Homework Submission through Blackboard

• To submit homework go to blackboard.luc.edu.
• If you are not familiar with Blackboard see the quickstart. 
• Please turn in a single file.  If you have several files or directory, combine them in an archive  (jar or zip file) and submit that.  (If this is needed, it will be explained in class.)
• Open your course link in Blackboard, select Tools, then Digital Drop Box, and click on the second button, Send File, NOT Add File.
• In Item 2, File Information, there are two poorly distinguished, but mutually distinct options:
  
  • Use the Select field ONLY IF the file you want to send is ALREADY in your dropbox (generally not the case).  If the file IS there, click the down arrow after Select File.  Select the file by the name labeling it in your dropbox, and ignore the fields listed after "Upload New File".  
  • Use the fields after "Upload New File" ONLY IF you want to both upload a file to Blackboard AND notify your professor of its location at the same time.  The fields for uploading and sending are described below:

    Field	Description
    Name:	Enter the label to display on the icon for your file in your dropbox and the the professor's dropbox.  See the naming note below.
    File:	Click Browse to upload a file from your local machine to store in your and the professor's drop box. See the naming note below.
    Comments:	Enter optional comments about the file. These comments will appear beneath the title in the professor's dropbox, but are stripped off when the file is downloaded  for use by the professor.

    Naming Note:  The use of the Name field above vs. the name of the file on your local machine is confusing.  They both are used to refer to a copy of the same file, but they are used in completely different places.  
    
    • The Name field is visible to identify the file icon in your dropbox (and your professor's drop box if you send it) but it is stripped off and not available at all when the professor downloads your file to actually look at the file.  
    • Conversely the name of the file on your local drive also becomes the name of the file when the professor downloads it, but this name is not visible directly inside the dropbox.  
    Another issue with names is that if the professor is downloading files from many students, they all need to be distinguished, so you will generally get instructions for how to name your local files uniquely, like hw3-YourLoginID.txt. You can usually use the same distinguishing name for the Blackboard icon name as the file you are submitting.  Make sure you give enough information in the Name field for the dropbox to distinguish your file from all the other entries of yours and other students sent to the professor! 

• Be sure to end by pressing Submit! 
  
• If you mistakenly select "Add File" rather than "Send File", finish, and then try again and do select "Send File" this time.  This time you can follow the directions for the "Select" field above, rather than the fields after "Upload New File".
• The time of this submission is the time that determines the lateness of the homework.