English Composition 1
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Using WebBoard: Submitting Essays and Other Assignments
In English Composition 1 Online, essays are submitted as attachments to WebBoard messages. This page explains how to attach a word-processing file to a WebBoard message.
Before attaching and sending any word-processing files, though, make sure to read Using Rich Text Format for Word-Processing Files.
It's time for Lisa to submit a draft of her essay. The first step is to open the correct message area for the posting of her essay.
After clicking "Essay 1 Drafts for Peer Critique," Lisa would see the screen below, with instructions for posting her essay
After clicking "Reply" above the message, Lisa would see the message area below. Lisa wants to attach her word-processed essay to a message, so she would put a cleck mark in the "Attach file or picture" box by clicking that box.
Lisa is sending this message only to post her attached word-processed file, so it is not necessary for her to write anything in the message area (but she wrote "Here is my Essay 1!"). She does not need to change the message in the topic box. After clicking "Attach file or picture," Lisa then clicks "Post" next to the topic box.
After clicking "Post," Lisa sees the Message Preview screen below. She has not yet posted her message. To continue, Lisa clicks "Post" again.
After clicking "Post" at the Message Preview screen, Lisa will see a screen with information for attaching her file (below). She clicks "Document," to indicate that her attachment is a word-processed document, and she then clicks "Browse" to look through her files and folders to locate the correct document to attach to her message.
After Lisa clicks "Browse" in the WebBoard file attachment screen, a "File Upload" box appears on her screen.
At the "File Upload" screen, Lisa must indicate the folder or area where the file that she wants to upload is located. Lisa clicks on the arrow next to the "Look in" box to locate her file.
Lisa saved her essay on a disk in her "A" drive, so she clicks "3 1/2 Floppy [A]" to locate the file.
Because you will be uploading and downloading many word-processing files for the course, you should try to save all of your class files in the same location for easy access. (Of course, remembering where you have saved your files for the course will make it easy for you to locate those files when you want to upload one of them.)
By default, the "File Upload" box may show HTML Files in the box next to "Files of type."
You will not find your word-processing files under HTML files, so you need to click on the down arrow next to the "Files of type" box and choose "All Files."
After indicating the correct file type, Lisa will see a list of files in the folder or area she has indicated with the "Look in" box.
If you see additional folders, you may have to click on one of the folders to locate the correct file.
After locating the file Lisa wants to upload, named "Essay_1" in this case, she double clicks on the file name or clicks the file name once and clicks "Open."
After selecting her file, Lisa then returns to the "Attach File" screen of WebBoard (below). The name of the file she will upload appears in the "File to upload" box. You can also type a brief file description, but it is not necessary to do so.
If the correct file name appear in the "File to upload" box, simply click on "Upload Now." (If you are uploading only one file, "No" should be marked next to "Upload another?")
Lisa's message with a link to the attached file now appears in WebBoard (below).
Lisa attached her file successfully, and now other members of the class can open the linked file and read her essay.
Remember to post only Rich Text Format (RTF) files in WebBoard. If you use any other file format, some students in the class or the instructor may not be able to open your attached file. (See Using Rich Text Format for Word-Processing Files for more information.)