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NOTE: You should not use the Drop Box tool if you have more than 30 students in your course. It will take too long to load and manage. The Assignments Tool is your best option for collecting work.

What it does

The Drop Box feature allows instructors and students to share documents within a private folder for each student. The Drop Box works like Resources to allow you to upload many types of files and many files at a time. The Drop Box also allows nested folders (folders within folders).

Key concepts

Progress reports: Instructors can use the Drop Box tool to provide private progress reports to each student in the class.

Adding participants: When you add participants or students to a worksite, either automatically or manually, they will have Drop Box folders by default (if the Drop Box tool was specified when the site was first created).

Things to consider

• A new Drop Box item will automatically go into the folder that you have open when you create the item.
• With the exception of plain text and HTML documents, the Revise option only allows you to revise the information about a Drop Box item, such as its name, description, or copyright information. You cannot revise the contents of a document or file within a Drop Box.
• Make sure you know the laws and policies regarding the use of copyrighted material.