{"id":226,"date":"2009-11-24T16:09:07","date_gmt":"2009-11-24T21:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/?p=226"},"modified":"2009-11-24T16:09:07","modified_gmt":"2009-11-24T21:09:07","slug":"bb-tip-6-naming-files","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cat.xula.edu\/food\/bb-tip-6-naming-files\/","title":{"rendered":"Bb Tip #6: Naming Files"},"content":{"rendered":"

You minimize of the number of error messages you and your students receive when accessing files in Blackboard by naming files appropriately.<\/p>\n

Follow these steps to do it.<\/strong>
\nThere are several characters that you should avoid when naming files to be used in Blackboard. To reduce the number of errors when uploading and downloading files in Blackboard, follow these naming conventions:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Use only letters, numbers, underscores, and hyphens in file names
\n\u2022 Do not use spaces, commas, pound signs (#), question marks, equal signs, ampersands (&), asterisks (*), or any other special characters in file names
\n\u2022 Use hyphens or underscores in place of spaces in file names
\n\u2022 Do not use periods in a file name, except before the file extension (e.g. \u201cResearch_paper.doc\u201d)
\n\u2022 Keep file names under 60 characters in length<\/p>\n

Filenames should be less than 60 characters in order to avoid having the filename unexpectedly truncated when moving between different computer platforms (e.g. moving between Windows and Apple Macintosh computers).<\/p>\n

Filenames should include the file type extension so they can be recognized and opened by the appropriate application on another computer. Common extensions are:<\/p>\n

.doc or .docx for Microsoft Word documents
\n.xls or . xlsx for MS Excel files
\n.ppt or .pptx for MS Powerpoint files
\n.pdf for files in portable document format (PDF)
\n.jpg for JPEG images such as photographs
\n.txt for plain text files<\/p>\n

You should recommend to your students that they follow these same naming conventions. This is helpful when you are downloading multiple students\u2019 files all at once (e.g. downloading students\u2019 completed assignments).<\/p>\n

Want more information?<\/strong>
\nVisit the Blackboard FAQs<\/a> for additional blackboard information
\nor email<\/a> or call Janice Florent: (504) 520-7418<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You minimize of the number of error messages you and your students receive when accessing files in Blackboard by naming files appropriately. Follow these steps to do it. There are several characters that you should avoid when naming files to be used in Blackboard. 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