Desire2Learn 8.4

Working with the Dropbox

Instructors can use the Dropbox to receive electronic assignments from students. It allows the students to turn in their digital assignments and retrieve graded files. Also, the student is allowed to view feedback from the instructor and to see a list of submitted files in the folder(s).

Submitting an Assignment
Viewing Submitted Files
Viewing Feedback

Submitting an Assignment

Turn in assignment(s) in the appropriate folder by following these steps.

NOTES:
File names should not contain the following special characters: * / : > < | | ' & : # { } ".
File names may contain underscores and hyphens.

From the Course Home page, on the Navigation bar, click DROPBOX
The Dropbox Folders pane appears.
Click the name of the folder for your assignment(s)
The Submit Files pane appears.
Click ADD A FILE
The Submit a File dialog box disappears.
Click BROWSE...
The Choose file dialog box appears.
Navigate to the desired file
Click OPEN
Click UPLOAD
OPTIONAL: To leave a comment about this file, in the Comments text box, type your message
When finished, click SUBMIT
OPTIONAL: To upload another file,
1. Click UPLOAD MORE FILES
2. Repeat steps 3-9

Viewing Submitted Files

You can view all the files that have been submitted to the instructor in the student Dropbox.

From the Course Home page, on the Navigation bar, click DROPBOX
The Dropbox Folders pane appears.
Click HISTORY
The Submission History pane appears.
NOTES:
A list of submitted files appears in each folder.
OPTIONAL: To retrieve a file,
1. Click the link of the file you wish to download
  The File Download dialog box appears.
2. To open the file from its location, click OPEN
OPTIONAL: To save the file,
1. Click SAVE
  The Save As dialog box appears.
2. Navigate to the desired save location
3. Click SAVE
4. Click CLOSE

Viewing Feedback

You can view feedback from the instructor(s) about the file(s) you submit in the Dropbox.

From the Course Home page, on the Navigation bar, click DROPBOX
The Dropbox Folders pane appears.
In the desired folder's row, click VIEW
The View Feedback pane appears.
NOTE: You can view the feedback only if the VIEWicon appears in the Feedback column.