Blackboard Content Editor - Upload Images, Videos, and Files

This page explains the updated process for uploading images, videos, and files.

Uploading files in the Blackboard Content Editor

In the updated Content Editor, files, images, etc. are uploaded from one place rather than having a separate screen for each type of upload.

Clicking on the Add Content icon will open the Add Content pop-up page:

From here you can upload any files. As all files are uploaded in the same way, editing options such as the image or video player size, and whether a document opens in a new window, are selected in the Content Editor once the item has uploaded.

Image files

• Once an image appears in the Content Editor you can adjust the size using the mouse. Just drag the corners or sides of the image to resize.
• Right click on the image to open the image editor
  
• In the Insert/Edit image window you can add alternative text and change the image size in pixels.
  

Video files

• With videos, the video will display and play in the editor, which is a change.
• To edit the video preferences right click on the video and select Media.
• In the Insert/Edit Media window you can change the size of the player in pixels.

Word, PowerPoint, Excel, PDFs files

• When you upload a document file, a link will appear in the Content Editor. To edit this link right click on the link and select Link.
• In the Insert/Edit Link window you can edit the "Text to display" to change it from the name of the file and make it something more descriptive. You can also select the option to open the link a new window.

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