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Zipping, Downloading and Unzipping Files

To zip files:

  1. From the Control Panel, click Manage Files. The Manage Files screen appears.
  2. Under Folders and Files, select the file(s) that you want to zip.
  3. Under Options: Files, click Zip. The Zip Files screen appears, displaying the file(s) to be zipped.
    Actions: Options: Files menu with arrow pointing to Zip button
  4. From the Zip the selected files to drop-down list, select a destination folder.
  5. In the Filename text box, enter a name for the zip file. Filenames can contain any of the following: a-z, A-Z, 0-9, comma, space, _, &, ( ), -, . , and ~. The following cannot be used as the first character in the filename: dash (-), tilde (~), and space. The following cannot be used as the last character in the filename: period (.) and space.
    Zip Files screen
  6. Click Zip. The Manage Files screen appears and each file has been zipped.

 

To download zipped files:

After zipping the files, you can download the single compressed .zip file to your computer.

  1. From the Control Panel, click Manage Files. The Manage Files screen appears
  2. Under Folders and Files, select the file that you want to download. (The filename for your zipped files will include the extension .zip.)
  3. Under Options: Files, click Download. The Download File screen appears.
    Actions: Options: Files menu with arrow pointing to Download button
  4. Click Download. Your computer's file download dialog box appears.
  5. Follow the instructions in the dialog box to save the file to your computer.

After you download the zip file to your computer, you can unzip the file with WinZip (PC), ZipIt (Mac), or another file compression application or upload the zipped file into another WebCT course.

Please delete the .zip file from your WebCT's My Files area once it's been downloaded to your computer.

 

To unzip files within WebCT's My Files area:

You can unzip the contents of a zipped (compressed) file. A zipped file can be identified by the .zip extension.

  1. From the Control Panel, click Manage Files. The Manage Files screen appears.
  2. Under Folders and Files, select the file that you want to unzip.
  3. Under Options: Files, click Unzip. The Unzip File screen appears.
    Actions: Options: Files menu with arrow pointing to Unzip button
  4. From the Unzip drop-down list, select a destination folder.
    Unzip File screen
  5. Click Unzip. The Manage Files screen appears. Each file has been unzipped.
 
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Last Updated: December 6, 2004
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