Desire2Learn 9.0

Working with the Dropbox

If your instructor has the Dropbox tool available, you can use it to turn in digital assignments and retrieve graded files. Students can also view feedback from the instructor and see a list of submitted files in the folder(s).

Submitting an Assignment
Viewing Submitted Files
Viewing Feedback

Submitting an Assignment

Follow these steps to submit an assignment to the appropriate folder.

NOTES:
File names may contain underscores and hyphens.
File names should not have spaces. Use a hyphen or underscore in place of a space.
File names should not contain the following special characters: * / : ; > < | | ' & # { } ".

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 appears.
Choose a file location (My Computer, My Locker, or Group Locker)
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
NOTE: You will receive an email with the subject line Dropbox submission receipt confirming your file submission.
OPTIONAL: To upload another file,
1. Click UPLOAD MORE FILES
2. Repeat steps 3-9

Viewing Submitted Files

You can view all the files you have submitted to the instructor in the Dropbox.

From the Course Home page, on the Navigation bar, click DROPBOX
The Dropbox Folders pane appears.
Click HISTORY
The Submission History pane appears.
From the Folder pull-down menu, select the desired folder
A list of submitted files appears for the 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 VIEW icon appears in the Feedback column.