Dropbox: Overview
This overview lists the steps to set up and use a Dropbox. Setting up Dropbox folders for assignments allows you to collect and manage electronic files from your students. Refer to Dropbox: Basic to set up and use a basic Dropbox in Carmen. (Follow the links below to go directly to specific features.)
Step 1: Create a Folder
- Set up a Dropbox folder, including associating it with a Gradebook item and restricting submissions by date.
Step 2: Manage Submissions
- View, sort, and download submissions.
- Email students who haven't submitted an assignment.
Note that Dropbox will not accept file names that include certain characters, such as " (quotes), * (asterisk), | (vertical bar), \ (back slash), / (slash), ? (question mark), : (colon), < or > (greater than or less than), ' (back tic), & (ampersand), ; (semicolon), and # (pound sign). Please alert your students of this; if they submit a file that has one of these characters in the name, it will show up as submitted, but you will not be able to read it.
Step 3: Grade and Leave Feedback
- Leave comments, apply a grade (if associated with a Gradebook item), and upload an attachment.
