File attachments may be added to different places in a course, for example, to an Item, an Assignment, or a File in a Learning Unit. There are two options for adding file attachments:
Users will open the file by clicking a link to the file that appears in the course. After selecting a file to attach, users may enter a name for the link to the file. This name will appear to users, instead of the name of the document. For example, users would see “Biology Syllabus” instead of syllabus_bio_101.doc.
The characters a-z, 0-9, period ‘.’ and underscore ‘_’ are acceptable in file names. Any ISO-8859-1 character (also referred to as Latin 1) may be used in a file name. Characters that are not ISO-8859-1are not supported.
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Note: The Blackboard Learning System can recognize additional file types and associated applications if a MIME extension is added. Contact your System Administrator for more information about adding MIME extensions.
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.aam
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Multimedia
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Macromedia® Authorware® plug-in
Note that the .aam file is the starting point for a series of files that must be enclosed in a .ZIP file.
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.aiff
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Audio
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Audio program
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.asf
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Multimedia
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Microsoft® .NET™ Show
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.au
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Audio
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Real Audio Player™
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.avi
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Video
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Video player (not Macintosh® compatible)
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.doc
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Text
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Microsoft® Word® or other word processor
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.exe
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Executable
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Executable file
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.gif
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Image
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Graphics program or Web browser
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.html, .htm
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Web page
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HTML editor or Web browser
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.jpg, .jpeg
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Image
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Graphics program or Web browser
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.jif
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Image
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Graphics program or Web browser
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.mp3
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Audio
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Audio program
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.mpe
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Audio/Video
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Audio program
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.mpg, .mpeg
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Image
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Graphics program or Web browser
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.moov,movie
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Movie
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QuickTime® movie
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.mov
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Video
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Movie or media player
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.pdf
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Text
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Adobe® Acrobat® Reader®
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.png
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Image
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Portable Network Graphics
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.ppt, .pps
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Slide show
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Microsoft® PowerPoint® and PowerPoint Player®
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.qt
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Movie
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QuickTime®
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.ra
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Audio
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Real Audio Player™
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.ram
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Video
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Real Audio Movie™
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.rm
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Audio
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Audio program
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.rtf
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Text
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Rich Text Format
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.swf
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Multimedia
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Macromedia® Shockwave® plug-in
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.tiff, .tif
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Image
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Graphics program or Web browser
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.txt
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Text
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Text or HTML editor, word processor
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.wav
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Audio
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Audio program
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.wma
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Audio
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Audio program
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.wmf
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Graphic
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Microsoft® Windows®
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.wmv
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Media/Audio
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Microsoft® Windows®
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.wpd
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Text
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WordPerfect® or other word processor
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.xls
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Spreadsheet
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Microsoft® Excel®
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.zip
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Text
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WinZip®
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