Exercise: Upload to Canvas - 01
In this exercise you will demonstrate that you can:
- Follow instructions.
- Follow file and folder naming conventions.
- Create a .zip file of a folder.
- Complete an exercise by uploading the assignment's resulting file using Canvas.
- First:
- Windows users: open Notepad
- Mac users: open TextEdit - and be sure to make these preference settings.
- Enter the following in the blank file that opens, replacing "yourlastname" with your last name"
- <h1>Yourlastname - Exercise: Upload to Canvas - 01</h1>
- For example, I would enter: <h1>Vaughan - Exercise: Upload to Canvas - 01</h1>
- File menu > Save
- Create a folder as you begin the process of saving the file:
- Name the folder: yourlastname-exercise-upload-to-canvas-01
- Use your last name
- Use lower case letters
- Example, I would name my folder: vaughan-exercise-upload-to-canvas-01
- Save the file within that folder naming the file yourlastname-exercise-upload-to-canvas-01.html
- Use your last name
- Be sure to have .html at the end of the file name. Permit the name if asked.
- Use lower case letters
- Example: if I were to submit the exercise I would name my file vaughan-exercise-upload-to-canvas-01.html
- You may want to look at the file in your browser before you send it:
- Open your browser.
- Press Ctrl/⌘-O (that is the letter O as in Open, not a zero).
- Compress (zip) the folder. (Note that .rar files are also acceptable.)
- To zip a folder, find the folder on your computer using Windows Explorer or the Mac Finder.
- Right click on the folder, then select from the menu that appears:
- Windows: Send to... > Compressed (zipped) folder
- Mac: Compress [folder name]
- The zip file ought to have the same name as the folder.
- At the bottom of the assignment page you will see this section:
- Click on Choose File and select the zip file you created.
- Add any comments you may have about the assignment.
- Click the Submit Assignment button.
- Note that you can re-upload a file if you've made a mistake, unless I have already graded it.