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vertical line divider There may be times when your instructor will ask you to send him/her "file attachments" via e-mail. Such files may be image files, word-processed documents (e.g. essays produced in Word), Powerpoint slide shows, Excel spreadsheets, or other types of documents needed for grading.

Once your instructor has received your document file, she/he may grade it by inserting comments within your work, then email the corrected document back to you.

Attaching in Blackboard
To attach files using Blackboard's email, click the Communications button, then the "Email" option. Once you select the person(s) to email, you will see the compose screen, where you will see the attachments option below the message area.  Clicking "attach a file" takes you to another screen where you can "browse" to the folder/directory where you have saved the document. Note: You can attach multiple files.

Browse to select the file you want to attach.
To attach in Blackboard's discussion forum, you will see a similar attachment link which, when clicked, expands to the browse option. Select the file, click "Open" to attach and you're finished.
attaching in the forums
Look for the paper clip iconAttaching files using various applications is just as easy. All are similar in operation. In these, you will typically see an attach icon, often a paper clip (as seen at the right). In the next section, we see how email attachments are done in Thunderbird, the email application often used with Mozilla Firefox.

Attaching Files with Mosaic Thunderbird
Note: The example seen below shows how attachments are made in the Windows-based Thunderbird email application, but the process is similar in all email utilities, whether working on a Macintosh or PC. Consult the Help feature/menu of your particular email package for specific instructions.

  1. Open/Compose a message.
  2. Click the Attach "button" (usually denoted with paper clips).
  3. In the "dialog box" which appears (seen below as "Attach File(s)"),
    • Change to the location of the file (under "Look in:"). In the example below, you see that the location is the "lib" folder, which is under "My Documents".
    • Once you see the listing of the files contained in that location, click on the needed filename (in this case "attach.htm") to select it for attachment.
  4. Click the send button.

  5. Attaching files with the Netscape Messager mail utility
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