Summary
Files can be uploaded to Blackboard as attached files, or particular media types.
Resources
- Content Item Overview (help.blackboard.com)
File Types
Allowable file types in Blackboard at Otago are:
Attach File | Attach Image | Add MPEG/AVI Content | Add Quicktime Content | Add Audio | Add Flash | Add Mashup |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
.docx .doc .html .htm .pptx .ppt .pps .txt .wpd .xlsx .xls .zip |
.gif .jif .jpg .jpeg .png .tiff .wmf |
.avi .mpg .mpeg |
.qt | .aiff .asf .mp3 .midi .moov .mov .mp .wav .wma .wmv |
.swa .swf |
YouTube SlideShare Flickr |
File Names
Files names can be made up of letters, numbers and some symbols. We recommend stripping as many unusual symbols from your files names as these are likely to lead to issues uploading. The following symbols will definitely cause invalid files in Blackboard:
- +
- :
Related Pages
- Folders
- Items
- Course Files (WebDav)