OAC Blackboard Digital Drop Box

quick guides

set up

Course Content

assessments

Tools

Blackboard Support

Your main Blackboard contact:
Susan Mrozowski
410.955.2359
oac@jhmi.edu

Questions concerning Blackboard enrollments and logins? Please contact:
Kim Thornton
kthornt5@jhmi.edu

How To Use the Digital Drop Box

The instructor and a student can exchange files with this tool. A file added to the Drop Box will not appear to the Instructor until it has been sent. Once a file has been sent to the Instructor, it cannot be removed from the Drop Box.

file Exchange with a student

Click Add File to upload files to the Drop Box (Fig 1)
Click Send File to mail file to student

Fig 1: Tool for File Exchange

Files are added to the Digital Drop Box from the Add File page. A file is not automatically sent if it is placed in the Drop Box through the Add File option.

SEnd Files

Files must be sent through the Send File option. Files that are added to the Drop Box but not sent will show the date and time posted.
Instructors or students can select a file already in the Digital Drop Box to send. Users may also select a file not in the Digital Drop Box on the Send File page.
A file sent that is not already in the user’s Drop Box is added to the user’s Drop Box when it is sent.
Files that are added to the Drop Box but not sent will show the date and time posted. Once the file is sent to it will show the date and time sent.

Support

If you have any questions about Course Tools, please contact:
Susan Mrozowski
410.955.2359
oac@jhmi.edu