{"id":4969,"date":"2021-12-09T11:42:17","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T16:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/brightspace\/instructors\/?page_id=4969"},"modified":"2022-03-21T13:29:40","modified_gmt":"2022-03-21T17:29:40","slug":"supported-file-types-in-brightspace","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/brightspace\/instructors\/supported-file-types-in-brightspace\/","title":{"rendered":"Supported File Types in Brightspace"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Files that are uploaded to D2L Brightspace must have a supported file extension in order for students to access your course content. Supported file types include .pdf, .doc, and .html files. For a full list of supported file extensions in Brightspace, see the table below. For security purposes, certain files extensions are blocked by Brightspace and cannot be uploaded into your course.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<table style=\"height: 24px; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: solid; border-color: #b3c3d1;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; height: 24px; border-style: solid; border-color: #b3c3d1; background-color: #edf7fc;\"><strong>TIP:\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0D2L\u00a0recommends uploading all non-HTML documents as PDF files, since PDF files do not go through the conversion process. When learners download documents, they are saved in their native file formats.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Related Support Pages:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/brightspace\/instructors\/adding-files-your-course-outline\/\">Adding a File<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/brightspace\/instructors\/using-the-html-editor\/\">Using the HTML Editor<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/brightspace\/instructors\/creating-assignments\/\">Creating Assignments<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 id=\"t9753\" class=\"heading3\">Supported File Types in Brightspace<\/h3>\n<p>Brightspace allows for a range of accepted file types. You can view the full list of accepted file types on the Brightspace Community Site:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/documentation.brightspace.com\/EN\/le\/content\/instructor\/types_of_files_to_use.htm\">\u201cWhat kinds of files can I use for course content?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"mc-main-content\" role=\"main\">\n<table class=\"tableintopic\" style=\"border-style: solid; width: 75.6256%; border-color: #d6d2d2; height: 546px;\" border=\"1\" width=\"666\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #f5f5f5;\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<th style=\"border-style: solid; width: 264px; border-color: #d6d2d2; height: 10px;\" scope=\"row\" width=\"264\">\n<p class=\"bodytext\"><strong class=\"specialbold\">Extension<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th>\n<th style=\"border-style: solid; width: 114px; border-color: #d6d2d2; height: 10px;\" scope=\"row\" width=\"114\">\n<p class=\"bodytext\"><strong class=\"specialbold\">File Type<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th>\n<th style=\"border-style: solid; width: 288px; border-color: #d6d2d2; height: 10px;\" scope=\"row\" width=\"288\">\n<p class=\"bodytext\"><strong class=\"specialbold\">Notes<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 128px;\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #d6d2d2; height: 128px;\" width=\"264\">\n<p class=\"bodytext\">HTM, HTML, MHT, MHTML<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #d6d2d2; height: 128px;\" width=\"114\">\n<p class=\"bodytext\"><strong>Web document<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #d6d2d2; height: 128px;\" width=\"288\">\n<p class=\"bodytext\">Brightspace Learning Environment strips the\u00a0<code class=\"monospace\">&lt;title&gt;<\/code>\u00a0tag and text within the tag from user created web documents<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 200px;\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #d6d2d2; height: 200px;\" width=\"264\">\n<p class=\"bodytext\">RTF, PPT, PPS, PDF, DOC, DOCX, PPTX, XML, XLS, TXT, WPD, XLSX, XLS<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #d6d2d2; height: 200px;\" width=\"114\">\n<p class=\"bodytext\"><strong>Text document<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #d6d2d2; height: 200px;\" width=\"288\">\n<p class=\"bodytext\">When embedded in Content, PowerPoint presentations that contain animations do not play; however, downloading the PowerPoint presentations saves them in their native file format, allowing the animations to play<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 80px;\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #d6d2d2; height: 80px;\" width=\"264\">\n<p class=\"bodytext\">JPG, JPEG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIF, TIFF<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #d6d2d2; height: 80px;\" width=\"114\">\n<p class=\"bodytext\"><strong>Image<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #d6d2d2; height: 80px;\" width=\"288\">\n<p class=\"bodytext\">\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 128px;\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #d6d2d2; height: 128px;\" width=\"264\">\n<p class=\"bodytext\">SWF, MPG, MPEG, RM, MP3, MP4, M4V, M4A, AVI, WAV, RAM, ASF, MOV, RA<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #d6d2d2; height: 128px;\" width=\"114\">\n<p class=\"bodytext\"><strong>Media<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"border-style: solid; border-color: #d6d2d2; height: 128px;\" width=\"288\">\n<p class=\"bodytext\">The extensions MP4, M4V, and M4A allow users to drag entire albums, video podcasts, and movies from iTunes<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3 id=\"t9753\" class=\"heading3\">Unsupported File Types in Brightspace<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Active Server Pages (.asp, .aspx, .asa, .asax, .ascx, .ashx, .asmx, .axd, .webinfo)<\/li>\n<li>batch files (.bat)<\/li>\n<li>Blackberry encrypted data files (.rem)<\/li>\n<li>configuration files (.config)<\/li>\n<li>DISCO Dynamic Discovery Document files (.vsdisco)<\/li>\n<li>Dynamic-link Libraries (.dll)<\/li>\n<li>executable programs (.com, .exe)<\/li>\n<li>HTML server side include files (.shtm, .shtml)<\/li>\n<li>initialization files (.ini)<\/li>\n<li>Internet database connector files (.idc)<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft Installer files (.msi, .msp)<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft Visual Basic files (.vb, .vbproj)<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft Visual C# Project files (.csproj)<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft Visual FoxPro files (.cdx)<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft Visual J# files (.vjsproj)<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft Visual Studio files (.jsl, .licx, .resources, .resx)<\/li>\n<li>Microsoft Windows screen saver files (.scr)<\/li>\n<li>script files (.scr, .sct, .wsc, .wsf, .vbe, .vbs)<\/li>\n<li>Simple Object Access Protocol files (.soap)<\/li>\n<li>X.509 certificates (.cer)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h3><strong>File types supported by the annotation tool in Assignments:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>.doc<\/li>\n<li>.docx<br \/>\n<table style=\"height: 24px; width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; border-style: solid; border-color: #dcdcdd;\" border=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 24px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 100%; background-color: #f5f5f5; height: 24px; border-style: solid; border-color: #dcdcdd;\"><strong>NOTE:\u00a0<\/strong> .doc and .docx file types may display inaccurate formatting. For best results, download these assignments if formatting is a particular grading concern<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/li>\n<li>.rtf<\/li>\n<li>.odt<\/li>\n<li>.ppt<\/li>\n<li>.pps<\/li>\n<li>.pptx<\/li>\n<li>.ppsx<\/li>\n<li>.odp<\/li>\n<li>.xls<\/li>\n<li>.xlsx<\/li>\n<li>.txt<\/li>\n<li>.jpg<\/li>\n<li>.jpeg<\/li>\n<li>.png<\/li>\n<li>.tif<\/li>\n<li>.tiff<\/li>\n<li>.gif (once converted to PDF, only the first frame of the .gif displays)<\/li>\n<li>pdf<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"mc-main-content\" role=\"main\">\n<h3>FAQ<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/documentation.brightspace.com\/EN\/le\/content\/instructor\/students_cant_see_posted_content.htm?tocpath=Instructors%7CSet%20up%20and%20deliver%20a%20course%7CCreate%20course%20content%7CCreate%20course%20content%20with%20the%20Content%20tool%7C_____28\">Why can&#8217;t students see the content I posted?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/documentation.brightspace.com\/EN\/brightspace\/requirements\/all\/browser_support.htm\">What browsers are supported in Brightspace?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/documentation.brightspace.com\/EN\/le\/content\/instructor\/media_not_loading.htm?tocpath=Instructors%7CSet%20up%20and%20deliver%20a%20course%7CCreate%20course%20content%7CCreate%20course%20content%20with%20the%20Content%20tool%7C_____27\">Why are YouTube videos and other embedded media using Insert Stuff not working\/loading?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/brightspace\/instructors\/file-types-supported-by-annotations\/\">What file types are supported by the annotation tools?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Files that are uploaded to D2L Brightspace must have a supported file extension in order for students to access your course content. 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