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The Dropbox tool enables you to submit assignments in Learning Environment, eliminating the need to mail, fax, or email your work to instructors. Simply upload your submission to the appropriate dropbox folder and submit.

What are the basics of Dropbox?

  • Accessing Dropbox [1]
  • Submitting to a dropbox folder [2]
  • Submitting group work to a dropbox folder [3]
  • Reviewing your dropbox folder submission history [4]
  • Viewing feedback in a dropbox folder [5]

 

Audience: 

  • Learner [6]

Dropbox basics

Audience: 

  • Learner [6]

Accessing Dropbox

Click Dropbox on the navbar.

Audience: 

  • Learner [6]

Submitting to a dropbox folder

  1. On the Dropbox Folders page, click on the folder you want to submit to.
  2. Click Add a File to browse for the file you want to submit. You can attach files from your local computer or storage device, a personal locker, a group locker, or ePortfolio.
  3. You can Add a File, Record Video, or Record Audio as feedback. When you finish a recording, click Add.
  4. Enter any Comments you want to submit with the file.
  5. Click Submit.

Any rubrics which submissions are evaluated with are listed on the submission page so you can see how submissions are evaluated.

Audience: 

  • Learner [6]

Submitting group work to a dropbox folder

Any user in your group can submit files to the dropbox folder. The Submissions column indicates how many files your group has submitted.

Submit group work to a dropbox folder

  1. On the Dropbox Folders page, click on the group dropbox folder you want to submit to. Group dropbox folders have a Group icon beside their names.
  2. Click Add a File to browse for the file you want to submit. You can attach files from your local computer or storage device, a personal locker, a group locker, or ePortfolio.
  3. You can Add a File, Record Video, or Record Audio as feedback. When you finish a recording, click Add.
  4. Enter any Comments you want to submit with the file.

    NoteIf you have permission to add video notes, you can click the Insert Stuff icon in the HTML Editor and click Video Note to do your recording.

  5. Click Submit.

Audience: 

  • Learner [6]

Reviewing your dropbox folder submission history

A list of submitted files displays on the Submission History page. You can view each file’s size, submission date, whether comments were included with it, and who has retrieved it. For group dropbox folders, you can check who submitted each file.

  • Unread The file has not been retrieved.
  • Read The file has been retrieved. (It may not have been read or graded.)

View submission history

  1. On the Dropbox Folders page, click View History.
  2. Select the Folder you want to view from the drop-down list.

Audience: 

  • Learner [6]

Viewing feedback in a dropbox folder

Feedback (including grades) associated with group dropbox folders applies to the entire group.

View feedback in a dropbox folder

  1. On the Dropbox Folders page, click View in the Feedback column beside the folder containing your submission.
  2. View your grade, rubric assessment, and feedback comments.
  3. Click Download All Files to download feedback attachments.
  4. When you are finished viewing feedback, click Done.

Audience: 

  • Learner [6]

Source URL: http://staging.docs.d2l/en/Dropbox

Links:
[1] http://staging.docs.d2l/en/accessing-dropbox
[2] http://staging.docs.d2l/en/submitting-to-a-dropbox-folder
[3] http://staging.docs.d2l/en/submitting-group-work-dropbox-folder
[4] http://staging.docs.d2l/en/reviewing-dropbox-folder-submission-history
[5] http://staging.docs.d2l/en/viewing-feedback-dropbox-folder
[6] http://staging.docs.d2l/en/taxonomy/term/3