[ARCHIVED] Uploading Word Document into an Assignment

[shoge]

I am trying to upload a Word document into an assignment. I have successfully uploaded a PDF to this assignment but when I choose a Word document to upload, text stating "no file chosen" appears when i hit "upload." I have never had a problem with this before and am using my regular browser, Safari.

[rmurchshafer]

Susan,

That is weird.  Are you uploading the file directly from your computer or a cloud service like Google Drive, Dropbox or something?  I'm testing it out using Safari on my computer without having any problems, but I don't ever see the word Upload like you are suggesting.  What I see in the order I see them:

• Submit Assignment button
• File Upload tab
• Choose File button
• Select file and click Choose button
• Submit Assignment button

No where do I hit a button named Upload; so I'm wondering if you are not in the correct spot to submit an assignment and are trying to put it in a incorrect place???

Rick

[shoge · Accepted solution]

Hi Rick,

I am adding this to an existing assignment. So I select assignment:

Edit

Go to the spot in the tex where I want to add the file

File

+Upload a new file

Choose file

(Opens folder, I highlight the file I want and select) Choose

The file name shows up next to the “choose file” button. (I noticed though that if my cursor is near the assignment text after choosing the file, there will be a tiny notice which says, “no file chosen,” even though the file name is next to the “choose file” button as usual.

Then, at the bottom of that column, there is an Upload button.

Usually when that is “pushed” the link to the file shows up where it is supposed to in the text.

For this file, when I “push” Upload, the spot in the text is highlighted with a yellow bar the width of one letter, then it disappears.

Weirdly, while doing this several times in order to write down the steps, it was successful... but it was not where I wanted it in the text. Tried it again where I wanted it with no success so...

I figured it out. For some reason, I can’t embed that link to that file in that exact spot in the text. I was able to add it on the next line. I had been replacing a previous file and trying to put it in the same spot. I have successfully done this before but for some reason, it won’t work with this file.

I need to make the switch in 6 assignments and it wouldn’t work where I wanted it to in any of them. Tried changing the file name to make it shorter etc.

At any rate, the problem is solved. Thank you for getting back to me so quickly.

(Also, I am an instructor which may be why you weren’t seeing the same commands in the page)

Susan

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[rmurchshafer]

Susan,

I'm glad you figured it out and I'm sorry I didn't realize you were adding another file to an assignment as a teacher.  From my own experience it's never a good idea so simply update a link in the RCE, I also use the Remove Link button first and then re-link if needed (not sure if that is relevant).  Also, since it sounds like you were updating content to a new version of a file, one tip I suggest is to just go to Files in your course and upload the new copy there.  If it's named the same as the old one it will ask you want to replace the existing one.  This works great because if you have linked to the file in multiple places in the course they all get updated at once.

Rick