location to save the file on your computer.
- To send a file, click Send File. You may only send files to your instructor.
- Choose the file you want to send from the menu of your posted files or click on Browse... and search your computer for a new file.
- Type in a name that will be used to create a link to the file, e.g., Homework 2/29
- Click Submit.
- At the top of the Drop Box window you will see a confirmation message that the file was sent. A copy of the file sent to your professor will also appear in your dropbox.
- If you work on several different computers, you might want to be use the same files on the different computers. Consider posting the files to your Drop Box. To post a file to your own Drop Box, click Add File and enter a name and comment and Browse for the file to upload.
- You can see the name of the file, the name of the link to retrieve the file, the size of the file, and the file's status (received or delivered).
Deleting Files from the Drop Box
- To delete files from your Drop Box, click on the Remove button next to the file(s) you want to delete.
- You will be prompted to confirm the deletion.
- Click OK and the deleted files will no longer appear.
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