{"id":60087,"date":"2017-09-28T08:58:33","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T13:58:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/?p=60087"},"modified":"2017-09-28T15:28:06","modified_gmt":"2017-09-28T20:28:06","slug":"d2l-dropbox-tips-and-tricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/2017\/09\/28\/d2l-dropbox-tips-and-tricks\/","title":{"rendered":"D2L Dropbox: Tips and Tricks"},"content":{"rendered":"

D2L’s dropbox tool allows for students to easily submit assignments to instructors electronically. \u00a0Here are some helpful tips to make uploading files to D2L hassle free!<\/p>\n

Make \"uploading-handwritten-white-chalk-blackboard-drawing-download-bar-43659103\"sure the correct file is selected:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0<\/strong>It sounds simple enough, but the easiest way to\u00a0cause confusion is to accidentally submit your English paper to your Comm110 dropbox. Always double check that the file you selected is the one you want.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t upload from your phone: \u00a0<\/strong>You may not have known this, but you can upload files from your phone to dropbox!\u00a0 Uploading from your phone may seem convenient, especially when you\u2019re in a rush and on the go, but it can be inconsistent. It\u2019s always best to upload from a desktop or laptop with a stable internet connection. If you, or someone you know, doesn\u2019t have access to one, check out our blog on Andersen Media Lab!<\/a><\/p>\n

Don\u2019t use special characters: \u00a0<\/strong>If you\u2019re submitting a file from a Mac, there are some\"Screen characters that you can use in filenames that you can\u2019t use on Windows. You\u2019re able to use these characters on a Mac, but if you tried to use them in Windows, you wouldn\u2019t be able to even make the file. These characters are \u00a0\u00a0\\ \/ : * ? ” < > |<\/strong>.\u00a0 The dropbox will not allow any of these characters to be in a filename. If one or more of them are, you will get an error message, and the file won\u2019t upload. So when working on a Mac, be careful not to use special characters.<\/p>\n

Make sure your file was uploaded: \u00a0<\/strong>After your file has been successfully uploaded to dropbox, you should immediately get an email receipt in your student email. If you check your email and there’s no receipt in the inbox, make sure to try and upload the file again.<\/p>\n

If you run into problems trying to upload a file to a dropbox, please contact D2L Support.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

D2L’s dropbox tool allows for students to easily submit assignments to instructors electronically. To upload the files hassle free, be sure that the correct file is selected, don’t upload from your phone, and don’t use special characters. Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6258,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3140,14804],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-60087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-for-students","category-weekly-bytes"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2U0PY-fD9","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-04-26 05:02:34","action":"Draft","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6258"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60087"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60133,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60087\/revisions\/60133"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uww.edu\/instructional\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}