How to Upload Many Files and Folders to Blackboard At Once

There is a content type in Blackboard called a "Document Package" which can be a real time-saver if you have a lot of documents and folders to upload to Blackboard at once.

A Document Package is a .zip file containing a structure of folders and files.

When you add a Document Package to a content area in your course, the folder structure of the zip file will be preserved (reproduced) in Blackboard, so if you have a lot of documents in a heirarchy to upload at once, the data can be zipped preserving folder information and uploaded to Blackboard in one step.

You can add a Document Package to a content area in Blackboard as follows:

1. Create a .zip file on your computer containing the files and folders you want to upload to Blackboard. Make sure you use the "preserve folder information" option when creating your .zip file.

2. Log on to Blackboard and enter your course.

3. In the Control Panel of your course, click on the desired content area (For example, "Course Documents").

4. On the right, select "Document Package" from the dropdown menu and click Go.

5. Click the Browse button, browse to the .zip file you have prepared, and click Open.

6. Click the Submit button.


The file's complete contents will be uploaded to your Blackboard course. You're done!