Overview

The File Upload process will allow teachers and students to upload and download files for assignments. These files can exist an MS Word document, Text file, MS EXCEL or PDF file and numerous other types of documents. A list of invalid files types can exist created to exclude certain file from uploading, such as executable programs ending in .exe. The teacher and student files can besides have separate file size limits.

Note: The ability for teachers and students to upload files into the system tin can be granted on a school-by-school basis by your Organization Administrator in Portal Options.

There are 2 means for teachers to upload files. Teachers can log into the Teacher Portal and from the Home folio use Briefcase or they can upload documents straight to an assignment in the Add together/Edit Assignmentscreen.

Instructor Briefcase

In one case the Enable Briefcase Portal Pick has been turned on, the teachers volition see their Briefcase on the Home page when they log into the Teacher Portal. The Briefcase consists of an Assignment Section and an Upload Files section.

The three line icon to the right of the Gradebook proper name is a filter that can be used to select the gradebook and assignments that the instructor wishes to view. The Gradebook Proper noun dropdown lists all of the gradebooks that the teacher has created. The Default lists the assignments that have Due Dates from seven days prior to the current day to seven days later the current day. Teachers can too cull to view assignments that were due in the Final thirty Days or assignments due in the Next 30 Days. Select the gradebook and range of assignments to view and then select Become. The Gradebook Period and Proper name volition appear in the sub-header. Hovering over the gradebook name will display the Gradebook Number.

Assignment Proper name: lists the names of the Assignments with due dates within the selected filter date range. Each Assignment Name is also a link to the Scores by Assignment page for that assignment.

Due: lists the Due Appointment for the assignment. If the Dropboxselection has been turned on for an assignment, then it will also list the Due Time for the consignment. In the above case students have until eleven:00 pm of the 31st to turn in the Persia Chart consignment. After this date and fourth dimension students will not exist able to turn in the consignment through their Student Portal Backpack.

Assignment Files: displays all of the files a teacher has uploaded to the assignment. Hovering the mouse over the file icon volition bring up the file proper name and size. Clicking on the icon will download the file.

Received: lists how many students accept uploaded a file for this assignment. At this fourth dimension students are limited to uploading ane file per consignment. In the to a higher place example one student has turned in a Persia Chart document.

Upload icon: tin can be used to select a previously uploaded document to attach to the assignment, or Select Files can be used to search for a new file to attach to the assignment.

Note: if the file uploaded is a HEIC file (default iPhone picture show format) information technology will be automatically converted to .jpg format

The My Uploaded Files section lists the files that the teacher has uploaded into the organisation. The three line icon to the right of the My Uploaded Files header is a filter. By default, teachers volition be able to see files that have been uploaded in the past 2 weeks. Teachers can temporarily adjust the appointment range by either using the Date Picker or typing the new dates into the engagement boxes.

File Proper noun: lists the names of the files that the instructor has uploaded into the arrangement inside the selected date range. Hovering over the file name brings up a 4-direction arrow indicating that the file tin can be fastened to an assignment by clicking on the file name and dragging it to the appropriate consignment.

Files: clicking on the icon will download the file.

Size: lists the size of the file.

Date Uploaded: lists the date and time that the file was uploaded into the organisation.

Upload New File icon: teachers can upload one or many files into the system without associating them to assignments immediately. Click on the Upload New File icon in the My Uploaded Files section.

Click on Select Files. Navigate to the file(s) that you wish to upload, select the file(s) and click on Open.

Notation: if the file uploaded is a HEIC file (default iPhone picture format) it will be automatically converted to .jpg format


The file(due south) will be listed in the File Upload pop-upwardly screen. More than files can be selected past clicking on Select Filesonce more, or the files can be uploaded into the system by clicking on Upload Files.

In this example, the Africa Project file could non be uploaded into the system. Click on Close to clear the message.

Hovering over the Exclamation Mark displays the reason why the file was not uploaded. In this example teachers are limited to uploading files 1.5 MB or smaller as defined in the Portal Options setting. The Africa Project certificate was larger than the file limit. Invalid files as defined in the Portal Options setting is another reason why a file may not exist uploaded into the system.

The Coolidge Timeline file did upload into the system since it was not an invalid file blazon or larger than the maximum file size. The carmine X indicates that the uploaded file can be deleted by the instructor. Once a document is associated with an consignment information technology cannot be deleted from the Briefcase screen. Annotation that the Persia Nautical chart Fill-in document cannot be deleted since it is already associated with the Persia Chart consignment.

Files tin be associated to an assignment in one of three ways:

Offset, after a file is uploaded into the My Uploaded Files, it can be dragged to the assignment that information technology will be associated with. In the below example the Coolidge Timeline spreadsheet is beingness dragged to the Coolidge assignment. The Assignment Files area highlights in light-green to indicate where the file will be dropped.

Some other way to associate a file with and assignment is to select the Upload Icon for that assignment in the Briefcase expanse and and so either select from the list of available files (more than i file can exist selected), or click on the Select Files button to search for files to upload and associate with an assignment. Click on Close when all selections have been made.

The 3rd manner is discussed in the Add/Edit Consignment – Upload Assignment Documentssection beneath.

Notation: if a file is associated with an assignment in a gradebook that is linked, then that file will be associated with the same assignment in every linked gradebook.

If the teacher does not want to see the Briefcase on their Abode Page they can utilize the Edit Dwelling Page option nether My Options at the pinnacle of the screen to de-select the My Briefcase option.

Add together/Edit Assignment – Upload Assignment Documents

After creating and saving an assignment, an Upload Consignment Documents button will display on the Edit Assignmentpage at the bottom. It might be necessary to scroll downwards using the vertical curlicue bar on the right of the page to see the Upload Assignment Documentspush button.

When y'all click the mouse on the Upload Assignment Documents push button, the following box will display. Click the mouse on the Select files button to notice the file you wish to upload.

Click the mouse on the file and then click the mouse on the Openbutton.

Click the mouse on the UPLOAD filesbutton.

Once the file has been uploaded information technology will show a status of 100% to the correct of the Document name. The document will at present display for the Assignment in the Documentsarea. It might be necessary to coil downwards the Edit Assignment page using the vertical scroll bar on the right to see the documents uploaded.

Note: if the file uploaded is a HEIC file (default iPhone moving picture format) it will be automatically converted to .jpg format

Once the document has been uploaded, a teacher tin can Delete or View the Document by clicking on buttons to the left of the document proper name.

Later on the document is uploaded, both the instructor and the students tin can view the document attached to the assignment on the Gradebook Details.The teachers can detect this folio past clicking the mouse on the Gradebook Details node on the Navigation Tree.

Students can find this page past clicking on the Gradebook in the Gradebook Summary on their Habitation page, or by selecting the Grades tab and then the Gradebook Details link. The document will display in the Documents column.

Student Backpack

One time the Enable Haversack Portal Choice has been turned on, the students will encounter their Haversack on the Dwelling house folio when they log into the Student Portal. The Backpack is the companion piece to the Instructor Briefcase. It displays all of the student's current assignments, allows them to download documents that the teacher posted to an assignment, and it allows the pupil to upload documents and adhere them to assignments that the teachers turned on the Dropboxfor. Files that students upload are limited by the file size limit and file types gear up in the Portal Options.

The Backpack also consists of an Assignment Section and an Upload Files section. The Default drop down is a filter that the student tin use to view the assignments. By default, the students can see the assignments that fall inside the next seven calendar days. They can also temporarily filter assignments that fall within the Concluding 7 Daysor the Next 30 Days.

PD: The flow lists the gradebook menstruation that the assignment is from.

Assignment Name: lists the name of the assignment. Hovering over the assignment with the mouse will display the Gradebook Proper noun and Consignment Name.

Files: displays the files that the teacher has uploaded to the assignment. Hovering over the file icon will display the file proper name. Clicking on the icon will download the file.

Due: lists the assignment Due Appointment. If the teacher turned on the Dropboxoption for the assignment a Due Time and an upload icon will also display. The pupil will be able to upload a file to the assignment upwards until the Due Date and Time. In the in a higher place instance the student has until 11:00 PM on the 5th to upload a file for the anest flow Africa PDA assignment.

Submitted Files: lists the file that the student has uploaded to the consignment. At this fourth dimension students are limited to i file per assignment. Hovering over the file name will bring up an information box with the file name and the date and time that it was associated with the assignment. Clicking on the file proper noun will download the file.

Upload Icon: tin can be used to select a previously uploaded document to adhere to the assignment, or Select Files can be used to search for a new file to attach to the assignment. Once a file has been attached to an consignment, information technology volition no longer announced in the My Uploaded Files section.

Note: if the file uploaded is a HEIC file (default iPhone picture format) it will be automatically converted to .jpg format

The My Uploaded Files section lists the files that the student has uploaded into the system. Students will be able to come across all files that have been uploaded but not attached to an assignment. Since the students are limited to one file per consignment, once they associate a file to an assignment it volition no longer be listed in the My Uploaded Files area.

File Name: lists the names of the files that the student has uploaded into the arrangement within the selected date range. Hovering over the file name brings upwardly a 4-direction arrow indicating that the file can exist attached to an assignment by clicking on the file name and dragging it to the appropriate assignment.

Files: clicking on the icon volition download the file.

Size: lists the size of the file.

Date Uploaded: lists the appointment and time that the file was uploaded into the system.

Upload New File icon: students can upload i or many files into the system without associating them to assignments immediately. Click on the Upload New File icon in the My Uploaded Files department.

Click on Select Files. Navigate to the file(s) that you lot wish to upload, select the file(southward) and click on Open.

The file(s) volition be listed in the File Upload pop-up screen. More files can exist selected by clicking on Select Filesonce more, or the files can exist uploaded into the organization by clicking on Upload Files.

Note: if the file uploaded is a HEIC file (default iPhone moving picture format) it volition be automatically converted to .jpg format

In this instance, the Africa Project file could not be uploaded into the system. Click on Close to articulate the message.

Hovering over the Exclamation Mark displays the reason why the file was non uploaded. In this instance students are limited to uploading files one.0 MB or smaller as defined in the Portal Options setting. The Africa Project document was larger than the file limit. Invalid files as divers in the Portal Options setting is some other reason why a file may non be uploaded into the system.

Files can exist associated to an assignment in one of two means:

First, after a file is uploaded into the My Uploaded Files, it can be dragged to the assignment that it volition be associated with. In the below example the Africa Map document is being dragged to the Africa PDA consignment. The Submitted Files area highlights in dark-green to betoken where the file will exist dropped.

Another way to acquaintance a file with and assignment is to select the Upload Icon for that consignment in the Backpack area and then either select from the dropdown of bachelor files or click on the Select Files button to search for files to upload and associate with an assignment. Click on Close when all selections have been fabricated.

Once a file has been associated with an assignment it is no longer listed in the My Uploaded Filesarea.Even if students are not given access to the Backpack through the Portal Options, they tin all the same download the documents that the teachers post to assignments by going to the Gradebook Details folio. The Gradebook Details page tin can be found by clicking on the Gradebook Name in the Gradebook Summarysection of the Habitation page, or by clicking on the Grades tab and then selecting Gradebook Details.

The teacher-uploaded documents will exist listed under the Documents column. Hovering on the icon will brandish the document proper name and clicking on the icon with download the document.