[ARCHIVED] Importing quizzes containing mp3

[amanda_taintor]

Happily our district is making the move to Canvas this Fall (full implementation Spring 2017).  As such I am supporting faculty in moving their content from our previous LMS (blackboard) into Canvas.  All has gone fairly smoothly until today when I met with a music instructor.  We were trying to move over her quizzes, all painstakingly put together with .mp3's students must listen to and then answer questions about. Every time we tried to import the created created from exporting content from blackboard Canvas stalled in the "thinking" stage, the "queued" description never appeared. My assumption is the size of the file is causing the issue. Any strategies to try to help this process?

Thanks!

[tillis_james]

I'm not familiar with Blackboard,  but am familiar with file transfers stalling while exporting.  Have you tried to export using the Blackboard Zip file option?  You zip it, save it to your local hard drive, and then upload using 'Import course'.

I know when we imported from Sakai, we most always had to use a zip file to bring them over and then manually upload to Canvas.

Just a thought

Tillis

[Robbie_Grant]

 @amandataintor ‌,

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