Blackboard's Document Package allows instructors to organize and upload multiple documents to Blackboard simultaneously, using a two-step process:

1. Create a compressed folder that contains all folders and documents to be uploaded.
   
   
2. Upload the compressed folder to Blackboard. Document Package automatically decompresses the file and builds a folder structure in Blackboard that mimics the original folder structure.

Creating a compressed file for upload

1. Create a folder and organize your content (files and folders) in that folder in the same way you want it to be displayed in Blackboard.
   
   
2. Compress the folder.
   
   a. In Windows XP, right click on the folder and select Send To > Compressed (Zipped) Folder.
   
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   b. In Mac OS X, control-click on the folder and select Create Archive of "Folder Name."
   

Uploading your compressed folder into Blackboard

1. From the Control Panel, select the Content Area where you want to add your content.
   
   
   
   
2. Click the Build Content button and select Document Package.
   
   
   
   
3. Under step 2, click Browse My Computer and locate your zipped file in the window that opens. Click Open.
   
   
   
   
4. Click Submit.
   
   
5. Only click Submit once; it may take a few minutes for your files to unpackage.
   
   
6. When your zipped file is unpackaged, you will be returned to the Content Area. Click on the link for the new folder to make sure all of your content unpackaged correctly.

NOTE: The Document Package function in Blackboard does not have the ability to unpackage nested zip files --if the zip folder you are trying to upload contains other zipped files, such as an Articulate presentation, you will need to upload the nested zip file separately.
 

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