How to Upload an Item in Blackboard

Overview 

An "Item" is one of the most useful tools for building content in your Blackboard course site. You use it to create text or attach files you want students to see.

Instructions

• • Sign in into your Blackboard course - https://learn.mssm.edu

  • Navigate to the location you want your file to appear 

  • Make sure your Edit Mode is set to "ON"

• • Click Building Content and select Item from the dropdown menu 

  • In this example, I've decided to place my Item within the Course Info area of my course.

• • Give the new Item a name. You may also add an optional description.

• • Under Attachments, you may choose to attach a file from your computer by selecting Browse My Computer or you may attach file from the course repository by selecting Browse Content Collection. 

  • If your browser allows, dragging and dropping files from your computer into the “hot spot” indicated above with the dashed lines

• • Under Standard Options, by default your Item will be available to students as soon as you click submit. To Hide the Item, change "Permit Users to View this Content" to "No"

• • You have the option to track the number views and restrict the dates in which the file will be available to students

• Click Submit

  • By default the file will appear at the bottom of the screen. You can drag it from the left hand side to re-arrange the items in your course.