Skip navigation, view page content

• 
• Instructor Guide
• Search / Topics
• Troubleshooting
• Supported Browsers
• Common Questions
• Known Issues
• Tools — A to Z
  • Activate Course
  • Attendance
  • Blog
  • Calendar
    • Overview
    • Basic
  • Chat
    • Overview
    • Basic
  • Classlist
    • Overview
    • Basic
    • Common Problems
    • Carmen Roles
    • Role Mapping from SIS
  • Content / File Manager
    • Overview
    • Basic
    • Gather / Organize Materials
    • Upload Files
    • Using the File Manager
    • Create Modules
    • Create Topics
    • Add a Quicklink Topic
    • Manage Content
    • Supported File Types
    • Other Media Sources
    • Optimization / Accessibility
    • Shortcuts
  • Copy Course Components
    • Overview
    • Basic
    • Special Considerations
  • Course Home
  • Discussions
    • Overview
    • Basic
    • Tips
    • Compile and Print Messages
  • Dropbox
    • Overview
    • Basic
  • Email
    • Overview
    • Basic
    • Tips
  • Glossary
    • Overview
    • Basic
  • Grades
    • Overview
    • Basic
    • Access grades
    • Set Up Grade Calculation Method
    • Select Grading Scheme
    • Creating a Grading Scheme
    • Modify Display Options
    • Create Grade Categories and Items
      • Create Grade Categories and Items
      • Creating Grade Categories
      • Creating Grade Items
    • Using the Formula Editor
    • Record, Calculate and Release Grades
      • Record, Calculate and Release Grades
      • Recording Grades
      • Previewing Grades
      • Export to CSV from Grades
      • Import into Grades from CSV
      • Calculating Final Grades
      • Releasing Final Grades to Students
      • Submitting Final Grades to the Registrar
      • Troubleshooting Final Grades
  • Groups
    • Overview
    • Basic
    • Using Groups Effectively
  • HTML Editor
  • Intelligent Agents
  • Learning Repository (LOR)
  • Library Link
  • LiveRoom
  • Locker
    • Overview
    • Basic
  • Navigation Bar
  • News
    • Overview
    • Basic
  • Pager
    • Overview
    • Basic
  • Personal Homepage
  • Preferences
  • Question Library
    • Overview
    • Add Questions
    • Question Types / Information Items
      • Question Types / Information Items
      • Multiple Choice
      • True or False
      • Multi-Select
      • Matching
      • Ordering
      • Fill-in-the-Blanks
      • Short Answer
      • Multi-Short Answer
      • Long Answer
      • Arithmetic
      • Significant Figures
      • Text and Image Information
      • Likert
    • Use Regular Expressions
    • Import Questions
    • Create Sections, if Desired
    • Edit, Delete, or Re-Order Questions
    • Set Display Options
  • Quizzes
    • Overview
    • Basic
    • Security Tips
    • Using LockDown Browser
    • Using Respondus
    • Add Quizzes to the Navigation Bar
    • Access Quizzes
    • Set Up a Quiz
      • Set Up a Quiz
      • Setting Up Properties
      • Setting Up Restrictions
      • Setting Up Attempts
      • Setting Up Activities
      • Setting Up Submission Views
      • Setting Up Reports
      • Setting Up Questions and Layout
        • Adding Questions
        • Creating Sections or Random Sections
        • Creating Bonus Questions
        • Deleting, Re-Ordering, or Moving Questions
      • Previewing a Quiz
    • Grade Quizzes Manually, if Necessary
    • Copy, Delete, or Re-Order Quizzes
    • Viewing Statistics
  • Release Conditions
    • Overview
    • Basic
    • Best Practices
    • Common Scenarios
  • Role Switch
  • Rubrics / Competencies
  • Surveys
    • Overview
    • Basic
    • Points for Anonymous Surveys
  • Widgets

Content: Supported File Types

Below is a list of file types supported in Carmen, alphabetized by the file extensions that represent them.

If your prefered file format is not supported, try Media Manager which supports a wider range of files types.

.bdat - BASIC programming data file

.ccp4 - data file for x-ray/microscope imagery

.cns -  Windows 2000 Client connection manager export file

.dat - Database file, extension used by many different applications

.do -  Digital line graph

.doc - Word documents / word-processing documents from Word-compatible apps

.docx - Word documents from Microsoft Office 2007

.dwg - AutoCAD drawings

.ent - SGML character mapping

.fig - Geometry figures (various programs)

.flv - Flash-based video for online/streaming distribution

.gif - Graphic file, may be animated, parts may be transparent, best for line art/limited colors

.htm/.html - Webpages

.iam - Inventor CAD (computer-assisted design file) assembly

.idw -  - Inventor CAD (computer-assisted design file) - drawing

.ipn -  - Inventor CAD (computer-assisted design file) presentation

.ipt -  - Inventor CAD (computer-assisted design file) "part"

.jpg - Graphic file, best for photographic images

.lim -  compressed-file archive (limited)

.m -  Mathematica functions/commands, also MATLAB function or script

.m4a - MPEG-4 audio

.m4b - MPEG-4 audio

.m4v - MPEG-4 video (many encoded videos, such as iTunes store)

.mat - MATLAB variables file, also Poser 3D pose file

.mex - MATLAB executable file, also WordPerfect macro editor file

.mov - Quicktime video

.mp3 - Audio file (MPEG layer 3)

.mp4 - MPEG-4 video

.mx - MATLAB common matrix

.omap - ordered mapping language (changed keyboard functions)

.one - MS Office OneNote file

.pdb - Palm document/Palm database, - also C64 Emulator file

.pdf - Acrobat documents

.ppt/.pps - PowerPoint file / PowerPoint show (self-running, not editable)

.praat - a specialty file format

.r - a file extension used for several different specialt formats

.sas - SAS source file (database file)

.sas7 - SAS source file (SAS version 7)

.sav - SPSS data file

.sps - SPSS syntax

.swf - Shockwave/Flash animation files

.wps - MS Works text document

Carmen is a service of Learning Technology in the Office of the CIO.
Having trouble accessing this page? Contact us at 614.688.4357 (688-HELP) (V), 614.688.8743 (TDD) for assistance.