New Jersey City University
Blackboard CE Help Files

 

Uploading Files with WebDAV
 

Finding the WebDAV link to your course files:

  • Log in to your course in Blackboard CE. On your "My Web Courses" page you will see a link that says "Content Manager." Click the down arrow button next to "My Files.". Click "View WebDAV Info" link.
  • On the WebDAV info page, you will see web address to all of your course files for each course you where you are the designer. This folder does not require remapping each semester.
  • Use will see a link that looks similar to the following example:
    Folder Path: http://webct6.njcu.edu/webct/webdav/28471421001/28471516001
  • Highlight and copy http://webct6.njcu.edu/webct/webdav/28471421001/28471516001 after highlighting, you can easily copy the address by clicking CTRL + C.

Setting up Access to WebDAV

  • On your computer hard drive, look for a link to "My Network Places." This can easily be found on your computer desktop or by clicking on your "My Computer" icon > My Network Places link.
  • Click "Add Network Place"
  • A wizard screen will pop up and you paste your url http://webct6.njcu.edu/webct/webdav/28471421001/28471516001 in to the wizard box that appears on your screen.
  • Click "next" and you will be prompted to type in your Blackboard CE username and password. Enter it exactly as you would to log in to your designer account in Blackboard CE.
  • Click "finish"

Moving files:

You have now set up access to all of the files in your "My Files" folder. This folder can be accessed and linked through all of your courses. Now you only need to move your files from your hard drive to the Blackboard CE server.

  • Click on "My Network Places" again
  • Inside this folder you will see an icon for your course. As an example, the icon will be named "28471516001 on webct6.njcu.edu"
  • For easy access you can drag the icon to your desktop.
  • Open "28471516001 on webct6.njcu.edu" and look at the files in your Blackboard CE "My Files" area.
  • Now you can drag and drop files from your computer hard drive to your course on the CE 6 server. Locate your course files on your hard drive > highlight the files > drag them with your mouse to "28471516001 on webct6.njcu.edu." Your link to the file in your course will not need to be updated as long as you keep the same filename.

You have now completed a WebDAV file transfer.

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