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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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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Open/Compose a message.
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Click the Attach "button" (usually denoted with paper clips).
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In the "dialog box" which appears (seen below as "Attach File(s)"),
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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".
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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.
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Click the send button.
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