FIRST YEARS > FAQs Library > Attaching Files to Email Messages

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. There you will see an button. Clicking it takes you to another screen where you can "browse" to the folder/directory where you have saved the document. Click on it to select it. Clicking the Submit button finishes the attach operation. Attaching files using various email utilities is just as easy. In these, you will typically see an attach icon, often a paper clip (as seen at the right). Note: The example seen below shows how attachments are made in the Windows-based Netscape Communicator Messenger; 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. Open/Compose a message. Click the Attach "button" (usually denoted with paper clips). In the "dialog box" which appears (seen below as "Enter file to attach"), Change to the location of the file (on your floppy or on your hard disk). In the example below, you see that the location is on the D: hard drive in the folder called "My Documents". Once you see the listing of the files contained in that location, click on the needed filename to select it for attachment. Click the send button.

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